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With a government slowly winding its way to completion there are a series of things that need to take place before MPs can wrap up and head home for the year. Political editor Jo Moir explains.
Newsroom
Hold-up in coalition government talks is likely because NZ First doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of coalitions of the past
Christopher Luxon is expected to speak to media this afternoon.
RNZ
National's deputy leader says the party is working hard to reach not just a deal - but a lasting agreement with ACT and New Zealand First.
NZ Herald
Māori Party president John Tamihere expects the new Government to take the stick to Māori and programmes signed off under Labour to be cut by the new Act-NZ...
Stuff
National leader Christopher Luxon says the parties have agreed on policies, a comment which appears to have surprised his coalition partners.
The call was made after the ministry removed te reo Māori from some briefing papers last week.
RNZ
Power Play - The unique situation means ACT and New Zealand First are in direct competition for prized Cabinet seats, and roles like deputy prime minister, RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson writes.
RNZ
The weekend is ending without a government being formed, more than five weeks after election day, as caretaker Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said today, 'my boxes were packed several weeks ago'.
Newshub
He admitted the issues between the three parties needed to be resolved.
NZ Herald
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has this afternoon called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, bending convention to speak in his role as Labour leader rather...
RNZ
After its most successful election - taking all but one of the Māori seats - Te Pāti Māori is amping up for the next three years as "the only true opposition". It's a dramatic turnaround for a party dumped out of Parliament entirely in 2017, but co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says that was a critical part of the party's growth.
Newshub
Newshub has compiled the greatest hits of the negotiations so far.
Stuff
ACT and NZ First appear to have maintained their focus on Treaty issues as negotiations to form the next government reach final stages.
NZ Herald
OPINION Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is now being openly mocked and ridiculed by political commentators for his failure to achieve a coalition...
RNZ
Analysis - Winston Peters' no show at the talks on Tuesday created controversy and is being described as a "humiliating show of political brinkmanship", writes Peter Wilson.
Newsroom
Coalition talks are dragging on in Auckland after National initially tried negotiating two separate deals with Act and New Zealand First
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OPINION: It was the moment the country’s most experienced politician ghosted one of its least experienced, writes Tova O'Brien.
RNZ
National's leader Christopher Luxon says negotiations to form a government are in the final stages.
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This is the Winston Peters Show.
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Leaked memo shows ministry erased te reo Māori from official document template in anticipation of an incoming government that has yet to be formed.
Newshub
There is only one word for it. Humiliating.
RNZ
Seymour says progress has been made on tax, and the parties are looking at ministerial positions as well as policies now.
Stuff
Just twelve hours after his arrival at Wellington Airport, David Seymour was back in Auckland, and who was right behind him? Christopher Luxon.
RNZ
Senior New Zealand First MP Shane Jones has confirmed party leader Winston Peters is not in Wellington, dimming hopes leaders of the three parties hoping to form a government will meet today.
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Having successfully defied not just the Māori Party but the wishes of the Māori King for two elections, Nanaia Mahuta’s fortune ran out in October. After 27 years in politics, she unpacks ‘toxic criticism’ and the strength needed to be a Māori woman in Parliament.
RNZ
What would happen if only voters - not unions or businesses - could donate to political parties? A plan to do exactly that exists, if the government wants to try it.
Four electorate results have changed following the counting of special votes, with Te Pāti Māori scooping another two seats from senior Labour MPs.
RNZ
One party appeared to target its ads at women, and one at men, while another doubled down on aiming for the elderly. RNZ examines three months of data leading up to the election.
RNZ
Every political party poured money into online ads that flooded the internet for three months.
Which of Labour's policies from the past six years are facing the axe?
RNZ
Watch - A beginner's guide to putting together a multi-party MMP government.
NZ Herald
Preliminary election results will be released throughout the evening.
Results of the 2023 New Zealand election, including the party vote, every electorate and the make up of Parliament
RNZ
RNZ's reporters and visual journalists have followed politicians up and down the country as they worked to gain votes. Here are some of the best snaps.
RNZ
RNZ's Susie Ferguson presents a multimedia documentary series on mis- and disinformation in New Zealand. This is a bonus episode: Ballot Box. How misinformation is colliding with the 2023 election.
Stuff
Each one of those hoardings costs more than $100, candidates say.
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