COALITION NEGOTIATIONS
1News: Jim Bolger: The next deputy PM 'has to be Winston'
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Who should Luxon choose as his deputy PM?
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): MPs flock to Wellington as deputy prime minister job between Winston Peters and David Seymour sees negotiations drag on
RNZ: Coalition talks focus on deputy prime minister role
Newstalk ZB: 'I'm not a monk': David Seymour defends interest in deputy Prime Minister role (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: 'It's not possible': Former Party leader rejects possibility of shared deputy Prime Minister role (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Is today the day? And why we should all care about the coalition sticking points
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Coalition talks: New Zealand’s political stability lowest since financial crisis (paywalled)
RNZ: Coalition talks: Poll shows 66% of people think negotiations taking too long
Jo Moir (Newsroom): Seymour and Peters battle it out in final leg of talks
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Winston Peters, David Seymour's tussle for deputy one of last roadblocks to Christoper Luxon forming Government
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The deputy Prime Minister job doesn’t matter
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'At the head of the fish': Shane Jones on Wellington return
Sam Nugent (1News): Coalition talks go into the night: 'We've got to get this country moving'
1News: Seymour denies parties are 'squabbling' as he arrives in Wellington
RNZ: Christoper Luxon heading to Wellington tonight, government deal may be near
RNZ: Watch: National Party leader Christopher Luxon says coalition deal close
RNZ: National MPs heading to Wellington as coalition talks in final stages
1News: Nicola Willis 'not in the race' for deputy prime minister
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Luxon close to being sheriff, but who will be deputy? (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Deputy PM tussle continues as three-way coalition moves to Wellington (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): Deputy PM one of the big remaining issues in talks - Luxon
ODT Editorial: Longing to be No 2 (paywalled)
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Nicola Willis looks like the most mature of them all
Darren Bevan (Newshub): Paula Bennett warns incoming deputy Prime Minister may face 'quite different' role
Waatea News: Coalition approach shows trust lacking - Sandra Lee-Vercoe
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Chris Bishop runs out of clean shirts, borrows Luxon’s
Thomas Manch (Post): Labour’s Beehive staffers desperate for National government (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Video: Newshub's mega montage: Eight minutes of 'progress', 'final stages', and 'strong stable Govt'
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Jo Moir (Newsroom): New government’s sprint to Christmas
Felix Desmarais (1News): Explainer: What happens after the coalition arrangement is finalised?
Brent Edwards (NBR): Incoming Government has a lot to live up to (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): New government, more complexity, same economic challenges (paywalled)
Roger Partridge (Herald): Real work begins for the Government (paywalled)
Muriel Newman (Newstalk ZB): Aspirational Reform (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): Easy wins lie ahead for the new government, but not for long (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: What Luxon can do if he can’t make the wheels of governing turn faster
David Farrar: Who would be in Cabinet if Ministers are proportional?
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