The Greens have given their blessing to a social media attack advert intended to ridicule them.
Last week, New Zealand First released an ad showing Green co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw standing in a field with a unicorn and fairies, as $100 notes rained down from the sky.
The bizarre image went viral, being retweeted and liked thousands of times - going international after being tweeted by popular account 'Accidentally Left-wing'.
On Saturday the party's MPs and candidates recreated the image on Saturday. Davidson stars, riding the unicorn sidesaddle as she holds the reins in one hand and a wad of cash in the other.
"The honest and serious Green Party vision for Aotearoa," tweeted the party's Mt Albert candidate, Luke Wijohn, a teenager who organised New Zealand's School Strike 4 Climate marches in New Zealand. "Authorised by us."
Supporters, including actress Lucy Lawless who retweeted the image, could hardly believe what they were seeing.
"I didn't know I needed @MaramaDavidson on a unicorn mocking New Zealand First but oh my god I'm glad we have it," tweeted Max Tweedie, director of Auckland Pride.
"Please, please have Marama ride it into Parliament in September," wrote Peter Baillie. "Ideally have it fart some rainbow sprinkles in Winston's direction as she passes him."
"The unicorn should be added to the parliament playground," said another supporter.
Some, particularly Lawless' international fans, were confused.
"Unicorns! And New Zealand! Though I don't know what the context is," said one.
NZ First leader Winston Peters shared the image too, saying: "Told you so... but where's James?" referring to the absence of Davidson's co leader, James Shaw.
The Greens have for the past three years backed the Labour-NZ First coalition on confidence and supply. They're right on the 5 percent threshold for making it back into Parliament in the polls, while NZ First are struggling on 2 percent.
