COALITION ARRANGEMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS, NZ FIRST, ACT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Covid-19 inquiry as NZ First looks to bring Nats to table for quick deal
Richard Harman (Politik): Trying to woo Winston begins (paywalled)
David Fisher (Herald): Insiders speak: What drives Winston Peters’ coalition negotiations - ‘Jacinda was ready to sell her grandmother - and she did’ (paywalled)
David Farrar: Why National should do a deal with Winston
Seni Iasona (Newshub): ACT's David Seymour calls on New Zealand First to 'front up' and declare what it wants
1News: NZ First and National's teams have spoken - Luxon
William Hewett (Newshub): Peter Dunne warns negotiating with Peters, NZ First could be dangerous for National and ACT
RNZ: ‘We are not doing this by negotiation through the media’ - Luxon on coalition talks
John Hartevelt (RNZ): Christopher Luxon gets the job as PM - and deal-making headache
Jo Moir (Newsroom): Winston’s move next as Luxon and Seymour hold fire
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): New Zealand has elected a National Government - what happens next? (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Christopher Luxon promises a new day – well, he’s got 100 of them
Dileepa Fonseka (Newsroom): Luxon's Saturday night success brings headaches (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Voters give Luxon what he asked for - but Peters may yet ruin the party (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): The business of making a government (paywalled)
Nikki Macdonald (Post): Overhang hangover could spoil National’s party (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Numbers high but National has work to do (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): National faces deal-or-wait conundrum with NZ First, Labour’s Hipkins faces leadership question (paywalled)
Brian Easton (Pundit): Are Things Falling Apart?
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): The Peters Paradox: to embrace or exile, that is the question
Craig Kapitan (Herald): In testy media standup, NZ First leader Winston Peters keep coalition plans cryptic
Adam Dudding (Post): Winston is ‘here to help’. Beyond that, the details are fuzzy (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): NZ First’s Winston Peters, the King of the Comeback (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Winston Peters is the political story of our lifetimes (paywalled)
1News: Q+A: 'Cards are still being shuffled' – Shane Jones
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): Winston Peters on New Zealand’s ‘unreal’ campaign as populist poised to be election kingmaker
Adam Pearse (Herald): High-ranking National Party figures meet at Christopher Luxon’s Auckland home
Felix Desmarais (1News): Christopher Luxon hasn't yet 'had a chance' to call Winston Peters
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Christopher Luxon has chance to lead New Zealand’s first genuine change government in a generation (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (The Australian): Does NZ have government of change - or a handbrake? (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Seymour's three big asks (paywalled)
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Brooke van Velden becomes Act’s star turn
Bridie Witton (Stuff): 'It could lead to violence': James Shaw's warning about ACT's Treaty of Waitangi referendum
RNZ: ACT Party leader David Seymour: Parties must work towards 'political stability'
Thomas Manch (Post): ‘Fiscal reality’ to set National-ACT government’s agenda, David Seymour says (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): 'Deputy PM David Seymour? ACT readies its plan for the Cabinet benches (paywalled)
SPECIAL VOTES
Graeme Edgeler: The Special Votes
Andrew Geddis (RNZ): What special votes and the 'overhang' mean for deciding the new government
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): A post-election chorus: winners, losers, what it means and what happens next
1News: Q+A: National expect to lose 'at least one' seat on special votes - Bishop
Jo Moir (Newsroom): Winston’s move next as Luxon and Seymour hold fire
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): When will we know the final election 2023 results? What if there is a recount? What does overhang mean?
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): NZ Election 2023: When will the special votes be counted and a government formed?
RNZ: Election 2023: Everything you need to know today
Herald: National will still need NZ First to form government, Westpac economist predicts
Brent Edwards (NBR): National has mandate for change but final result still not clear (paywalled)
ANALYSIS
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Symbolic victories and bombshell defeats. Welcome to the new challenges of a fragmented future (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Winners, losers, big losers and gigantic losers from the 2023 general election
Simon Wilson (Herald): The Labour collapse - fit for the war but not for the peace (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Labour tide and National hope: reflections on election 2023
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): New Zealand Labour shed votes to the right but also the left – the price of a progressive policy bonfire
Josie Pagani (Post): Lessons for Labour: parties that don’t change sometimes disappear (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): The voters were in a vengeful mood and Labour bore the brunt of voter discontent (paywalled)
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