TENA TATOU KATOA ` GOOD EVENING. THIS IS NEWSHUB DECISION 2023 ELECTION NIGHT. I'M RYAN BRIDGE. AND I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. AND I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. I AM FIZZING. WHO HAVE KIWIS CHOSEN TO LEAD US ALL THROUGH THE NEXT THREE YEARS? WELL, PULL UP A PEW, SIT BACK AND RELAX AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH IT ALL AS THE RESULTS - YOUR VOTES - ROLL IN LIVE. THE CAMPAIGNING IS OVER, THE BILLBOARDS ARE DOWN, AND ALMOST ALL THE VOTES ARE CAST. POLLS WILL CLOSE IN FOUR MINUTES ) AND IN CASE YOU NEED A REMINDER OF HOW SOON IT IS... WE HAVE A BIG STUDIO CLOCK HERE. JOINING US ON THE DESK WILL BE A PANEL OF EXPERTS ` NEWSHUB POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH IS WITH US ALL NIGHT. KIA ORA, JENNA, YOU'RE FIZZING. ABSOLUTELY. AND WELCOME TO JULIAN WILCOX, HOST OF THREE'S THE HUI. KIA ORA. MY MUM IS WATCHING AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FAMILIAR FACES ` OUTGOING LABOUR MP STUART NASH AND FORMER NATIONAL MP AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PAULA BENNETT. YOU LOOK TERRIFIED, YOU ALRIGHT? NOT LONG TO GO NOW. FOR THOSE WATCHING THE CEILING, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR DESK IS A LOT BIGGER - WE HAVE DONE IT FOR THE MINISTER OF MUSCLES - GREAT HAVE YOU HERE STUART. IAN FOSTER KNOWS THIS FOR TOMORROW, IT'S ALL VERY WELL HAVING A GOOD TEAM, BUT YOU NEED A GOOD BENCH. SOMEONE HAS BEEN ON THE FIELD AND PICK UP THINGS WHEN THEY ARE GETTING A BIT TIRED. WE HAVE POLITICAL COMMENTATORS TRISH SHERSON, JOSIE PAGANI AND MANI DUNLOP TWO UNPACK THE RESULTS. WE HAVE A TEAM OF REPORTERS AROUND THE MOTU TONIGHT AT ALL THE BIG PARTIES AND IN KEY ELECTORATES. WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE BEST ANALYSIS ON OFFER TONIGHT, BUT ALSO HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART GRAPHICS TO HELP US INTERPRET THE RESULTS AS THEY START ROLLING IN. AND FOR THAT, PADDY GOWER.' WE ARE INSIDE VIRTUAL REALITY RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL MAKE THIS POLITICAL REALITY FOR YOU. I WILL SHOW YOU HOW YOUR VOTE BECOMES A SEAT IN THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT. THIS IS MY VERSION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - I LIKE TO SAY THIS IS MY HOUSE ON ELECTION NIGHT. WE WILL COLOUR IN THIS PARLIAMENT EVERY COLOUR OF THE POLITICAL RAINBOW DEPENDING ON WHOSE VOTES HAVE GOT THEM IN THERE I AM GOING TO BE OUT THERE WITH YOU GUYS SUPER SOON, I WILL BE OUT OF THE MATRIX AND BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU START TALKING AGAIN. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU GET UP TO. MAYBE NOT HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS, BUT HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ADDITION TO THE DESK. LOOKS LIKE A BUTTON OF DOOM. DO YOU REMEMBER LASER KIWI? SHE IS BACK. THREE, TWO, ONE. I AM CALLING HER LINDA THE LASER KIWI. I LIKE THE FIDDY CENT AT THE BACK. FOR THOSE MPS, LIKE STUART, WHO IS RETIRING... THAT IS NOT THE PIT OF DOOM THAT IS A SLIDE INTO OPPORTUNITY. IT IS A TOKENISTIC WAY TO VISUALISE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. LINDA THE LASER KIWI ALSO HAS OTHER TRICKS UP HER SLEEVES. I HAVE POPPED BACK OUT OF THE MATRIX THE POLLING IS OVER. IT WAS THE BIGGEST CLOCK I HAVE EVER SEEN, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO USE IT. LINDA WAS ON THE WAY OUT, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TRAPPED. THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED, IT IS 7 O'CLOCK. IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, WELCOME TO NEWSHUB DECISION 2023 ELECTION NIGHT. ONE CHRIS, TWO CHRIS, RED CHRIS, BLUE CHRIS ` WHETHER IT'S HIPKINS OR LUXON AS PRIME MINISTER FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE WILL START TO GET A PICTURE VERY SHORTLY. RIGHT HERE ON THE PROGRAM. LET US GO TO OUR PANEL. JENNA LYNCH IS WITH US - A BIG NIGHT TONIGHT. WHAT WILL HAPPEN. HIS WE'RE GOING TO SEE A DRAMATIC CHANGING OF THE FACE OF OUR PARLIAMENT. THAT PLACE HAS BEEN AWASH WITH RED FOR THREE YEARS. WHEN IT HAPPENS TONIGHT, THEY ARE GOING WAY DOWN FROM WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN. WE COULD SEE A BUNCH OF SEATS FLIP, WE COULD SEE THE RETURN OF WINSTON RAYMOND PETERS, A NEW PRIME MINISTER, IT IS GOING TO BE MEGA. SOME OF THOSE RURAL SEATS LAST ELECTION THAT WENT RED ` EYE WE GO TO SEE THAT BIG BLUE BULLDOZER COMING BACK AND DEMOLISHING THAT WALL? NO DOUBT SOME WILL CHANGE HANDS, BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT CANDIDATES THAT WILL HOLD THEIR SEATS. KIERAN MCANULTY HAS WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD AND WAIRARAPA. JULIAN WHAT YOU THINK WE WILL SEE? I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE MAORI SEATS. I THINK LABOUR WILL HOLD MOST OF THOSE SEATS. TE TAI HAUAURU, IF THAT DOESN'T TURN, THAT IS A MASSIVE BLIGHT ON THE MAORI PARTY CAMPAIGN., LET'S BE FAIR, IT IS THE PARTY VOTE - IF NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST IS OVER FIVE, HOW BIG THAT VOTER IS COMPARED TO ACT - IT IS GAME ON, AND LET'S HOPE WE CAN SEE WHAT A NEW GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK LIKE TONIGHT. THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION, WILL WE KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE BY THE END OF THIS EVENING? WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST DATA AS IT COMES TO HAND. WE WILL GO NOW TO NATIONAL HQ - LLOYD YOU ARE AT NATIONAL HQ, WHAT IS THE VIBE LIKE? IT IS SLOWLY STARTING TO COME ALIVE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW HOURS, THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN ANYONE. I HAVE JUST SEEN A LOT OF THE YOUNG NATS TURN UP LOOKING VERY DAPPER IN THEIR SEATS, TABLES HAVE BEEN SET, THE FRIDGES HAVE BEEN STOPPED WITH CHAMPAGNE AND BEER. THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE HERE APART FROM THE SPIN DOCTORS AND THE YOUNG NATS AND THE CATERING TEAM. I AM GUESSING THAT IS GOING TO RAMP UP WHEN WE START SEEING THE RESULTS COME IN. YOU THINK THEY ARE PREPARING FOR A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT? THEY HAVE CHAMPAGNE ON ICE. IT MIGHT BE PROSECCO - I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH CHAMPAGNE, I AM A BOTTOM SHELF KIND OF GUY. THEY HAVE AN EXPECTATION TO CELEBRATE BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, WITH THOSE EARLY VOTES, AS THEY ARE COUNTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT'S WHY NO ONE IS CELEBRATING JUST YET. IT IS MMP, HAVE THE POLLS GOT IT RIGHT? THAT IS LLOYD IN THE DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HQ. IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD CHAMPAGNE AT THE NATS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG. LET'S GO TO WELLINGTON, THE HUTT VALLEY WITH CHRIS HIPKINS. ALEXA IS OUTSIDE CHRIS HIPKINS' HOUSE. HE HAS BEEN HAVING A VERY CHILLED OUT FAMILY DAY. HE'S BEEN HANGING OUT WITH HIS KIDS, SPENDING SOME QUALITY TIME WITH THEM. WHAT WOULD IT BE WITHOUT THE CLASSIC SAUSAGE ROLLS? THIS IS THE CLASSIC ALISON HOLST VERSION. FOR MOST PEOPLE, THEY TEND TO BE BOUGHT, BUT THEY ARE WARM AND THEY ARE GOOD. DID CHRIS HIPKINS PHYSICALLY MAKE THEM HIMSELF? I SAW HIM IN THE KITCHEN CUTTING THEM UP. HE IS AN EXPERT, HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING. I NEED TO TRY OUT ONE OF THE SAUSAGE ROLLS. OH MY GOSH, I AM WORRIED ABOUT CHRIS HIPKINS' CHOLESTEROL. IT'S PRETTY GOOD, I RECKON MAYBE LIKE ONE MORE MINUTE. DELICIOUS. WE HAVE ALL HAD THOSE. BLESS. WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE WITH ALEXA. WE GO TO LABOUR HQ WITH AMELIA. ANY ACTION THERE? AS SOON AS IT HAD SEVEN, THE MUSIC STARTED AND PEOPLE STARTED TO ROLL IN. THEY ARE EXPECTING BETWEEN 400 AND 500. I HAVE JUSTIFIED THE CTU'S CRAIG RENNIE, WHO HAS BEEN LABOURS WHITE KNIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN. THERE IS AN EXPECTATION HERE THAT THEY CAN WRITE THE LAST MINUTE MEAN MOMENTUM BACK INTO THE 30S. LET'S SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THERE IS SOME NERVES BUT PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR A TIME. THAT IS THE LABOUR HQ AT THE LOWER HUTT EVENT CENTRE. THEY WILL BE DESPERATE TO HOLD UP THE RED WALL THAT THEY ERECTED ON THE 2020 ELECTION. THE BLUE TEAM ALL HOPE TO TAKE IT APART BRICK BY BRICK. YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON THE BATTLEGROUND AND PADDY GOWER HAS SOME ANALYSIS FOR US. WHEN YOU SAY BATTLEGROUND, SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. LET'S TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY BATTLEGROUNDS WE'LL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON TONIGHT. LET'S START AT THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY AND THE NORTHLAND ELECTORATE. WILLOW-JEAN PRIME ` JUST GOT THERE 163 VOTES FROM NATIONAL'S CANDIDATE. THIS YEAR NATIONAL HAS A NEW CONTENDER, GRANT MCCALLUM, HE IS MORE FARMING THAN A FARMER HIMSELF. AND ANOTHER GUY SHANE JONES WHO HAS NEVER WON AN ELECTORATE AND HIS POLITICAL LIFE. HE GETS INTO PARLIAMENT ON THE COATTAILS OF PEOPLE LIKE WINSTON PETERS. HEADING DOWN TO THE BIG SMOKE, AND THE TAMAKI SEAT, IT'S BEEN A HIGH-PROFILE CONTEST HERE BROOKE VAN VELDEN IS GOING TO TRY AND DO WHAT I CALL MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - TAKE THE SEAT FROM A SEAT HELD BY ROB BALDWIN, NATIONAL PARTY ROYALTY. KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THE SEAT. WELLINGTON CENTRAL, FINANCE MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON LEFT THE SEAT, TAMATHA PAUL WANTS ATAKEOVER, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO DO A CHLOE SWARBRICK? COULD IT ALSO HAPPEN IN WELLINGTON? ILAM ` HAMISH CAMPBELL IS THERE THE PEOPLE OF MERIVALE STILL IN SHOCK THAT THEY HAD A LABOUR MP I AM TOLD. IF RAF MANJI CAUSES A BOIL OVER THINGS COULD GET INTERESTING. MEKA WHAITIRI UP AGAINST CUSHLA ` IS THAT A MEKA SEAT OR A LABOUR SEAT? RANGITATA IS ANOTHER KEY BATTLEGROUND IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A SAFE BLUE SEAT UNTIL 2020. MICKEY MOUSE IN GUMBOOTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WIN THIS. NATIONAL'S JAMES MEAGER HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF RECLAIMING IT. WE HAVE PLENTY OTHER BATTLEGROUND IS TO COME. THE FIRST DATA HAS COME THROUGH FROM THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. OUR SYSTEM PINGS US EVERY 10 SECONDS IS UP TO THE SECOND AS YOU CAN GET. WE HAVE 3% COUNTED. NATIONAL SITTING ON 40.7. TALKED ABOUT THE BATTLEGROUNDS. BATTLEGROUND IS ON. SO FAR, NATIONAL IS FAR AHEAD. THE GREENS ARE DOING WELL. AND WINSTON IS OVER THE 5% THRESHOLD. WHAT YOU GUYS MAKE OF THIS? VERY EARLY DAYS. WAIT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE SOUTH AND WEST AUCKLAND VOTES COMING IN AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE. I AGREE. IT IS ONLY DAYS, AND THEY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO COME IN, BUT NOTICEABLY, GREENS AT 10.6. I THINK EVERYBODY IS PICKING THAT. WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT, PAULA WHAT YOU NAPIER IS 45. MY HISTORY IN NATURE IS THAT THE BIG LABOUR POST TENDS TO BE COUNTED LAST. THERE IS A TREND THERE. YOU JUST LOOK AT SOMEWHERE LIKE NORTHLAND, THEY ARE 3%, NATIONAL 3100 AT THE MOMENT, YOU CAN SEE THOSE CHANGES, THERE IS A WASH OF BLUE COMING THROUGH. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE GREEN PARTY HEADQUARTERS. THEY ARE IN THE AUCKLAND VIADUCT. HERE IS MIKE mcROBERTS. WHAT IS GOING ON, MIKE? WELCOME TO THE GREEN PARTY HEADQUARTERS HERE IN AUCKLAND. DOORS OPENED ABOUT HABANERO, AND THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY STREAM OF THE PARTY FAITHFUL COMING . IN IT IS RAUCOUS, IT IS EXCITABLE. I'M STRUGGLING TO HEAR YOU. I THINK THEY ARE VERY EXCITED, BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH POLL THAT WE HAD ON WEDNESDAY SHOWED THEM POLLING AT AROUND 14.9%. IF THAT COMES TRUE, THEY WILL GET 19 MPS IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF MPS... BY SOME MARGIN. I THINK IN 2011, THEY HAD 14 MPS. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ALREADY. I CANNOT SEE WHAT THEY ARE DRINKING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A FEIJOA WINE... LAST TIME THEY WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME, THAT WAS BECAUSE CHLOE SWARBRICK WON THE ELECTORATE IN ORPHAN CENTRAL. AUCKLAND CENTRAL* THEY ARE CURRENTLY SITTING ON 11.4%. A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THEY WERE POLLING. OUR VERY OWN ISABEL IS AT THE ACT PARTY HQ. HOW IS IT? THIS IS A BIT OF A PLOT TWIST FOR YOU. WE ARE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS MIKE. HE IS DOWNSTAIRS WITH THE GREENS. UPSTAIRS IN THE MARITIME ROOM IN THE VIADUCT, WE ARE HIT WITH ACT. THE VIBE IS PRETTY BUOYANT. FOR A PARTY THAT HAS SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ENERGY FROM THEIR POLLING NUMBERS GO DOWN IN RECENT WEEKS. IT HAS BEEN A FLOOD OF HOT PINK. ICING A HOT PINK BERRY, A HOT PINK POLO, A HOT PINK` WHAT ARE THOSE PUFFER VESTS CALLed? I SAW SOME SUSHI BEING HANDED AROUND. I DON'T THINK THE ACT PARTY IS LETTING A BIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT GET TO THEM FROM THE RECENT POLLS. LAST ELECTION, DAVID SEYMOUR ARRIVED ON A BOAT, IF YOU RECALL. IT IS BEEN TIGHTLIPPED ABOUT HOW HE WILL ARRIVE TODAY. BUT WE WILL FIND OUT LATER. THANK YOU, ISABEL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, ACT AS SITTING AT 9.2. THAT IS STILL A HUGE JUMP ON THE LAST ELECTION. LOOKING AT THE SEATS THAT ARE NATIONAL AND ACT CAN GET TOGETHER ON THOSE NUMBERS, THEY DO NOT NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THEY DON'T NEED HIM TO GET OTHER 61. THAT IS HUGE. IT IS EARLY ON IN THE NIGHT, WE ARE STILL GETTING THE LAY OF THE LAND, BUT IT IS STILL VERY EXCITING TO SEE. SO WE CALL IT NOW? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MAORI PARTY HEADQUARTERS IN ROTORUA. ORINI, HI, HOWEVER SHAPING UP? HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP?* IT IS ONE THAT QUITE A BIT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THERE IS NOT MUCH ANXIETY IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, BUT I WAS ANXIOUS A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE 7 O'CLOCK, BECAUSE IT WAS EMPTY. AND I HAD TO CHECK THAT I WAS AT THE HEADQUARTERS. THERE ARE MAORI HERE, BUT WE DID SEEM TO HAVE A PARTY. WE HAVE GOT TO PEOPLE, TWO CANDIDATES THAT ARE COMING DOWN. I THINK IT IS THEIR ONLY ELECTORATE WHERE THE MAORI PARTY IS STANDING TO PEOPLE ` ONE FOR THE MAORI SEATS, ONE FOR THE GENERAL. WE ARE EXPECTING THE LEADERS DOWN HERE JUST A BIT AFTER 8 O'CLOCK TO BASED ON 6% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, THEY DON'T NEED WINNIE. WHAT IS GOING ON? THEY DON'T KNOW THAT HERE, THE VIBE HERE IS UNBELIEVABLE. I WAS SPEAKING TO SHANE JONES EARLIER. WORD FOR WORD, HE SAID DRINK THE PLACE DRY IF WE DON'T GET OVER THE THRESHOLD. I HAD SOME CEVICHE ` THAT WAS DELIGHTFUL. I HAVEN'T HAD CHAMPAGNE. THAT WOULD BE UNPROFESSIONAL. WE DO HAVE THE MAN HIMSELF, SHANE JONES. KIA ORA. WHAT IS THE PLAN TONIGHT IF YOU GET TO THAT REQUIRED 5% TONIGHT? SUCH AN OUTCOME WOULD BE OF VINDICATION - THE MEMORIES OF THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE IN 2020 ARE IMPRINTED ON MY MIND. WE HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD CAMPAIGN - IT'S A TWO-YEAR EXERCISE, REBUILT THE PARTY THERE IS A STRONG SPIRIT IN THE ELECTORATE THAT IS GOING TO WASH US BACK INTO PARLIAMENT. ALL BLACKS WINNING OR NEW ZEALAND FIRST GETTING BACK IN WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? I AM GOING TO SAY BLACK-AND-WHITE VICTORY TONIGHT... YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE. I AM A POLITICIAN, I WANT NEW ZEALAND FIRST BACK INTO PARLIAMENT. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOUR SPOT IS, FISHING? IT WAS A BIT CHOPPY, BUT THERE'S AN ISLAND, ROBERTSONS MOTU AND THERE WERE JOURNALISTS WHO ARE CATCHING SNAPPER AND DIVIDING IT - I AM TELLING YOU IT IS ALL COMPLIANT. THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE BOAT, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO FEED SEVEN PEOPLE. THE SIZE OF THE FISH. IT HAS BEEN CHIPPY WITH DAVID SEYMOUR, ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM? I HAVE BEEN A POLITICIAN SINCE THE DAYS OF HELEN CLARK, AND WE ARE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS. I REPEATED MY VARIOUS BEACHES, WE PUT THE INTERESTS OF THE NATION FIRST. AND GOD KNOWS THERE IS A BIG APPETITE NOT ONLY FOR CERTAINTY, BUT FOR IMPROVING THE POLITY OF OUR LIVES. HAS ALSO MADE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THE SELECTION THAT HAVE RUBBED THE COMMITTEE UP THE WRONG WAY, PARTICULARLY'S OF THE MARRIAGE PARTICULARLY COMMENTS ABOUT THE MAORI COMMUNITY ` WHAT YOU MAKE OF THOSE COMMENTS? MOST OF ALL, WE ARE PATRIOTICALLY KIWIS. AND I WOULD SAY TO THE HAPUS WHO ARE GETTING CONCERNED, REMEMBER WHO FUNDED YOUR MARAE IN 2020, REMEMBER WHO HELPED YOU WITH INTERNET? SO DON'T GET MIXED UP WITH THESE WORDS. AS I SAY, THINGS ARE WELL UNDERWAY HERE. I THINK SHANE IS ONTO ANOTHER GLASS OF ROSE. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT TOO. THEIR WILL BE PLENTY MORE DURING THE NIGHT. THANKS, NICK, WITH WINSTON'S CAMP. = THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THE NATIONAL PARTY DO NOT NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT NATIONAL AND ACT COULD ACTUALLY GOVERN ALONE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THAT BLACK BAR IS THE NATIONAL VOTE. WE'RE LOOKING AT 40.64 NATIONAL, AND ACT IS ON 9.3. ON THESE HONOURS, THEY DO NOT NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. ON THESE NUMBERS* YOU CAN NOTICE NATIONALS GOING DOWN, AND GREENS AND LABOUR GOING UP A BIT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NATIONAL WILL BE IN THE HIGH 30S. HIS TO TALK SUGGEST THAT HE STARTED RINGING A WHILE AGO. SHANE JOAN IS NUMBER TWO ON THE LIST. KNOWN TALKED ABOUT THEM BEING BACK IN PARLIAMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. WHETHER THEY WILL BE PART OF THE CURRENT OR NOT, IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PADDY. THIS IS THE FLIP WALL ALL BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A REDWALL ANY MORE - IT COULD BE A BLUE NAMI. WHAT THESE ARE RED SEATS FROM THE LAST ELECTION - THE QUESTION IS WHAT COLOUR ARE THEY GOING TO GO NOW? ARE WE GOING TO BE TEARING OUT RED BRICKS? I SAY HELL YEAH, BABY. HAVING A SEAT BEING FLIPPED IS GREAT IF YOU ARE THE ONE DOING THE FLIPPING, BUT IT'S BAD IF YOU ARE THE ONE HOLDING THE SEAT. I AM SAYING ON NUMBERS LIKE OVER 44 NATIONAL, WE WON'T BE SEEING MANY OF THESE GO ANYWHERE. WE GO TO SEE WHAT THE EXACT RESULTS ARE DOING. LOOK AT ALL THE BLUE THAT IS COMING - THE WHOLE REDWALL IS COLLAPSING. THE BLUE NAMI IS ON. EAST COAST IS GOING, HUTT SOUTH IS GOING, ILAM IS GOING BACK. MAUNGAKIEKIE. SOME OF THE BLUE IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, WE HAVEN'T MADE THE FINAL CALL, THAT IS THE WAY WE SEE IT GOING. THAT IS A HELL OF A SHOWING BY THE ACT PARTY - I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE EAST OF HAMILTON, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WERE NOT EXPECTING. WELLINGTON CENTRAL IS STARTING TO GO GREEN. THAT WOULD BE A REAL PUNCH IN THE FACE ` HOLY HECKA, BOY OH BOY. NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT IBRAHIM OMER HAS GOT. THE BOILOVER IS ON IN WELLINGTON CENTRAL ` THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE COMING TO THE WINDY CITY BIG TIME. THE GREENS LOOK TO TAKE A SEAT. ANOTHER GREAT PART OF THE CITY HERE, OHARIU ` IT IS A BLUE WIND BLOWING THIS TIME. NICOLA WILLIS LOOKING TO TAKE THE SEAT. GREG O'CONNOR, LOOKS LIKE HIS SHIFT COULD BE IN DANGER OF ENDING IN THAT SEAT AND HE WOULD BE OUT OF PARLIAMENT ON THOSE NUMBERS. LET US HAVE A LOOK AT ILAM. BOY OH BOY - NELSON, I LIKE IT TOO, IT'S ON THE WAY TO CHRISTCHURCH - IT'S A REALLY SUNNY PLACE TO STOP. RACHEL BOYACK WAS MEANT TO WIN THE SEAT ` BLAIR CAMERON IS OUT IN FRONT WITH QUITE A LOT OF VOTES QUITE COUNTED. 57 VOTES IN IT WITH 40% OF THE VOTE COUNTED. REMEMBER NICK SMITH HELD THIS FOR YEARS. BLAIR CAMERON COULD BE HAVING A GOOD TIME IN NELSON. LET US KEEP GOING ON PADDY'S CAR TRIP ` IT WAS GREAT STOPPING IN NELSON. HAMISH CAMPBELL HAS QUITE A DECENT LEAD. RAF MANJI... TOP COULD REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF NEW ZEALAND POLITICS. IT ALSO SHOWS US HOW MUCH OF THAT RED WALL IS RETREATING IN FRONT OF THAT BIG PUSH BY NATIONAL. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF HAPPY NATIONAL VOTERS OUT THERE. THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH JUST THE ACT PARTY AND HAVE A MUCH MORE WORKABLE COALITION AND THEY WERE THINKING OF. A SET OF THE MOST UNWORKABLE COLOUR COLLISION I HAVE EVER LOOKED AT IN MY LIFE. THIS IS FASCINATING. THIS MEANS - AND DESPITE WHAT THE POLLS WERE TELLING US THAT THEY MAY NEED WINSTON - THOSE RURAL SEATS, PROVINCIAL SEATS, WHICH KIERAN MCANULTY, A SENIOR MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT, IS POTENTIALLY OUT, AND OUT OF PARLIAMENT AS WELL. JENNA, WHAT ARE YOU MAKING OF THIS? THERE ARE SOME SURPRISINGLY ONES- MOUNT ALBERT CURRENTLY GOING TO MELISSA LEE. THAT IS HUGE. WE'RE AT 21%. MELISSA AHEAD BY 160. MORE THAN 14% COUNTED ON MOUNT ROSKILL - NATIONAL AHEAD BY 800 VOTES. YOU ARE LOOKING AT OHARIU, MT ROSKILL, POTENTIALLY MT ALBERT. THESE ARE SENIOR PEOPLE HE NEEDS IN HIS PARLIAMENT. OHARIU IS CRUCIAL FOR NATIONAL TO WIN. I THINK MORE OF THE HARM WOULD BE SOMEWHERE LIKE THE WAIRARAPA AND THAT IS VERY CLOSE. WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT A LOT - YOU HAVE A FARMER FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY COMING IN, AND VOTES FOR RON MARK THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO THE NATS? YOU UNDERESTIMATE THE INTELLIGENCE OF... KIERAN MCANULTY HAS WORKED REALLY HARD AND BUILT A REPUTATION. BUT THE ONE RESULT THAT IS REALLY IS APPRISING FOR ME IS GREG O'CONNOR. FOR HIM TO LOSE THE SEAT WOULD BE UNPRECEDENTED. BUT IT IS EARLY DAYS, LET US PUT A CAVEAT AROUND IT. AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS VERY MUCH A TREND. AS A FORMER MP, IT MIGHT JUST BE SO NERVE-RACKING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. IT REALLY IS. ENJOY THESE RESULTS AS THEY COME IN = WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL ELECTION NIGHT AND THE NUMBERS ARE COMING IN. AND IS LOOKING GOOD FOR NATIONAL. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS LOOKING PRETTY HAPPY UP THERE 40.9% WITH JUST 16% OF THE VOTE COUNTED BUT WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHEN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEED THE ACT PARTY. IT APPEARS THEIR MESSAGING IN THE LAST FINAL MOMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN HAD GOT THROUGH. SO WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. WE WELCOME OUR NEW PANELLISTS, TRISH AND MANI, KIA ORA, AND JOSIE PAGANI. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS SO FAR? TAMAKI, THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY - I THINK ACT ARE GOING TO WIN THAT SEAT. THERE IS ONLY 11% OF THE VOTE IN SO FAR. SO YOU THINK THAT THE DEPUTY LEADER OF ACT HAS DONE ENOUGH? ALSO THE SEATS LIKE MT ROSKILL AND MOUNT, THOSE ARE STRONG LABOUR SEATS. AND WELLINGTON CENTRAL, THE GREENS AND TAMATHA PAUL - HER LEAD IS 2500 VOTES. CHLOE SWARBRICK DID THAT - ROAD THROUGH PONSONBY ON HER EVE BIKE AND KNOCKED OFF HELEN WHITE. AND THEY ARE DOING IT AND WELLINGTON TOO. ACTS MOVE INTO TAMAKI WAS BALLSY - IT WAS A CLEVER STRATEGIC MOVE. THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT THE VOTE COULD BE SPLIT IN THE WELLINGTON BUT TAMATHA PAUL'S TEAM RAN A REALLY GOOD CAMPAIGN. HER MANAGER WAS CHLOE SWARBRICK'S FROM THE LAST CAMPAIGN. SHE WAS DRIVING IT, SHE WAS FRONT AND CENTRE OF SO MUCH MEDIA. TAMATHA PAUL HAS HAD IT AT A LOCAL LEVEL. AT A GRASSROOTS LEVEL, SHE WAS VERY VISIBLE. WELLIES LOVE A DEBATE. AND RONGOTAI LOVE A PUBLIC BUS. THERE ARE MORE PUBLIC USERS THAN ANY WHERE ELSE - AND JULIE ANNE GENTER IS BENEFITING FROM THIS. THEY WERE DESERTED BY THEIR ELECTORATE MP, PAUL EAGLE TRIED TO RUN FOR MAYOR AND THEN BAILED OUT ON THEM. I AM NOT SURPRISED THE VOTERS WANT TO LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE GREEN PARTY LOOKS TO BE GETTING THREE ELECTORATE SEATS. WHAT?! I THINK AUCKLAND CENTRAL WILL BE ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE TO WATCH. NATIONAL HAVE RUN A VERY STRONG CAMPAIGN. WE ARE GOING TO REMUERA, AND AMANDA WHO IS ON THE CASE. YOU ARE OUTSIDE CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S HOUSE? WHAT WHAT HAS HE BEEN DOING WITH HIMSELF TODAY? I AM IN THE HEART OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED AND SOUGHT AFTER SUBURB IN NEW ZEALAND - IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL, GV ABOUT $7 MILLION. WE ARE ABOUT 20 K'S FROM HIS BOTANY SEAT. IT TOOK HIM JUST 109 DAYS TO GO FROM BACKBENCHER TO LEADER OF THE NATIONAL PARTY AND HE MAY EMERGE FROM THERE AS PRIME MINISTER. HE HAS HAD A VERY LAID-BACK DAY - HE AND HIS WIFE WENT FOR A WALK AROUND THE DOMAIN. IT WAS VERY EASY. THEY HAD BREAD ROLLS AND SALAD. HE IS NOW HOLD UP HERE WITH HIS WIFE, AMANDA, AND THE TWO KIDS, OLIVIA AND . WILLIAM I ASKED HOW HE WAS FEELING, AND HE SAID HE WAS VERY LAID BACK AND CHILLED. SAID HE WAS FEELING GOOD ABOUT TONIGHT. APPARENTLY, HE SAID HE WILL, LATER AND BRING US SOME FOOD. I COVERED JOHN KEYS HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF ELECTION NIGHT, HE DID BRING OUT SAUSAGE ROLLS. I LAY DOWN A CHALLENGE, AND HE SAID HE WILL BRING SUMMING OUT A BIT LATER ON. IT IS CHRISTOPHER LUXON, THAT IS ONE OF SEVEN OF HIS HOUSES. I THINK IT WILL BE FANCY. IT WILL NOT BE DOMINOES. IT IS FUNNY THAT AMANDA IS BASICALLY BEGGING FOR FOOD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF CHRISTOPHER LUXON. THANK YOU, WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU LATER. WE JUST WANT TO BRING TAMAKI UP AGAIN. THIS IS A TRUE BLUE SEAT. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS FASCINATING. WE HAVE NOW GOT 26% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, AND BROKE IS UP BY ALMOST 2000 VOTES ALREADY. AND WHAT IS GOING TO COME AND BACK AND HAUNT THE NATIONAL PARTY, REMEMBER SIMON O'CONNOR, THE TWEET ABOUT ROE VERSUS WADE, I THINK THEY WILL REGRET THE DECISION LETTING HIM STAND TONIGHT. HAS BEEN WELCOMED INTO THAT ELECTORATE BY A LOT OF... COURT TIME A FAMILIES, WHO HAVE HELPED TO HAVE HOUSE MEETING HAD REALLY PUSHED HER ALONG. SHE HASN'T DONE WHAT DAVID SEYMOUR HAS DONE. SHE HASN'T THROWN A TANTRUM OR SAID THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TALK TO THIS PERSON. SHE HASN'T SAID NOTHING ABOUT WINSTON. SHE HAS BEEN KEPT CLEAN FROM ALL OF THAT, SO I THINK SHE HAS ACTUALLY PERSONALLY RAN A VERY GOOD CAMPAIGN. SHE MAKES THE ACT PARTY MORE PALATABLE. MAYBE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT AND THINKING THAT SHE IS TOUGH. EPSOM ALWAYS HAS THAT SORT OF SWEETHEART DEAL. SHE HAS MADE HER OWN DEALS. SHE DID SIT DOWN FOR A COFFEE WITH PAULA BENNETT. WE WILL ASK PAUL ABOUT THAT. WE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING. THE POTENTIAL OF NATIONAL AND ACT WORKING TOGETHER WITHOUT NEW ZEALAND FIRST. WHAT BETTER PLACE TO GO AND PADDY'S PARLIAMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE PERCENTAGES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. WELCOME TO MY HOUSE. WITH 20% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, THIS REALLY STARTS TO COUNT. THINGS THAT TO LOCK IN. AS I SAID, IT IS NOT A BLUE WAVE THAT HAS HIT. IT IS A BLUENAMI BLUE MOON IS ON THE RISE. THEY HAVE GOT 52 SEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE MAKING SOME SERIOUS MOVES. ACT HAVE GOT 11 SEATS. THAT IS 63 SEATS THAT IS A MAJORITY IN THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT. YOU CAN FORM A CENTRE-RIGHT GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THIS PERSON ` WINSTON PETERS. HE IS BACK, WITH EIGHT SEATS IN THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT. THEY DON'T NEED HIM, BUT THEY MIGHT YET USE HIM. IT WOULD BE A NATIONAL-ACT GOVERNMENT. COMING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE. ROSES ARE RED, LABOUR IS TOO, THE MESSAGE FROM THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC IS CHRIS HIPKINS, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY LIKE YOU. WHOLE LOT OF MPS GETTING THE DCM FROM THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC ` DON'T COME MONDAY. THE GREENS WILL PROBABLY BE AT A BIT DISAPPOINTED OUT THERE. SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING IN THE MAORI SEATS. THIS IS NOT BASED OFF THE PARTY VOTE. IN THE SEATS, THEY ARE CURRENTLY AHEAD IN FIVE OF THEM. THIS IS HOW YOUR PARLIAMENT IS LOOKING. IT IS LOOKING LIKE A NATIONAL ACT GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW WITH 20% OF THE VOTE COUNTED. LOOK AT IT RIGHT THERE, LOOK AT ALL THE BLUE, AND THEN THAT SHAFT OF YELLOW LIGHT COMING THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO ACT HQ IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE GREENS. YOU ARE SPEAKING TO ANDREW HOGGARD. VERY GOOD NEWS FOR ANDREW HERE WHO WAS NUMBER FIVE ON THE LIST. WE ALSO HAVE HIS NEPHEW LACHLAN HERE. HOW'S IT GOING? IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY NERVOUS DAY. IT WILL BE GOOD TO WAKE UP TOMORROW AND WE'LL ALL BE OVER. WE CAN LOOK AT THE SUPPORT WE GOT AND SEE HOW MUCH INROADS WE HAVE MADE TO THE RURAL VOTE. IF YOU GET A GOOD NUMBER OF FARMS ACROSS, IT WILL BE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, I FEEL. THOSE NUMBERS SOUND LIKE NATIONAL AND ACT WILL BE ABLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT WINSTON PETERS. THAT WOULD BE MUCH SIMPLER GOVERNING ARRANGEMENT. SHOULD MAKE THE NICE STABLE GOVERNMENT GOING FORWARD. YOU ARE PRETTY HIGH UP THE LIST, HAD YOU MANAGE THAT? I GUESS DAVID LIKES ME. WHAT YOU HEARING ABOUT THE RURAL SEATS? THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A SWITCH BACK TO YOU RECKON? LAST TIME WE SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF BLUE SEATS TURN RED. I THINK THEY WILL FLIP BACK. I'M HOPING THAT IN THE PARTY VOTE, THAT NATIONAL WILL GET A LOT OF THE PARTY VOTE IN THE RURAL SEATS. WHAT ABOUT YOUR ELECTORATE? I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL GET A REALLY GOOD PARTY VOTE IN OUR ELECTORATE. REALLY HELPFUL THAT WE SET A RECORD. I GUESS ANDREW WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITED THAN HE MAY HAVE COME ACROSS THERE/ BANG ON THE MONEY THERE, ISABEL. INTERESTING WHICH IS USING ALREADY. HE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOOD, THIS IS A STRONG AND STABLE, GOVERNMENT. THEY CAN PULL IT OFF TONIGHT, THIS WILL BE A VICTORY FOR THE ACT PARTY, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH WINSTON RAYMOND PETERS. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THEY HAVE GOT TO WHERE THEY GOT IN THE POLLS, WHO CARES ABOUT THAT, YOU ARE OVER 61. YOU CAN SEE HE IS A FARMER, SO IT IS NEPHEW. THAT IS A GOOD LOOK FOR ACT. I STOOD IN THAT ELECTORATE, AND IT IS TOUGH ELECTORATE. I CAMPAIGNED ON A HORSE BEFORE WINSTON OR EVER GOT ON A HORSE. THAT IS A GOOD LOOK FOR ACT. IT IS DEFINITELY RODEO, NOT NO-DEO. WE ARE GOING TO BROOKE VAN VELDEN NOW. 26% OF THE VOTE COUNTED ALMOST, BROOKE, YOUR HEAD BY MOST HUNDRED SEATS. WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD? I'M JUST EXCITED THAT ALL OF THE WORK FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT PAY OFF. I DO NOT WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE WON TAMAKI. IT IS WONDERFUL BEING DONE HERE. CELEBRATING WITH ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN UP ALL OF THEIR OWN EFFORT AND HARD WORK AND TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE IN TAMAKI. YOU ARE SIGNING VERY HAPPY. PADDY JUST BE THAT IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. PADDY'S DAY OUT. PADDY IS A DAY OUT* IS LOOKING LIKE IT WILL BE A GOOD WEEKEND. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE WHO HAS VOTED FOR ME FOR THE ELECTORATE VOTE, AND LET'S SEE WHERE THE EVENING GOES. SANTA BIT LIKE A VICTORY SPEECH THERE, BROOKE. IT IS LOOKING LIKE NATIONAL AND YOUR PARTY, ACT, ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FORM A COALITION ON THEIR EARLY NUMBERS WITHOUT NEW ZEALAND FIRST, HOW HAPPY DOES THAT MAKE YOU? WE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR WEEKS THAT THE TOP PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR NATIONAL AND ACT TO FORM A STRONG TWO-PARTY COALITION, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE VOTES OF NOT COMING IT, SO WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE ACT LEADER HAS TO SEE LATER ON. IT IS A BIG TURNAROUND, THE NATIONAL PARTY CANDIDATE WAS AROUND A FEW THOUSAND VOTES AHEAD OF THE LAST ELECTION. SHE REALLY HAS TURNED THAT AROUND. LEMON SAUSAGE ROLL. ENOUGH OF THE SAUSAGE ROLLS. SERIOUSLY, WHAT WAS WITH THAT? WE ARE MOVING ON. THIS IS NOT A JOKE, WHAT IS HAPPENING TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO THE NATIONAL PARTY FINANCE SPOKESPERSON. NICOLA WILLIS IS WITH LIFE IN WELLINGTON. NICOLA, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THIS? NICOLA, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THIS? IT'S FAR TOO EARLY TO COUNT ANY CHICKENS BUT I THINK WE CAN SEE SOME POSITIVE THINGS COMING THROUGH. I AM SURROUNDED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO DELIVER A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT AND GET A BETTER DIRECTION FOR THE COUNTRY WE WAIT WITH ANTICIPATION FOR THE FINAL RESULT. NAEGELE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WINSTON FACTOR. AS YOU SAID, IT IS TOO EARLY TO COUNT YOUR CHICKENS, BUT YOU MUST BE A LITTLE BIT EXCITED BY THE PROSPECT OF JUST THE NATIONAL-ACT COALITION. THERE IS STRONG PARTY SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL AND LABOUR SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING FOR THE PARTY VOTE AND I HOPE THAT IT REFLECTS THAT NEW ZEALANDERS WANT TO SEE THE COUNTRY BETTER MANAGED AND A STRONG GOVERNMENT. I AM NOT ONE TO COUNT THINGS TO EARLY - WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GET TO. YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY THERE, HOW MUCH OF THE SUPPORT HAD THEY BEEN FOR YOU> THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. I GOT TO SEE THE NORTHLAND AMATEUR SOCIETY OF PETER PAN IN WHICH THREE OF OUR CHILDREN STARRED, AND THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. IT REMINDED ME, ELECTIONS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BUT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO FAMILIES COMMUNITIES AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR EACH OTHER. I HAD MY BROTHER AND SISTER FLY IN TO BE HERE WITH ME WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEIR PARTNERS, AND I HAVE MY MUM AND DAD HERE. THE WHOLE WHANAU. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH HER AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. SHE IS A VERY HAPPY PERSON TONIGHT. NOW BACK TO PADDY. I HAD TO WAKE UP FOR A SECOND THERE LOOKING AT THE FLIP WALL - I WAS IN SHOCK AT SOME OF THE STUFF I HAVE BEEN SEEING ON AIR. NEARLY THE WHOLE WALL HAS FLIPPED FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. WE ARE LOOKING AT SEATS LIKE NEW LYNN, TE ATATU, MT ALBERT, MT ROSKILL, THE SAFE LABOUR HEART LAND, LABOUR GETTING DESTROYED OUT THERE. THEY ARE GETTING BEATEN UP, AND NOT JUST BY THE NATIONAL PARTY. RONGOTAI JUST NEXT DOOR TO WELLINGTON CENTRAL ` THE GREENS ARE TAKING STUFF OF LABOUR. YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING DESTROYED WHEN YOUR FRIENDS ARE TAKING SEATS. THERE IS ALSO SOME INTRIGUING STUFF HAPPENING WITH THE MAORI PARTY WHO ARE AHEAD IN FIVE OF THE SEVEN MAORI SEATS. SORRY, WE'RE GOING LIVE TO CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S HOUSE IN REMUERA. AMANDA AND KIDS BRINGING FOOD. YOU HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE? WHAT'S IT LIKE? IT'S BEEN AN EXHAUSTING JOURNEY... YOU ARE FEELING RELAXED, OBVIOUSLY RESULTS ARE GOING YOUR WAY - A BLUE-NAMI. WE ARE ENJOYING THE NIGHT AND WATCHING IT COME THROUGH. HOW ARE PROUD OF YOU OF YOUR HUSBAND? INCREDIBLY PROUD. HE HAS DONE A GREAT RACE AND WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD. FEELING VERY RELAXED? IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FEEL RELAXED AND THERE IS A BIG DECISION COMING AHEAD. WHAT DID YOU BRING OUT? I AM NOT THAT TALENTED, I AM AFRAID. PARTY PIES AND PIZZA. I DIDN'T ORDER THEM, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU, THEY WILL BE GOOD. YOUR HUSBAND DOES NOT DRINK, SO YOU HAVE BROUGHT OUT SOME NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. SORRY, THEY ARE COKE AND WATER. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE BIG NIGHT? ENJOYING THE NIGHT WITH A FAMILY, WATCHING IT ALL HAPPEN. YOUR DAD COULD BE THE PRIME MINISTER. INCREDIBLY PROUD OF DEAD. INCREDIBLY PROUD OF DAD. IT'S A GREAT DAY, THE RUSH AND BUSTLE OF EVERYTHING. WE ARE ENJOYING THE TIME TOGETHER, THAT KIND OF ENERGY. BECAUSE EVERYTHING COULD CHANGE TOMORROW. WE ARE STILL US AND THE SAME PEOPLE. IT WILL BE WHAT IT WILL BE. HOW DOES IT FEEL, YOUR FATHER AS PM? IT'S REALLY EXCITING, IT'S AWESOME, HE HAS WORKED HARD FOR IT AND HE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB. I AM REALLY PROUD OF COURSE. HE HAS WORKED SO HARD, HE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE TO SET FOR MYSELF. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT? THERE IS JUST A NICE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE, SO WE WILL SIT AROUND. HOW THE PARENTS DOING? THEY ARE HERE, AND IT IS GREAT. THEY MUST BE VERY PROUD OF THEM. THEY ARE. GOT SOME COUNTRY MUSIC FOR HIM TO ROCK TOO? AND SOME FAIRY LIGHTS. I LOVE MY FAIRY LIGHTS. LOVING THE GOOD WATTIES TOMATO SAUCE AS WELL. OF COURSE. ENJOY. IT IS TRADITIONAL WITH NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS - IF YOU ARE POSTED OUTSIDE, PRIME MINISTER'S HOUSES, THEY SEND OUT SOME FOOD. IS REALLY NICE TO SEE HER AND HER TWO CHILDREN. THAT WAS VERY COOL. AND BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES. THEY ARE IN FOR A PRETTY AMAZING TONIGHT TONIGHT. I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAY OF THE LAND, ALL RIGHT. WHAT HAPPENS TO LAND WHEN A TSUNAMI HITS ` PEOPLE SEE THE WATER COMING AND START TO GET NERVOUS, AND WORRIED, AND DISTINCT BE UNCOMFORTABLE. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE MEGAN WOODS - LABOUR IS ON TRACK FOR A DISASTROUS RESULT AND SHE IS CAMPAIGN MANAGER. BUT SHE COULD ALSO BE ALIGNED TO LOSE LABOUR STRONGHOLD WIGRAM. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THERE IS A BLUE NAMI ON THE CARDS. YOU DON'T EVER THINK PADDY GOWER WILL BE SENDING IN FRONT OF WIGRAM SAYING IT WILL GO TO THE NATIONAL PARTY. IT IS STILL VERY CLOSE, 362 VOTES. THIS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE INTERESTING AS WELL. NICOLA WILLIS IS IN THE FIGHT OF HER LIFE TO TAKE THE SEAT OF GREG O'CONNOR, WHO HAD A MASSIVE MAJORITY THAT HAS JUST BEEN CHEWED UP, TAKEN UP AND RIPPED OFF, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, NICOLA WILLIS IS SAYING I WANT TO BE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF FINANCE. WITHOUT WINSTON PETERS. AND WITH A BIG BLUE CHERRY ON THE TOP AS WELL, TAKING A SEAT AS WELL. THESE ARE THE KIND OF SEATS THAT WILL FLICK AROUND TONIGHT. THE PICTURE OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT IS VERY BLUE. IN FACT, IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE LABOUR PARTY'S COMPUTER HAS CRASHED. RIGHT NOW, THE COMPUTER IS SAYING NO FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO THE BLUE NAMI. IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE... IF YOU'VE HAD BABIES AROUND... IT IT'S A POONAMI IF YOU'RE THE LABOUR PARTY. AND THERE'S ONE IN AUCKLAND. THE MP FOR OHARIU IS WITH AMELIA NOW. NICOLA'S A FEW HUNDRED A HEAD, HOW DOES IT FEEL? THAT'S NO SURPRISES HERE, THAT IS EXCITING HOW IT HAS GONE. IN FACT, WHEN YOU COME INTO THESE GAMES, IF YOU DON'T THINK IT IS CONNECT, DON'T FORGET, TO LOOKING TO GO, I ONLY WON BY 100 ON THE NIGHT. I HAVEN'T GOT THE STAGE IN MY LIFE WITHOUT ACCEPTING MY FATE. I AM NOT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AT 200, THINGS DO SWING AROUND. I WILL BE HONEST AND SAY THAT I WOULD PREFER TO BE 200 AHEAD. THE GAP IS NOW MORE THAN 400, CAN YOU COME BACK FROM THAT? I WOULD MUCH SOONER BE 400 AHEAD` WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER IS CURRENTLY BEING WELCOMED. BUT LET'S LISTEN TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (PERFORMS KARANGA) THAT IS THE COLEADER OF THE MAORI PARTY. SHE'S LOOKING LIKE SHE'S GOING TO BE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT. ALMOST 20% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, AND THE MAORI PARTY ARE UP TO 3000. I THINK -- I HAVE CALLED THE SEAT FOR DEBBIE, BUT LOOKING AT THE OTHER SEATS IS REALLY INTERESTING. HAURAKI-WAIKATO ALMOST 14% OF THE VOTE COUNTED - HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE WILL BE ONE OF THE YOUNGEST POLITICIANS WE HAVE HAD IN 120 YEARS OR SO HAVE HAD IN 120 YEARS OR SO. TE TAI TONGA IS UP. IN A BIT MORE OF A PROFILE IN RECENT WEEKS ON DEBATES AND REALLY SHOWING HIS WORK. THAT WILL BE A HUGE UPSET THE LABOUR PARTY. LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AS THEY STAND, IF THE MAORI PARTY ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THEIR SEATS, THAT IS PUNISHMENT TOO. JUST REMINDING OUR VIEWERS, HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE, SHE HAS BEEN IN THE HEADLINES LATELY BECAUSE SHE WAS TARGETED, AND PEOPLE WENT TO HER HOME AND TARGETED HER IN A VERY UGLY WAY. SHE IS CURRENTLY BEATING THE CURRENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, I CAN'T GET MY HEAD AROUND THIS. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE SEAT LONGER THAN HANNAH HAS BEEN ALIVE. I THINK EVEN IN SOME OF THE DEBATES, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN WAY WAY BEFORE, I DON'T THINK HANNAH CAN ANSWER THEM. THAT YOUNG FOLKS THAT SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING. WE DID SEE THAT WAHINE MAORI HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO HORRENDOUS BETRAYAL. VITRIOL* THANK YOU, THERE IS A LOT THAT JUST YOUR. IT'S POTENTIALLY THE WORST RESULT FOR LABOUR SINCE 2014. 26% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, AND WITH THESE NUMBERS, NEW ZEALAND IS ON TRACK FOR A NEW PRIMER LISTED BY THE NAME OF CHRIS CHRISTOPHER LUXON. RAP SONG: # I don't even care I ain't never had manners # No way, no way # Yo! # Sitting while you rap 'cause we just can't... # (CHAIR MECHANISM SQUEAKS) VOICEOVER: From $2.50, introducing the Subway Value Bites range. (ALL PERFORM WAIATA) (ALL PERFORM WAIATA) THOSE ARE LIKE PICTURES COMING IN. YOU CAN SEE THE COLEADER OF THE MAORI PARTY PERFORMING WITH THE PARTY MAORI CLUB. HOW SHE DOING, JULIAN? I'M A VERY HARSH CRITIC. THEY ARE ALSO SINGING A SONG FROM NGATI POROU. THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT SEAT IS GOING TO FLIP. THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE HAVE POTENTIALLY PUNISHED MEKA WHAITIRI FOR LEAVING THE LABOUR PARTY. WHICH IS INTERESTING. IT IS GOING TO STAY WITH LABOUR, BUT MEKA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IT WITH HER. THE MAORI PARTY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CLOSE. THERE ARE NO WAY THOSE SEATS SHOULD BE CLOSE. LABOUR ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR A LACK OF MOTIVATION AND ASPIRATION IN THEIR POLICIES. THIS IS PEENI HENARE AND KELVIN DAVIS. GOING TO COME TO YOU IN A SECOND STUART NASH. I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY BISCUIT FIRST. LOOK AT THIS BIG BISCUIT. THIS IS GOING TO POP UP OUT OF THE GROUND. THIS IS WHAT THE SEATS IN PARLIAMENT LOOK LIKE, REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED 6 TO 2 TO WIN AT THE MOMENT. 62 TO WIN* IT MEANS THAT THERE ARE MORE SEATS IN THE HOUSE, UNIT 62 SEATS TO WIN, SO HOW ARE WE LOOKING? NATIONAL HAS 53. ADD TO THAT 12 SEATS FROM THE ACT PARTY AND YOU ARE ACROSS IT. THEY DON'T NEED WINSTON PETERS. THIS IS A FANTASTIC RESULT FOR NATIONAL AND ACT. HOW YOU FEELING? I WAS JUST THINKING THAT I BET NATIONAL HQ WILL BE VERY EXCITED. THAT IS WHAT THEY LOOKING FOR. THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO THOUGH. NO ONE WILL BE POPPING CHAMPAGNE YET. THAT IS THE KIND OF RESULT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. HOW YOU THINK, STUART? AS PAULA SAID, EARLY DAYS. WE ARE LOOKING AT VERY SENIOR CABINET MINISTERS MAY BE LOOKING FOR A JOB. EARLY DAYS. LABOUR HAS BEEN ABLE TO TURN OUT SOUTH AND WEST AUCKLAND, THESE ARE THE BIG BILLS THAT COME IN LATER, BIG BOOSTS* ARE YOU NERVOUS? I FEEL FOR SOME OF MIKE COLLEGE OF WORK INCREDIBLY HARD. MY COLLEAGUES* CAN YOU CLAIM WHAT IT IS LIKE? IT IS A VERY PUBLIC JOB INTERVIEW. SOMEONE LIKE DAMIEN O'CONNOR, THIS MEANT A LOT OF TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY. CABINET MINISTERS WORK A LOT OF HOURS. IT IS VERY PUBLIC. OPEN TO CRITICISM. LET ME TIMER SOMEONE WHO WON THE SEAT ON THE NIGHT AND THEN LOST IT TO THE SPECIALS, EVERY VOTE COUNTS. SOME OF THESE CLOSE ONES CONFLICT ANYWAY, EVEN AFTER THE SPECIALS. WILL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT YOUR SEAT IN NAPIER. I AM HERE WITH NATIONAL CANDIDATE KATIE NIMON. IT'S EARLY IN THE EVENING, BUT WE HAVE HEAPS OF SUPPORTERS HERE. WE HAVE THE RUGBY GOING IN THE BACKGROUND. WE CAN'T TELL IF THE CHEERS ARE FOR YOU. YOU MUST BE FEELING PRETTY POSITIVE. IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK AND IT HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG ONE WITH A LOT OF HARD STUFF IN THE MIDDLE. WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD. ARE YOU KEEPING AN EYE ON THE NUMBERS? I AM SO DESPERATE TO WORK WITH CATHERINE IN PARLIAMENT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A BIGGER REPRESENTATIVE FOR HAWKE'S BAY AS A REGION. YOU HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD SNACKS HERE TONIGHT. WHAT WAS THAT THE SPECIAL DELIVERY? THAT WAS A CAKE I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE A PICTURE OF ME ON THE TOP. MY PARENTS ALWAYS ARE LATE TO THE PARTY, BUT I LOVE IT. ON THOSE NUMBER, KATIE NIMON WILL BECOME THE NEXT MP FOR NAPIER. PRETTY SOLID. KATIE RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN. SHE HAS HAD 3 1/2 YEARS TO CAMPAIGN - BLUE TIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT WE ARE GETTING AT THE MOMENT. EVERYONE NAPIER WANTED TO SEE TROOPS HELPING WITH THE SILT. THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS FOR THE DECISIONS WE MADE AFTER CYCLONE GABRIELLE, IF THAT IS A REASON FOR THE RESULTS ` WE NEED TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. THERE IS A TREND THERE THAT ISN'T THAT GOOD FOR LABOUR. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PADDY GALLO TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION. WE WILL START TO BORE INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE AS THIS BOON NAMI SWEEPS ACROSS THE NATION. LABOUR MAY NEED THE ARMY TO COME AND REPAIR THINGS. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PARTY VOTE IN 2020. WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE NOW IN TERMS OF THE LIST VOTE ` BANG! NEW ZEALAND HAS GONE BLUE, IT HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED. IT IS ALMOST FLIPPED COMPLETELY, BAR A FEW LITTLE OUTPOSTS THAT ARE JUST HANGING ON. IT IS HURTING A LOT HARDER THAN ANYBODY EXPECTED. STUART WAS HOPING AUCKLAND MIGHT HELP LABOUR OUT. BOOM! AUCKLAND IS GONE BLUE WITH 20% OF THE VOTERS. ALMOST ALL OF AUCKLAND IS BLUE, BAR MANUREWA, KELSTON, PANMURE-OTAHUHU AND MANGERE. THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE SAFEST LABOUR SEATS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT THEY HAVE GOT. AUCKLAND HAS GONE BLUE ON THE LIST VOTE. THEY BETTER START THINKING AGAIN - THE BIG BLUE BUSES OUT OF CONTROL AND IS GOING TO KEEP ON ROLLING. IT IS LEAVING PEOPLE BRUISED AND BLOODIED IN ITS WAKE. IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. JENNA, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? THE FACT THAT THE NATS HAD JUST JUMPED UP ON THEIR PARTY VOTE? LABOUR IS GETTING AN ABSOLUTE THUMPING. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE THE TIDE TURNED AGAINST LABOUR - THE THREE MONTH LONG LOCKDOWN OF OUR BIGGEST CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY PARTY COULD HAVE COME BACK FROM THE WAY THE AUCKLANDERS FELT ABOUT THAT. IT WAS TOUGH. THE FEELING AROUND THE COUNTRY, AS AS A JAFA NOW, NO ONE UNDERSTOOD, IT WAS TOUGH. THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST WHINGEING. THERE IS A MAJOR SURPRISES THERE. YOU MAY SEE SOME MAJOR LABOUR PEOPLE NOT IN PARLIAMENT. NOW IT IS HOW THEY WILL REBUILD - MT ROSKILL, SHOUT OUT TO TE ATATU, ANGEE NICHOLAS WELL AHEAD A STUNNING PACIFIC ISLAND LAWYER. YOU WOULD WANT TO BE LOOKING FOR A JOB IF YOU ARE IN LABOUR, HUMAN RESOURCES WILL BE BUSY TOMORROW. PAULA: KEEP YOUR PHONE ON. TE ATATU ` PHIL TWYFORD HAD A 10,000 MAJORITY AND HE IS GETTING BEATEN BY SOMEONE I HADN'T HEARD OF. THAT IS THE THING. YOU ARE SAYING IF YOU'RE 10,000 AHEAD, USA. THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO? WE HAD A BIG DISAGREEMENT ON THE GREEN ROOM ` PAUL I MIGHT HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS WRONG. ABOUT THAT BIG BLUE BUS... THERE ARE SOME REALLY BIG BOOTHS STILL TO COME IN. BUT THAT'S ONE OF YOUR BIG RED BOOTHS. 10,000 MIGHT BE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD BY THE END OF THE NIGHT. THE SWING IS AMAZING. ONE OF THE SWING SEATS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY IN THE LEAD UP TO TONIGHT IS WAIRARAPA. KIERAN IS WITH US LIVE FROM MASTERTON. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? IT IS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE LABOUR POLLING LIKE THIS SO FAR - WAIRARAPA AS POLLING HIGHER THAN IT EVER HAS, SO I'M STOKED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS PRETTY CLOSELY. TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANY CALLS ON THIS THAT - YOUR OPPONENT IS 1100 VOTES AHEAD, NATIONAL. IF YOU DON'T GET THE SEAT, WOULD YOU BE IN ON THE PARTY VOTE? THAT DEPENDS ON WHO WINS WHAT SEAT, AND IT'S ALL OVER THE SHOW. WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS IN AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN THE LIST TO SEE IF THEY ARE IN OR NOT. I WAS WORKED ON THE BASIS THAT MY PRIORITY WAS TO WIN THE SEAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY GOT INTO POLITICS. MY FOCUS WAS THE CAMPAIGN HERE IN WAIRARAPA AND I AM PSYCHED TO SEE LABOUR AS POLLING HIGHER HERE THEN IT IS AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING THIS DOWN TO? I DON'T KNOW, I FIRST STOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2014 AND THAT WASN'T FLASH. THIS TIME FELT BETTER THAN THAT. THIS IS MY FOURTH CAMPAIGN SO I HAVE A FEW TO COMPARE IT TO I WAS SPEAKING TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND IT FELT LIKE DEFINITELY BETTER THAN 2014. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE FIGURES LIKE THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THE FEEDBACK WE WERE GETTING ISN'T REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS TONIGHT. IT COMES AS A SURPRISE TO ME. A CHEEKY QUESTION, WILL YOU STICK AROUND FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS IF YOU DON'T MANAGE TO SECURE THE SEAT? OF COURSE, MY GOAL IS TO SERVE MY ELECTORATE. MY CHEEKY QUESTION, WOULD YOU BE LEADER IF CHRIS HIPKINS IS NOT THERE? I HAVE ANSWERED THIS A FEW TIMES, AND I HAVE SAID I COULD NOT BE LESS INTERESTED. THAT IS NOT A NO. I SUSPECT KIERAN WILL HOLD THAT BUT HAS MAJORITY HAS BEEN SLASHED. BUT THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF BOOTHS TO BE COUNTED. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WE WILL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT LABOUR FIGHTING A WAR ON TWO FRONTS - THE GREENS AND URBAN CENTRES AND NATIONAL AND RURAL. Again. (GRUNTS) (TOASTERS CLICK) (VACUUM HISSES) (OVER SPEAKERS) Again. Again. Again. (TENSE MUSIC) (SIGHS) Crust condition identical. Expensive power made toast. Cheap power made toast. It's all toast. (VOICE DISTORTS) It's all toast. (FEEDBACK WHINES) Again. Same energy. Probably cheaper. (MONITOR BUZZES) (CHOIR SINGS) # Frank! # (TOAST CRUNCHES) (VACUUM HISSES) It's all toast! IT IS ALL ON FOR YOUNG AND OLD HER TONIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO THE ELECTION SPECIAL. WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OUR FRIEND. WHAT DO YOU CALL HER, LYDIA? LINDA. LINDER IS BACK. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A RUN THROUGH WITHOUT SPECIAL GUEST FEATURE FOR THE EVENING. ACT ARE HAVING A BIT OF A BLINDER. LASER KIWI DOES SOMETHING OTHER THAN SAY K AITE LINDA IS NOT A ONE TRICK PONY. HERE SHE COMES. YOU HAVE BEEN HOGGING HER. THIS IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND, NEW ZEALAND. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? THIS IS A LITTLE WEIRD. SHE IS NATURALLY BIRTHING AN MP. THIS IS A BRAND-NEW MP COMING TO PARLIAMENT. THAT IS THE BIRTH OF ANDREW HOGGARD, FORMER FED FARMERS PRESIDENT. IS GOING TO BE IN THE PARLIAMENT FOR THE ACT PARTY. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT, GUYS? (LAUGHTER) WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO WINSTON. ANDREW HOGGARD IS COMMON ON THE LIST, HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN THAT SEAT. IT WAS QUITE A POWERPLAY FOR ACTS TO GET ANDREW HOGGARD . IN THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ACTA TRYING TO TAKE ON THAT FARM ABOUT, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE LIKES OF GROUNDSWELL COMING IN BEHIND. THEY WILL BE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HOGGARD IN THERE. THEY BEGAN THAT GRAB FOR THE ACT VOTES AROUND THE FIREARMS REFORM. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE QUITE` LOOKING AT THE VOTES COMING IN AROUND THE COUNTRY, PERHAPS DONE WHAT THEY WANTED. HEARTLAND NEW ZEALAND HAS TURNED BACK BLUE. BUT THEY WILL POTENTIALLY GET THE TREASURY BENCHES. ANDREW HOGGARD COULD BE A MINISTER. BROOKE VAN VELDEN WILL LIKELY BE A MINISTER. THEY DEFINITELY WILL BE. THE BIG STORY HERE IS WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED WITH LABOUR? ALL THAT RUMOUR WE HEARD OF THE POLLING THAT WAS INTERNAL, THERE IS A BIT OF A RUN IN THERE, I LOOK AT IT AND I THINK THAT THREE THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG. ONE IS THAT GREAT PARTIES NEED GREAT CAUSES, AND THEY ARE BLEEDING TO THE GREENS, BECAUSE THE GREENS HAVE BIG CAUSE. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THE LABOUR PARTY SPLITS TO GREENS AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST BECAUSE THEY ARE ANNOYED WITH LABOUR. AND THE OTHER SIDE IS GONE WITH NEW ZEALAND FIRST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHANGE. CHRIS HIPKINS HAD TO BE THE CHANGE CANDIDATE, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE BECAME THE CONTINUITY CANDIDATE. FOR THOSE LABOUR DIEHARDS, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD PIN ON SUPPORTING THEIR PARTY. AND THIS IS SHOWING. CHRIS HIPKINS WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING BEFORE THE ELECTION AND THAT WAS THAT SOMETIMES THE POLL NUMBERS ARE NOT TO BE BELIEVED. LLOYD IS DOWN AT SHED 10, LAST TIME WE SPOKE TO, IT WAS A BIT SUBDUED, WHAT IS THE VIBE NOW. HOLY HECK, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED DOWN HERE. IT IS FILLED OUT. THE VIBE DOWN HERE, AS SOON AS THOSE RESULTS CAME IN AND THEY SAW THEM ON THE BIG SCREEN, BIG CHEERS POPPED UP ALL OVER THE SHOW, PARTICULAR WHEN YOU SEE THE AUCKLAND ELECTORATES. PARTICULAR ONES THAT ARE FLIPPING, SUCH AS MOUNT ALBERT AND MOUNT ROSKILL. THERE'S BEEN A FEW SENIOR MPS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH, PAUL GOLDSMITH, THAT IS WHAT THE VIBE IS LIKE HERE. THERE IS CHAMPAGNE HERE. BUT I'M STARTING TO SEE THOSE TOP SHELVES EMPTYING OUT, BECAUSE THEY ARE CAUTIOUSLY CELEBRATING, BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ABOUT 30% OF THE VOTE THAT HAS BEEN COUNTED, BUT THAT IS THE VIBE HERE AT NATS HQ. THANK YOU, LLOYD. LAST ACTION, MIKE WAS WITH NATIONAL, AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING FUNEREAL, IT IS THE OPPOSITE NOW. MOVE THE CASKET AWAY AND GET THE CHAMPAGNE ON TAP. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE TACK AND GO TO THE LABOUR PARTY HQ IN LOWER HUTT EVENT CENTRE. AMELIA, WHAT IS THE VIBE LIKE THE? IT IS SURPRISINGLY UPBEAT. THE MOVE SEEMS TO BE THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST THE VOTE UNTIL IT IS 40% COUNTED. THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF BOTTLES OF WINE ON A LOT OF TABLES, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT TELLS YOU MORE THAN THE OPTIMISM ABOUT GETTING THAT VOTE COUNTED. WHERE IS CHRIS HIPKINS RIGHT NOW? AND HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM HIS CAMP? GRANT ROBERTSON IS IN THE BUILDING, I UNDERSTAND, BUT HE IS HAVING A QUIET BEER WITH EBRAHIM OMER AND GINNY ANDERSON THE CAMP IS, AS I SAY, STILL QUITE OPTIMISTIC IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO ANY SCRAP OF OPTIMISM THAT THEY CAN GET. THANKS, AMELIA. AMELIA AT THE HOT EVENT CENTRE AMELIA AT THE LOWER HUTT EVENT CENTRE* JUST THE ADVANCE VOTES WAS MENTIONED THERE, THEY ARE COUNTED TODAY. THE VOTES THAT WERE CAST BEFORE TODAY ARE COUNTED FROM TODAY. THAT IS CORRECT. MOST OF THE ADVANCED VOTES WOULD HAVE COME IN BY NOW, SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THEM COUNTED. ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE THAT AT BOTH PARTIES THEY ARE DRINKING AT THE BAR DRY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS? NATIONAL PARTY HITTING THE TOP SHELF, THE LABOUR PARTY ISN'T LABOUR PARTY IS DROWNING ITS SORROWS* WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO THE COLEADER OF THE MAORI PARTY, DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER WHO IS JOINING US, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE HAVING A PRETTY GOOD NIGHT ` TO .5% OF THE VOTE 2.5% OF THE VOTE, AND YOU ARE GOING FROM TWO SEATS TO 6 SEATS, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? EXTREMELY EXCITED AND HUMBLED BY OUR PEOPLE HAVE GONE OUT AND SUPPORTED. WE HAVE SAID THAT THERE WAS A MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND PUSHING FOR CHANGE. I KNOW IT IS EARLY IN THE NIGHT, BUT WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED AND HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE SEEN COMING OUT FOR THE MAORI PARTY. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL HOLD ON TO TE TAI HAUAURU , AND WHICH OTHER MAORI SEATS DO YOU THINK ARE IN THE BAG? I WILL STAY HUMBLE AND CONSERVATIVE UNTIL WE HAVE GOT ALL OF THE RESULTS. WE NEED TO BE OVER 70% OR 80% FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND SAY THAT. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET SEVEN SEATS ACROSS THE LINE, AND LETS SEE HOW TONIGHT ENDS. WHAT AN AMAZING START TO THE NIGHT IN COMPARISON WITH 2020, AND THERE I SAY, 2017, EXTREMELY EXCITED. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RACE THAT HANNAH HAS HAD IN HAURAKI-WAIKATO? I'M VERY PROUD OF HANNAH AND ALL OF THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE STOOD FOR US. IT IS EXTREME HARD GOING UP AGAINST THE MACHINE OF THE BIGGER PARTIES I THINK HANNAH IS INDICATIVE OF THE 70% OF MAORI WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 40 WHO DON'T SEE THEMSELVES IN SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL POLITICIANS' SEATS. OVERWHELMED BY THE SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN DO POLITICS IN A POSITIVE WAY, AND YOU CAN FOCUS ON A TREATY FOCUSED NEW ZEALAND, WHICH IS WHAT WE PROMISED WE WOULD DO. I'M ON THE PANEL. I'M NOT REALLY NEW TO US FOR A FAVOUR(!) HOW IS THE FAMILY DOWN THERE, DEBBIE? THEY ARE AMAZING. THESE ARE HEARTY MAORI PARTY SUPPORTERS WHO WERE THERE IN 2017 AND 2020, WHEN WE TRY TO BRING OUR PARTY BACK OUT OF LIFE SUPPORT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN REWARDED BY THAT BELIEF AND HARD WORK. I AM JUST SO OVERWHELMED AND EXTREMELY POSITIVE. THESE ARE COMMITTEES THAT NEED TO SEE CHANGE. THEY NEED TO SEE POLITICIANS WHO CAN PROMISE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAIN ON THE GROUND. THEY ARE JUST AMAZING. THANKS, DEBBIE. IT COULD BE A RECORD YEAR FOR THE MAORI PARTY. THEY ARE AHEAD IN ALL BUT ONE OF THE MAORI SEATS RIGHT NOW. IT IS AN ASTONISHING RESULT. THIS IS A FASCINATING NIGHT IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US. WE ARE WATCHING LIVE ELECTION COVERAGE AND LIVE RESULTS FROM THE 2023 ELECTION, AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THE LABOUR PARTY BEING RUN RAIDED FROM THREE FRONTS ` THE GREENS, THE MAORI PARTY, AND THE PROVINCIAL AND RURAL SEATS ARE GOING TO THE NATS. THEY ARE FIGHTING A WAR ON THREE FRONTS TONIGHT, AND THEY ARE LOSING BADLY, WITH 32% OF THE VOTE COUNTED. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MIKE MCROBERTS WITH THE GREENS. HOW IS IT NOW, MIKE? WE HAVE JUST STEPPED OUTSIDE, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY PUMPING INSIDE. EVEN ONLY BY GETTING PUMMELLED, IT LOOKS LIKE A FULL BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE GREENS. VERY, VERY HAPPY PEOPLE IN THE THREE POSSIBLE ELECTORATES. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THERE IS ANOTHER CHEER. WHOEVER FORMS GOVERNMENT, THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG MESSAGE THAT THEY WILL NEED TO LISTEN TO THE GREEN MOVEMENT, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH ELECTORATE WINS OR THIS POWER SURGE IN THE PARTY VOTE, IT IS CLEAR. CHLOE IS AHEAD OF THE MOMENT. CHLOE IS AHEAD OF THE MOMENT. TO SAY THAT WE HAVE GOT AUCKLAND CENTRAL WELLINGTON CENTRAL AND RONGOTAI, THAT IS AN AMAZING SURGE. THAT IS A MESSAGE TO WHOEVER IS IN COVENANT THAT THEY DO NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND OUR SOLUTIONS FOR INEQUALITY. IT IS A GREEN SURGE. IN THE LAST POLL, YOU ARE SITTING AT AROUND 14.9%, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN COMING BACK FROM THAT, IS IT STILL GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A VICTORY TONIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THE SPECIAL VOTES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE SPECIAL VOTES CONTINGENCY, SO WE WILL GO UP. THERE WE GO. IT IS GETTING VERY EXCITABLE HER. LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE. IS ABOUT 300 PEOPLE HER, AND THEY ARE RESPECTING ABOUT ANOTHER 100. I ASKED IF THE BOUNCERS WORK SPECTRUM TROUBLE, AND THEY SAID NO, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT THE GUYS FROM ACT COMING FROM DOWNSTAIRS. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE FLIP WALL IS DOING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE AND BLOWING MY MIND. LAST ELECTION, WHEN THE LABOUR PARTY CAME FLYING THROUGH WITH A RED WAVE - IT HAS BECOME A PUDDLE. RYAN DESCRIBED IT AS A RAM RAID - THEY HAVE CRASHED RIGHT INTO IT. MT ALBERT CURRENTLY GOING BLUE. I WANT TO GIVE A MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO MY FAVOURITE MP - MAUREEN PUGH IS OUT IN FRONT, AND COULD TAKE IT BACK. LET'S GO, MAUREEN. REMEMBER THE WEST COAST IS THE HOME AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE LABOUR PARTY - IT HURTS WHEN THE NATIONAL PARTY TAKE IT OFF THEM. PEOPLE USED TO SAY MAUREEN IS USELESS, NOTHING USES ABOUT THAT LEAD IF SHE CAN HANG ONTO THAT. BLUE SUN IS SHINING IN NELSON AT THE MOMENT. IT'S A HELL OF A CLOSE RACE. WITH NATIONAL BRINGING IN A VOTE LIKE THIS, NOTHING IS SAFE ANYMORE. HE COULD BECOME THE NEXT NEXT MYTH, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BECOME THE NEXT NICK SMITH. MOUNT ALBERT, MELISSA LEE A OUT IN FRONT BY 480-ODD VOTES, THAT WAS HELD BY JACINDA ARDERN AND WAS MEANT TO BE LABOUR TO ALL HELL. ANOTHER MASSIVELY SYMBOLIC SEAT THAT IS IN PLAY. I CALLED IT A RED PUDDLE - WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, IT'S LIKE A SLOW DRIP OF RED. THAT IS YOUR CURRENT BATTLEGROUNDS - IF WE CAN CALL THEM THAT. IS MORE OF A WALK OVER THERE AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO LIVE TO LLOYD AND MELISSA LEE IS HAPPY WITH THIS? IT'S ONE OF THE SAFEST LABOUR SEATS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FLIPPED. STOKED, BUT NERVOUS. WHEN DO YOU START CELEBRATING? IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, BUT MOUNT ALBERT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LABOUR SEAT SINCE 1946. I HAVE SO MANY MESSAGES COME IN THROUGH FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WANTING NATIONAL TO WIN THE SEAT. IT IS EXCITING. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU WALKING AROUND LOOKING A BIT FLABBERGASTED. I'VE BEEN IN A DAZE. WE WON'T TO COUNT THE CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH, GOING GET YOURSELF A DRINK. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LAP IT UP AS WELL. GOOD ON YOU. MELISSA LEE WHO COULD BE THE MOUNT ALBERT MP. SHE IS THINKING ABOUT WHERE HER OFFICE IS GOING TO BE. WE WERE UP ON THE BIG SCREENS IN THE BACKGROUND THERE. IT IS HAPPENING AS WE GO AROUND THE CANDIDATES, GOOD TO SEE WE HAVE 33 WITH THE CANDIDATES. IT LOOKS LIKE A BLOODBATH FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. I JUST HEARD A BIG SIGH COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE STUDIO. MT ALBERT IS JACINDA ARDERN'S SEAT... IT'S MICHAEL JOSEPH SAVAGE TERRITORY, THEY CAN'T LOSE THIS ONE. LOOKING AT RICARDO MENENDEZ MARCH ` MELISSA LEE IS COMING IN THROUGH THE VOTE SPLITTING. HELEN WHITE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. SHE LOST TO CHLOE SWARBRICK THE LAST ELECTION AND NOW SHE IS LOSING MOUNT ALBERT. HERE IS THE ARRIVAL OF RAWIRI WAITITI AT TE PATI MAORI HEADQUARTERS IN ROTORUA. (POWHIRI) (CHEERING) SOME JUBILANT CELEBRATIONS - IT'S GOING TO BE A HELLUVA NIGHT FOR TE PATI MAORI. AND I WE WAITED HE HAS HAD A PRETTY HARD CAMPAIGN, HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY, HE STILL HAD TO POWER THROUGH, AND HAND THE MANTLE TO THE TE TAI TOKERAU CANDIDATE. HIS WIFE WAS LEADING HIM IN THERE. THE LABOUR PARTY, JOSIE, ANOTHER SIGH. LET'S TALK PRACTICALITIES - THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO - IF YOU ARE CHRIS HIGGINS, ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT A CONCESSION SPEECH YOUR FUTURE - YOU ARE REGRETTING EATING ALL THOSE SAUSAGE ROLLS I THINK. IT'S NOT JUST MOUNT ALBERT, IT IS MT ROSKILL AND WEST COAST. THE FEAR TACTIC IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS HASN'T WORKED. CALLING NATIONAL RACIST, MISOGYNIST, HASN'T WORKED. DAMIEN O'CONNOR - THAT'S A GOOD WORKING CLASS SEAT. THAT TELLS YOU, THE LAST FEW WEEKS, LABOUR HAS BEEN GOING AFTER THE URBAN MIDDLE CLASS LIBERAL BASE. THAT BASE IS NO LONGER THE WORKING CLASS BASE - EV SUBSIDIES, HEAT PUMP SUBSIDIES - THEY HAVE A BIG IDENTITY PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL, ACT, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THEY ARE NOT SEEMING NECESSARY. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH YOU WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE ` JUST 25.7% TO CHRIS HIPKINS LABOUR PARTY. NOT SURE THE GREENS WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT. AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST GETTING ACROSS THE LINE. TRISH, KIA ORA, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS FOR A WHILE - WHAT IF YOU BEEN THINKING? WE HAVE COSIED UP IN THE CENTRE. SOME REAL SURPRISES, WELLINGTON CENTRAL GOING TO THE GREENS. WE ARE ALSO SEEING THE GREENS TAKE OVER SOME SEATS. I AGREE, THE GREENS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTING MORE LIKE 13%, 14%. IT'S BELOW LAST ELECTION'S RESULT. THEY HAD MOMENTUM, AND WE SAW IN THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN ` AT THIS STAGE, THE CAMPAIGN FROM NATIONAL WORKED, WHERE IT SAID IF YOU WANT CHANGE, THIS IS HOW YOU GET IT. WHAT DOES ACT WANT? WE ARE TALKING COALITIONS HERE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY? THE POSITIVE FOR HAVING NATIONAL IN HAVING ACT THERE ALLOWS NATIONAL TO GO HARDER IN SOME AREAS BECAUSE OF THEIR COALITION PARTNER. IT WILL PROBABLY BE GOOD FROM A GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK CERTAINLY COALITION DISCUSSIONS WILL BE STREAMLINED. WE WILL PAUSE OUR CHAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE MEGAN WOODS IN WIGRAM. I THINK YOU ARE 430-0DD VOTES AHEAD, BUT YOU HAD A MAJORITY OF 15,000 LAST ELECTION, WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING THIS DOWN TO? THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN UPDATE, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE RESULTS. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SWINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY. I KNEW MY MAJORITY WAS A 2020 ANOMALY. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE PARTY VOTE FOR LABOUR RIGHT NOW? SEAT SEEMS TO BE SWINGING INTO THE GREENS IN URBAN AREAS TO NATIONAL AND RURAL AREAS, AND TO PATI MAORI. THIS IS QUITE EARLY, AND SOME OF IT WAS CAST 10 DAYS AGO. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE BOOTH DATA COMING THROUGH AND SEE THE MARGINS CLOSE IN SEATS AND THE PARTY VOTE LIVED IN SOME SEATS. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE PRIME MINISTER, CHRIS HIPKINS? WHAT HAVE YOU SPOKEN ABOUT? I HAVEN'T, AS YET, I IMAGINE I WILL SOON. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN WE ARE RUNNING. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF EVERY CANDIDATE THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE, AND I'M PROUD OF THE VOLUNTEERS, WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE POUNDING THE STREET. IT IS EARLY DAYS, SO WE ARE STILL WATCHING THOSE RESULTS COMING. WE HAVE GOT SOME LIVE PICTURES NOW OF THEIR CURRENT FINANCE MINISTER, GRANT ROBERTSON, ARRIVING IN WELLINGTON. LET'S GO TO YOU, STUART. WHAT IS THE TOP OF YOUR MIND? THE PARTY VOTE IS THE BOOK THAT COUNTS, BUT WE ALL LOVE LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ELECTORATES. I STILL DON'T BELIEVE GOING TO LOSE THEM. I THINK WE WILL GET BACK MOUNT ALBERT. IT IS CERTAINLY VERY, VERY TENSE TIME FOR MANY OF THOSE MPS THAT ARE SOLID LABOUR, WAY AT THE MOMENT, IT IS ROUGH. I LOVE YOUR POSITIVITY. JENNY, YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD. IS IT POSSIBLE TO COME BACK? I JUST CAN'T SEALS LOSING MOUNT ROSKILL. THE PARTY VOTE, LOOKING AT WHERE EVERYTHING LANDED FROM WHEN IT STARTED COMING IN IN THE LAST ELECTION, THEY WERE NOT THAT FAR APART. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT. I THINK THAT THE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED, TRISH, WAS VERY RELEVANT, IF IT IS NATIONAL AND ACT, EXPECT TO SEE A GOVERNMENT FORMED VERY QUICKLY. MEGAN IS RIGHT. THERE WERE OVER 1.2 MILLION EARLY VOTES CAST. 1/3 OF ALL VOTES WERE CAST EARLY. THERE ARE A WHOLE LOAD OF VOTES THAT WERE CAST TODAY. I WOULD SAY THEY WILL WAIT FOR SPECIALS. WE END UP WITH A NATIONAL AND ACT GOVERNMENT, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SPECIAL VOTES. THEY DO TEND TO GO TO THE LEFT. HOWEVER, THIS HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR. I THINK YOU MIGHT SEE MORE NATIONAL VOTES COMING IN ON THE SPECIALS. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE QUITE THE LANDSLIDE THAT WE SAW IN THE PAST FOR THE LEFT. REGARDLESS OF THAT FACT FOR ONE SECOND, WHETHER THEY JUMP UP 1%, 2%, 3%, CHRIS HIPKINS IS NO LONGER THE PRIMARY OF NEW ZEALAND AFTER THIS. IF THESE RESULTS ARE CLOSE TO WHERE WE END UP, THE ELECTORATE HAS SENT A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE LABOUR. WE ARE GOING TO HEAD DOWN COUNTRY. SHE IS WITH HAMISH CAMPBELL, WHO IS LEADING BINARY 5000 VOTES. BY NEARLY 5000 VOTES* IT WAS CERTAINLY A VERY DIFFERENT VIBE. HAMISH, YOU MUST BE FEELING HAPPY. NOT BEING TOO CONFIDENT, BECAUSE IT IS EARLY DAYS, BUT WE ARE IN THE LEAD AT THE MOMENT, SO THAT IS QUITE COMFORTING. 5000 VOTES IS PRETTY CLEAR-ISH. NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. WE MADE SURE THAT WE CONNECTED WITH AS MANY VOTERS AS POSSIBLE, AND I THINK IT IS PAYING OFF THE NIGHT. IT WAS A BIG SHOCK LAST TIME WHEN LABOUR TOOK A SEAT BY 3 1/2 THOUSAND VOTES, WERE YOU CONFIDENT YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK. AS I SAID, WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD. I HAVE KNOCKED ON THE DOORS OF ABOUT 15 1/2 THOUSAND VOTERS. IT HAS DEFTLY BEEN A BIG CAMPAIGN. YOU CAN HEAR IT HERE NOW. THERE WAS GALE FORCE WINDS HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH. THEY MAY BE INDICATIVE OF THE WINDS OF CHANGE. JUST LIKE SOME ARE SAYING THAT BANKS PENINSULA'S BEEN TAKEN BY NATIONAL. THERE ARE A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE HERE. LABOUR AREN'T EVEN IN SECOND PLACE. HER LABOUR AREN'T EVEN IN 2ND PL, SARAH PALLETT IS TRAILING AFTER TOP LEADER. I LOVE THAT KIERAN MCANULTY SAID BEFORE THAT THINGS ARE SWINGING AROUND ALL OVER THE SHOW. I THINK THERE IS ONLY ONE SHOW FOR LABOUR TO DATE, AND IT IS NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. IT IS A SHOCKER. YOU'RE BEING KIND THAT YOU ARE SITTING NEXT YOUR FRIEND. MEG O'CONNOR IS NOW AHEAD. MAYBE THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN IT. WAS INTERESTING THAT MEGAN WOODS THAT SHE WAS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT LABOUR HAD RUN. BECAUSE DESPITE ALL OF THE CONDITIONS RUNNING INTO THIS CAMPAIGN, CHRIS HIPKINS STARTED THAT CAMPAIGN ON THE BACK FOOT. THEY WERE TOTALLY UNPREPARED FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON, THE CAMPAIGN MAGNET THAT HE WAS. LESS THAN 18 MONTHS AGO, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD NATIONAL AT POTENTIALLY 24%, AND YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED LABOUR TO BE IN THE MID 40S. AND HERE WE ARE JUST 14 TO 18 MONTH LATER, AND NATIONAL DESERVE THE CREDIT, AND LABOUR NEED TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES. GRANT ROBERTSON WOULD HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR 1/3 TERM IN PARLIAMENT HE IS IN WELLINGTON WITH US NOW. GRANT, WHAT DO YOU RECKON? CLEARLY NOT THE RESULT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AT THIS POINT IN THE EVENING. THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO. MOST OF THE VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN COUNTED ARE THE ADVANCED VOTES, AND THEY PROBABLY REFLECT WHAT WE SAW IN THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD. SO A NUMBER OF THE RACES WILL CHANGE AROUND DURING EVENING. ARE YOU QUITE REALISTIC ABOUT HOW THE END IS GOING TO LOOK? NOT ALL THE VOTES HAVE BEEN COUNTED, SO WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT CLEARLY WE WOULD WANT TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WHAT WE ARE. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO CHRIS HIPKINS? NOT SPOKEN. WE HAVE BEEN TEXTING. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT A RESULT MIGHT MEAN FOR YOUR OWN FUTURE? NOT AT ALL. THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE FIGHTING VERY CLOSE ELECTORATE RACES. I'M THINKING OF THEM. I'M DIGGING THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR US. WE WILL SPEND TIME WORKING THROUGH THE RESULTS. AS I SAY, A LOT OF VOTES CAST TODAY, AND WE ARE STILL TO SEE MOST OF THOSE COUNTED. WHERE DID YOU GO WRONG, IN HINDSIGHT, AND WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON THE CAMPAIGN? PRETTY HARD TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF CALLS NOW. THE TIME FOR A CHANGE NARRATIVE IS ALWAYS HARD TO FIGHT. YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN. WE KNEW THAT NEW ZEALANDERS HAD BEEN THROUGH EIGHT OF TIME. WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WANTED THINGS TO BE BETTER IN THEIR LIVES. I THINK WE PROSECUTED THE CASE FAIRLY WELL... WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THEM THERE FOR A MOMENT IN WELLINGTON. HERE IS MIKE MCROBERTS, AND CHLOE SWARBRICK IN AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON CENTRAL IS PHENOMENAL, AND TAMATHA PAUL IS THE POLITICIAN OF A GENERATION. VERY EXCITED CHLOE SWARBRICK. SHE IS CURRENTLY AHEAD BY 1400 VOTES IN AUCKLAND. SHE IS ABOUT TO SPEAK TOO. SHE IS A RUCK STAR ISN'T SHE, FOR THE GREENS? WHAT YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM IS NATURALLY RONGOTAI. WE DID THIS! TO TIMES OVER, BABY! LOOK AROUND YOU! THE POWER IN THIS ROOM IS PHENOMENAL! IN 2020, WE SAID THAT NO ELECTORATE AND NO COMMUNITY, BELONGS TO ANY POLITICIAN, BELONG TO ANY LITTLE PARTY. WE TAKE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR GRANTED, AND WE WORK ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO EARN THE TRUST AND THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GRASSROOTS COMMITTEE BUILDING AND CHANGE LOOKS LIKE! IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF YOU! I KNOW WE HAVE ALL BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING AROUND INS AUCKLAND CENTRAL, BUT CAN WE HAVE A MOMENT FOR WELLINGTON CENTRAL?! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WE SPENT A GOOD FEW YEARS GETTING THAT TAMATHA PAUL ON THE GREEN PARTY LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED. I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO RICARDO MENENDEZ MARCH ` THAT CAMPAIGN OUT THERE` THERE HE IS. GIVE HIM A BIG CLAP. THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE CAMPAIGN THAT WAS RUN, BECAUSE CAMPAIGNS ARE A MANIFESTATION OF HOPE. THEY ARE A MOVEMENT OF TO ACHIEVE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SO DEEPLY AND PROFOUNDLY BELIEVE IN. THEY DON'T AND HERE. SO MANY OF US IN THIS COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING UNDER THE TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMIC THING THAT SO MANY POLITICAL PARTIES TAKE FOR GRANTED, UNDER AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM EXPLOITS OF A BODY ON THE PLANET. THAT IS NOT INEVITABLE, THAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE UP A LITTLE DECISIONS, THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW. ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO RONGOTAI. WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT ONE? WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THREE GREEN ELECTORATES, BABY! SHE IS NOT YET TO WIN OR CONSENSUAL. SHE IS NOT YET TO WIN AUCKLAND CENTRAL* IT IS LARGER THAN HER MAJORITY AT THE LAST ELECTION THAT SHE IS LEADING BY, ONLY 30% OF THE VOTERS BEEN COUNTED. THE GREENS ARE CELEBRATING THAT THEY ARE NOW ADVANCING INTO MOERAT RECEIPTS. MORE ELECTORATE SEATS* YOU ARE SAYING THAT IF YOU PICK UP MORE ELECTORATE SEATS, YOU GET MORE RESOURCES. YOU GET AN OFFICE, YOU GET STAFF, YOU CAN LOOK AT PEOPLE DOING POLICIES AS WELL. IT IS THE PARTY OF THE MATTERS, THAT IS WHAT GETS YOU IN A LOT OF GOVERNMENT, BEING IN AN ELECTRIC SEXUAL BETTER FOR THE NEXT ELECTORATE. BEING IN AN ELECTORATE GETS YOU BETTER FOR THE NEXT ELECTORATE.* THIS IS BIG PINKIE. SHE HAS ARRIVED AT THE ACT PARTY HEADQUARTERS. SHE'S AHEAD BY THE 3300 VOTES. WHAT WAS THAT COFFEE ABOUT WITH BROCK, PAULA? I'VE KNOWN BROOKE FOR A LOT OF YEARS. I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED HER. I AM A WOMAN THAT SUPPORTS WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT. SO HE HAS COME IN ON THE BUS NOT THE BOAT? I CAN'T SEE DAVID SEYMOUR AT THIS POINT. SHE IS DEFINITELY GETTING A HEROES WELCOME. YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS ELECTION, AND THEY HAVE AWARDED YOU. THIS NOT BE MY CAMPAIGN, IT HAS BEEN EVERYBODY'S CAMPAIGN WHO HAS GIVEN UP THEIR TIME AND EFFORT IN TAMAKI. THANKS TO ALL THE LOCALS WHO HAVE PUT THEIR FAITH BEHIND ME. A HUGE MOMENT FOR YOU. HOW YOU FEELING? RELIEVED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTICLE TONIGHT. YOU'RE WATCHING A POLITICAL ROCKSTAR BEING BORN TONIGHT. SHE IS TAKING A SEAT AT A VERY SAFE BLUE SEAT THAT WAS HELD BY ROBERT MULDOON AND SHE SNATCHING IT FOR THE ACT PARTY TONIGHT, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY VERY HARD TO DO. THIS IS ALMOST LIKE CHLOE SWARBRICK ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE ACTOR WANT TO ELECTRIC SEATS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ACT HAS WON TWO ELECTORATE SEATS.* THEY WILL HAVE A RECORD HIGH VOTE. THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY BIG DEAL FOR ACT. THEY'RE EXPECTING TO DOUBLE THEIR VOTE. SOME OF THOSE EARLY POLL NUMBERS WERE VERY HIGH. THE MOMENT THAT ACT STARTED TO CRASH DOWN WAS THE MOMENT THAT NATIONAL STARTED TALKING ABOUT NEW ZEALAND FIRST AND LEGITIMISING THEM BACK IN PARLIAMENT, IN DAVID SEYMOUR'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE CALL THAT HE WOULD SIT IN A CONFERENCE ONLY AGREEMENT, THREATENING THE WAY THAT A GOVERNMENT COULD HOLD TOGETHER IS WAY OFF. YOU SAW DIFFERENT SPEECHES THERE. YOU SAW CHLOE SWARBRICK GIVE A VICTORIOUS SPEECH, WHERE THE GREEN HAVE LOST ALL INFLUENCE OVER POLICIES. BROOKE HAS DONE VERY WELL. THE GREENS MIGHT CEDE AS A WIN WITH THOSE THREE ELECTORATES, BUT IT IS NOT REALLY, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE IN THE OPPOSITION. IT IS ALL GETTING CRACKING DOWN. STICK WITH US. WELCOME TO PADDY'S PARLIAMENT, I CAN TELL YOU, WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, IT IS RAINING BLUE, DABBA-DEE. DABBA-DO. NEW ZEALAND HAS DONE A WILL JORDAN - ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RIGHT WING WITH A NATIONAL PARTY BRINGING IN 52 SEATS. TO GET A MAJORITY THEY JUST NEED THEIR FRIENDS IN THE ACT PARTY AND TO CARRY ON WITH THE RUGBY ANALOGIES, ACT LIKE THE RESERVE HALFBACK. THEY HAVE FINLAY CHRISTIE THERE WITH THEIR WILL JORDAN. YOU NEED 62 SEATS TO GOVERN, THEY HAVE IT, AND DO NOT NEED ABOUT THE PHONE TO CALL WINSTON. WINSTON, THE PHOENIX HAS RISEN FROM THE ASHES - THERE IS AN OLD SAYING A NEW ZEALAND POLITICS, YOU WINSTON, YOU LOSE SOME. HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY POWER, HE COULD HAVE A SKIP PASS FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY OVER WINSTON PETERS TO DO SOME BUSINESS. FOR THE LABOUR PARTY, THIS IS NOT GOOD. THIS IS AN IGNOMINIOUS RESULT - CHRIS HIPKINS MAKING SAUSAGE ROLLS, THIS IS THE ONLY ROLE HE NEEDS TO WATCH OUT FOR NOW. THE GREENS ARE COMING IN A LOT LOWER, THEY HAVING SOME FUN OUT IN THE ELECTORATE, BUT THE PARTY VOTE HAS ONLY GIVEN THEM 13 AND THEY ARE 13 MPS IN OPPOSITION START THE WAIATA FIVE SEATS FOR TE PATI MAORI ` THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN SEATS AND THEY ARE GIVING LABOUR A BIT OF A WHIPPING. SOME SURPRISES OUT HERE IN PADDY'S PARLIAMENT. COMING BACK IN HERE, WITH 40% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I GOT, PEEPS - THAT AS A STRONG SAMPLE OF WHAT THE PARLIAMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THERE IS A POLITICAL MASTER OVER THE SIDE, CHRISTOPHER LUXON HE IS A MR MIYAGI - LUX ON, LUX OFF. LAUGHTER THIS IS NOT WHAT THE POLLS SUGGESTED WOULD HAPPEN. SOMEHOW CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS IN POLE POSITION TO FORM A GOVERNMENT AND DOES NOT NEED WINSTON. TE PATI MAORI WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? THIS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, SINCE 2005 WHEN THEY HAD FOUR SEATS - THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED FOR THE MAORI PARTY. NOT ONLY IS THIS INDICATIVE OF VOTERS BEING SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MAORI LABOUR CAUCUS - ALSO WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A HUGE GENERATIONAL SHIFT AND CHANGE IN THOSE VOTERS. THAT WORKS PERFECTLY, WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO RAWIRI WAITITI, COLEADER OF TE PATI MAORI JOINING US FROM ROTORUA. THIS IS A BRILLIANT RESULT FOR YOUR PARTY, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. LAUGHTER WE HAVEN'T GOT HIM - WE WILL TRY AND GET HIM. WE WILL COME BACK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT LATER. WILL GO TO ANOTHER PARTY THAT HAS BEEN HEARD BY THE PUBLIC TONIGHT BUT WHO MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE NEEDED AFTER ALL OF THIS PUSH TO GET ACROSS THE 5% THRESHOLD WINSTON PETERS DUE TO ARRIVE THERE SHORTLY. # I GET KNOCKED DOWN, I GET UP AGAIN. IT IS A WEIRD RESULT - WHAT IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO? WITH THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE HIS HANDS - HAVE A HAND ON THE GOVERNMENT, I SHOULD SAY. LET'S TRY GET SOME SENSE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE. IT IS REALLY LOUD. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, THE PARTY IS STARTING. THEY DON'T CARE THEY ARE NOT IN GOVERNMENT! THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE IN PARLIAMENT! IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING OFF! THEY WILL BE DRINKING THE PLACE DRY TONIGHT. WE ARE WAITING FOR WINSTON. AS SOON HE IS DOWN, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. SHOULD BE ANY MINUTE. WE HAVE SOME INTEL, THE LAST FERRY LEAVES RUSSELL AT 1 O'CLOCK. IMAGINE THAT FERRY RIDE. I DON'T WANT TO. GET ON THE PUB, GET ON THE FERRY, CHUMBAWUMBA ALL THE WAY TO PAIHIA. IT IS LOOKING GOOD FOR TE PATI MAORI - HOW ARE YOU FEELING? REALLY ELATED. IT TELLS US OUR PEOPLE HAVE TURNED UP AND USED MMP REALLY WELL. A LOT OF PARTIES HAVE HELD ONTO THE FIRST PAST THE POST MENTALITY BUT OUR PEOPLE HAVE MATURED AND KNOW THE POWER OF THEIR VOICE. YOU AND DEBBIE, YOUR COLEADER, YOU SEE IT YOU WANTED TO WIN ALL SEVEN OF THE MAORI ELECTORATES - NOT A BAD EFFORT, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO RETAIN ALL FIVE? THERE IS A TURN ON. WE SAID ON A BAD DAY, THERE WOULD BE FOR, ANY MORE THAN THAT WILL BE AWESOME FOR OUR MOVEMENT. PEOPLE ARE ON THE MOVE, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO WHERE WE ARE HEADING AS A MOVEMENT. NEXT ELECTION WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT FOR TE IWI MAORI AND AS WE BECOME AWARE OF THE POWER OF OUR VOICES. JULIAN: IT IS STILL CLOSE IN SOME OF THOSE SEATS ` WHAT YOU THINK HAS BEEN A FACTOR THAT HAS LEAD TO YOU BEING STILL SO COMPETITIVE IN SEATS THAT NO ONE PICKED YOU TO BE COMPETITIVE IN? I DIDN'T ALWAYS KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT PEOPLE STANDING ` THEY REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES. AND WE DID A BIG PUSH TO MAORI 40 YEARS AND YOUNGER, THE RANGATAHI VOICE. AND THEY HAVE TURNED OUT IN THE SELECTION TO ENSURE THAT AN UNAPOLOGETIC UNFETTERED AND UNBRIDLED VOICE CAN ADVOCATE FOR OUR ISSUES HEADING FORWARD. WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR A PARTY WHEN THEY TRY TO PUSH POLICIES LIKE TAXES? KA PEHI TONU... I AM SORRY WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO INTERRUPT ` WINSTON PETERS HAS JUST TAKEN THE STAGE IN RUSSELL. THEY ARE NOT LAUGHING NOW, ARE THEY? I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO THOSE PEOPLE, THE CRITICAL PEOPLE IN THE ELECTORATES ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY, WHO DESPITE THE IGNOMINY OF WORKING FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST, STUCK WITH IT. WE WERE IN A CAMPAIGN WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMMENT WE RECEIVED WAS WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OFFICIALS OR OTHERS COUNTRY WHO DID THE HARD YARDS AND BELIEVED IN US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT IN GREAT DEMOCRACIES, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELECTED AND ALL OF THE OFFICIALS MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. OUR PREMISE IS TO KEEP THEM HONEST AND YOU RAISE A ROOF WHEN OTHERS WILL NOT RAISE A FINGER. THAT IS WHAT NEW ZEALAND WILL GET OUT OF THIS ELECTION WHERE NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS CONCERNED. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) TO ALL OF THOSE CANDIDATES WHO SHOULD BE IN PARLIAMENT WITH US TONIGHT, MY GRATEFUL THANKS, PARTICULAR TO YOUR SPOUSES AND YOUR FAMILY, BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB, AND IT CREATES ENORMOUS SACRIFICES FOR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR TRYING AND HANG ON BECAUSE THERE IS ELECTION 2026, AND WE ARE GETTING READY FOR IT. AND ONE LAST THING TO EVERYBODY ` WE WERE IN A CAMPAIGN WHERE THE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR COUNTRY WERE NOT UNVEILED OR NO ONE. WHEN WE OPEN THE BOOKS SHORTLY, WE WILL REALISE JUST HOW SERIOUS OUR CRISIS AND ECONOMIC TERMS IS. COMING IN AT 150 960 COUNTRIES. PLEASE REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOMENT OF REALITY TAKEN BY POLITICIANS RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A MOMENT OF REALITY THAT IS SERIOUSLY NEEDED BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT DO THAT, WE WILL GO ON A SLIDE. WE HAVE TO TURN THINGS AROUND. IF WE CAN HELP GOING FORWARD, WE WILL. THAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU ALL TONIGHT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. WE HAVE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THIS PARTY HAS ENTERED ITS FOURTH DECADE, AND I HAVE ENTERED MY 60TH. (LAUGHTER) ANYWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. CHEERS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HE IS ONE OF A KIND. AS HE SAID, NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 40 YEARS.. AND HE ALSO SAID THAT HE IS COMING BACK. IS HE CONCEDING THAT HE WILL NOT BE IN GOVERNMENT? I THINK SO. THAT IS WHAT YOU HEARD. BUT HE IS BACK IN PARLIAMENT. THAT IS REMARKABLE. NEW ZEALAND FIRST LOOK LIKE THEY ARE HAVING THE MOST FUN THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN. EVEN THE DISCO THERE. THEY HAVE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. IN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND ARE VOTING LEFT. THE LESSON LABOUR CANNOT TAKE FROM THIS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE MORE LEFT-WING. PEOPLE HAVE VOTED NATIONAL. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MUSCULAR CENTRE FOR PEOPLE. THEY CAN'T DO WHAT THEY DID LAST TIME AND SPENT THREE YEARS THINKING THAT THEY WERE NOT LEFT-WING ENOUGH. I SAID WE WOULD BE BACK, AND WE ARE. (CHUCKLES) THE NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE HAD TO BE IN GOVERNMENT. THE NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE WAS TO BE BACK. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE NUMBER TWO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. IS THERE A SIGNAL THAT NATIONAL WANT ANOTHER COALITION PARTNER? WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES? LET'S BE FAIR. ANY QUESTIONS? (CHUCKLES) OH MY GOSH. I WASN'T SURE IF HE WAS GOING TO MAKE ANY SENSE SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA. IT'S A LITTLE BIT NONSENSICAL. IT IS WINSTON BEING WINSTON. THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN` A COUPLE OF LOVELY MOMENTS FROM HIM. ONE WAS WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND TALKED ABOUT 40 YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND. TURNS OUT HE WILL GO IN WITH LABOUR BUT OPPOSITION HE ALSO SAID TO HIS SUPPORTERS TO WAIT UNTIL ELECTION 2026. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE MEN WHO IS CALLED CAPT PANIC PANTS. INTERESTING THINGS FROM THE LEADER OF NEW ZEALAND FIRST ` IF YOU NEED US, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU. THEY MIGHT NEED THEM. THE MARGIN MIGHT NARROW. THEY STILL MAY NEED TO PICK UP THE PHONE TO WINSTON PETERS. BUT HE WILL ONLY DO IT IF HE HAS TO. IF LUXON TURNS AROUND AND TRIES TO GET NEW ZEALAND FIRST ON BOARD TO GET MORE OF THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC, HE WILL HAVE LIED. HE SAID HE WOULD PREFER TO GO JUST WITH ACT. WE ARE GOING NOW LIVE TO CHRIS BISHOP IN WELLINGTON. HUTT SOUTH. LET'S START WITH YOUR SEAT. YOU ARE AHEAD BY A SLIM MARGIN. HOW YOUR FEELING ABOUT THAT? (CHUCKLES) OH, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME BUT THE OVERALL NATIONAL PARTY VOTE, WHICH IS LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. IT IS ALWAYS TIGHT IN HUTT SOUTH. LET'S WAIT AND SAFE. A LOT OF VOTES STILL TO BE COUNTED. DO WE STILL NEED THE SECOND ELECTION? (CHUCKLES) I WAS JUST MAKING THE POINT THAT IT WAS ONE OF MANY POST-ELECTION SCENARIOS. THERE ARE STILL QUITE A FEW THOUSAND VOTES TO GO. LET'S WAIT-AND-SEE. WINSTON HAS SAID THAT IF YOU NEED HIS HELP, HE IS THERE. ARE YOU OPEN TO IT? THAT IS ULTIMATELY A DECISION FOR THE LEADER AND THE REST OF THE TEAM ONCE ALL OF THE VOTES ARE COUNTED. I THINK WE ARE GETTING WELL AHEAD OF OURSELVES. MR PETERS, CERTAINLY ON THESE NUMBERS, IS BACK IN PARLIAMENT WITH NEW COLLEAGUES OF NEW ZEALAND FIRST. LET'S JUST WAIT AND SEE. THEY ARE STILL MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTES TO GO INTO THE SYSTEM. ABSOLUTELY, BUT YOU MUST BE PLEASED WITH THIS RESULT. THE TALK GOING INTO THIS ELECTION DAY WAS ABOUT THE THREE-way INCLUDING WINSTON. NOW IT IS JUST YOU AND SEYMOUR. NO NEED FOR WINSTON. IT'S LOOKING QUITE GOOD. I AM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. LOOK, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THAT NATIONAL IS FALLING, IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. HIPKINS TRY TO WELL SOMETHING INTO EXISTENCE. BUT WE WERE VERY CONFIDENT AS WE WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT IS SUCH A STRONG MOOD FOR CHANGE OUT THERE. WE TOLD PEOPLE TO VOTE WITH THEIR HEAD. THINK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY. THINK OF THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND THINK OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS LIKE THIS. THEN PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE MESSAGE. YOU MIGHT NOT NEED PETERS, BUT WOULD YOU NOMINATE HIM FOR SPEAKER? THESE ARE ALL DECISIONS FOR` THAT IS NOT A NO. THAT IS NOT A NO. (LAUGHTER) I KNEW THE MOMENT I SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO RUN WITH THE WHOLE, OH, HE IS NOT RUNNING IT OUT. NOT EVERYTHING IS A BINARY, JENNA. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. THERE ARE STILL MANY THOUSANDS OF VOTES TO BE COUNTED. LET'S WAIT AND SEE. CHRIS BISHOP IN WELLINGTON. YOU SAID KEEP ADRIAN. I WOULD. BUT ADRIAN MIGHT NOT BE AN PARLIAMENT, MATE. THAT THE OTHER PROBLEM. HOLD YOUR THOUGHTS. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 1 OF THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATES, JOINING US FROM HUNTLY. KIA ORA. YOU ARE AHEAD BY 962 VOTES. DID YOU EVER IMAGINE IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS THAT YOU COULD PULL THIS OFF? NO, NOT AT ALL. (CHUCKLES) IT WAS ALL OF THE LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM MY WHANAU AND EVERYONE HERE TODAY AND ALL OF OUR KIDS IN FRONT OF ME. WHO YOU SURROUNDED BY? THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. MY WHANAU, BEST FRIENDS, OUR KOHANGA BABIES. ALL THE WAY FROM OUR KAUMATUA TO OUR KOHANGA BABIES. IT'S JULIAN. HOW ARE YOU, NIECE? HI, UNCLE. (CHUCKLES) DO YOU THINK YOU WILL WIN THE SEAT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT? FOR ME, YOU ARE RIGHT THAT GENERATIONAL SHIFT. DO YOU THINK YOUR CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON GETTING THAT YOUTH VOTE? I THINK I SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU WILL HEAR YOUR KIDS AND MOKOS TALKING ABOUT POLITICS TO YOU. I WAS RUNNING TWO CAMPAIGNS. I WENT TO NEARLY ALL OF OUR RURAL TOWNS IN OUR ELECTORATE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF GAS MONEY THAT WE HAVE A SPENT. WE'VE ALSO RUN A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE OBLIGATED TO THAT I'M READY TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ACCOUNTED TO OUR PEOPLE. WE KNOW YOU'VE HAD A TOUGH CAMPAIGN. YOUR HOME HAS BEEN TARGETED. IS ALL WORTH IT? FOR ME IT WAS NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS, I WAS SO HAPPY THAT MY FAMILY ARE STILL HERE. IF I HAD A MILLION VOTES OR ONE VOTE, EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE STILL TURNED UP. DURING THE DARK TIMES, MY WHANAU WAS STILL HERE. IT IS CLOSE TO CALL. BE GOING TO GO TO A BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK WE MAY HAVE CHRISTOPHER LUXON OR CHRISTOPHER HIPKINS. COME BACK IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WELCOME TO NEWSHUB'S ELECTION SPECIAL FOR 2023. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE SHOT FROM THE ACT PARTY HEADQUARTERS. NO, THE GREEN PARTY. THEY ARE LITERALLY NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE VIADUCT. YOU CAN TELL IT'S THE GREENS BECAUSE OF ALL THE GREENERY. DEAD GIVEAWAY. PARTYING NOT TOO FAR AWAY AS THE ACT TEAM. TAKE A LOOK AT MY BISCUIT. YOU NEED 61 SEATS TO WIN BASED ON CURRENT NUMBERS. THESE OTHER NUMBERS. THEY DON'T NEED WINSTON PETERS ON EIGHT. YOU CAN SEE TE PATI MAORI WITH FOUR SEATS. LABOUR HAS 33 SEATS. THAT RESULT FOR LABOUR MEANS BAD THINGS FOR SOME OF THE CANDIDATES OF SOME OF THE LABOUR STORE WARTS. PHIL TWYFORD LOOKS LIKE HE IS GONE, MICHAEL WOOD, DAMIEN O'CONNOR. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE NEW WOMAN. I'M FIGURING OUT WHO WAS COMING ON THE LIST AT THE MOMENT. YOU HAVE GINNY ANDERSEN, JO LUXTON, DEBORAH RUSSELL. THAT WOULD BE UNEXPECTED. WE HAVE GOT WALTERS AND UPPER HARBOUR. WILL SEE THESE CHANGES MAY GO TO PADDY GOWER. IT IS BLUE. I WAS SITTING ADMIRING RYAN'S BISCUIT AND THINKING WHAT THIS MEANS FOR CHRIS HIPKINS. HE IS GOING TO BE EDDINGTON TO CRUNCH. HE IS GETTING CRUNCHED UP THEIR. 30 SEATS THEY'VE TAKEN BACK. OR ARE ON THEIR WAY TO TAKING BACK, AND THAT MEANS IF WE WANT TO CARRY ON TALK ABOUT BISCUITS, THEN CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS GOING BACK TO IS IN NEW ZEALAND DAYS WHEN HE GOT THE COOKIE AND THE CASSAVA CHIPS. LOOK AT SOME OF THE SEAS THERE AGAINST. WERE ALSO LOOKING AT RONGOTAI. HERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THEY WON'T BE LIKING THIS, DONE AT THE BUTCHER SHOP IN THE MORNING WITH HAVING THEIR LITTLE CHAT. THE LAB THE RED PEOPLE, THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE GREEN. THEY WILL BE LOVING THAT ON THE CYCLEWAY. LET'S GO TO MOUNT ROSKILL. HE IS GETTING HIS LITTLE BUTT KICKED RIGHT NOW. THAT IS HUGE. STUDENTS OF POLITICS WILL KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST LABOUR SEATS IN THE COUNTRY. I WILL TELL YOU THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WHEN BLUE WAS IN THE GREAT BLUE LANDSLIDE OF 1990 WHEN A MAN CALLED GILBERT MILES TOOK IT OFF PHIL GOFF. THE SEAT DOES NOT MOVE OUT OF LABOUR HAND UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY BIG IS GOING ON, AND AT THE MOMENT, CARLOS CHEUNG IS ABOUT TO DO A BIG BANG OF A BLUE VICTORY OUT IN MOUNT ROSKILL. LOOK LOOK AT THE EAST COAST BAYS. ERICA STANFORD, THESE ARE THE KIND OF RESULTS WHEN YOU GET IN SAFE SEATS WITH A BIG ONE AS WELL. YOU START TO GET THE POPULAR MPS GET THE METAL WINS. THE BLUE WAVE IS COMING. I'M GOING TO USHER THE BLUE WAVE BACK OVER TO YOU. I'M GOING TO CATCH THAT BLUE WAVE FROM HERE. I'M GOING TO PUSH THAT POWER, THAT BLUE POWER TO AMANDA GILLIES WAS GOING TO JOIN US FROM THE BLUE HOUSE. AMANDA. I AM WRITING THE BLUE WAVE IN THE HEART OF REMUERA. NO SIGN OF CHRISTOPHER LUXON. HE IS HOLD UP INSIDE AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS WHO WE MET A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. I HAVE BEEN JOINED BY HIS NEIGHBOURS. THEY ARE OUT IN FORCE AND OH SO PROUD OF CHRISTOPHER LUXON TONIGHT. WE HAVE JILL AND GAYE. OVER 100 YEARS OF SUPPORTING NATIONAL TOGETHER. HOW PROUD ARE YOU? WE'VE ALWAYS VOTED NATIONAL, THEY JUST NEED TO BE BACK IN THEIR. AND YOU LIVE AROUND THE CORNER? MOST IMPRESSIONABL. , A LOVELY MAN, FINE FOR PRIME MINISTER. NO SIGN OF HIM YET. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT COULD BE ANOTHER HALF HOUR, BUT I'M SURE THEY ARE CELEBRATING. A COUNTRY A BIT OF COUNTRY MUSIC AND SOAKING UP THE MOMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE ARE GOING TO HOP ACROSS TO CHRIS HIPKINS HOUSE. NOT A LOT GOING ON THERE. THERE IS NO RED WAVE, IT IS A DIFFERENT VIBE TO WHAT WE SAW IN 2020. HOLD THAT THOUGHT. WE HAVE GOT THE LEADERS OF THE GREEN PARTY ARRIVING. WE ARE REALLY PROUD. WELLINGTON CENTRAL, AUCKLAND CENTRAL, FOR A SECOND TERM. RONGOTAI'S LOOKING REALLY CLEAR. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. I AM JUST PROUD OF OUR AMAZING PEOPLE HERE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) FAR OUT, KIA ORA. KIA ORA KOUTOU KATOA! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) NGA MIHI NUI! (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) TENA KOUTOU, KIA ORA TATOU KATOA! IT IS THE GREATEST HONOUR OF MY LIFE TO LEAD THE GREEN PARTY WITH JAMES SHAW AND WORK WITH YOU IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR AOTEAROA. AND I'M SO PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HERE AND AROUND AOTEAROA. THE STRENGTH THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, WE HAVE CARRIED YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR PASSION WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INSPIRING MAHI. HONESTLY, YOUR MAHI, WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME OR KNOCKED ON DOORS OR PICK UP THE PHONE, WHETHER YOU PUT A BILLBOARDS ORB DELIVERED LEAFLETS, DESIGNED CAMPAIGN AT WORK OR FIT OUR VOLUNTEERS, OR SLAYED IN DEBATES. EVERY SINGLE ACTION, WE BROUGHT OUR VALUES AND HEART. LET ME BE CLEAR. YOUR WORK, YOUR WORK HAS DELIVERED OUR GREEN PARTY CAMPAIGN THAT IS ONCE AGAIN DEFIED HISTORY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS! MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO TAMATHA PAUL! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WAIT. I LOVE THIS BIT. EARLIER JUST THIS EVENING, PEOPLE WERE CALLING WELLINGTON CENTRAL A LABOUR STRONGHOLD BUT IT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY AS A LIGHT GOES ON THAT THE PEOPLE OF WELLINGTON CENTRAL HAVE ELECTED M A GREEN MP! THERE'S MORE. I HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED YET. HOLY HECK, JULIE ANNE GENTER! WE ARE WAITING FOR CHRIS HIPKINS TO COME OUT OF HIS HOUSE. THE CONTRAST HERE COULDN'T BE GREATER. ON THESE NUMBERS, IT IS A SHOCKING RESULT. WE ARE SEEING A BIT OF A CHANGE. IN THE NATIONAL PARTY AND JUST HALF AN HOUR, THEY ARE DROPPING BACK SLIGHTLY. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SEATS THAT THEY ARE GETTING AT THE HOUSE, THEY ARE STILL ON 51 SEATS. WE ARE NOT SEEING TOO MUCH OF A SHIFT ON HOW THEY MAKE UP A GOVERNMENT. M3GAN WOODS WAS SAYING THAT... LABOUR IS LOOKING TO THOSE LATER COUNTS FOR SOME OF THOSE BIG SOUTH AUCKLAND BOOSTS TO COME IN. LET'S GO TO CHRIS HIPKINS HOUSE AND BRING IN ALEXA. WHAT IS THE MOOD LIKE WHERE YOU ARE? ALEXA. CAN YOU HEAR US? I THINK WE'RE GETTING THE AUDIO FROM WINSTON'S PARTY. HI. THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN THE VAN BEHIND YOU. DO WE THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE HOOF SOON? IT HAS BEEN A LONG WAIT, BUT CHRIS HIPKINS IS HOPEFULLY JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM APPEARING. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THAN WE EXPECTED. HE WILL BE COMING AROUND THE CORNER HERE AND HEADING OFF TO THE LOWER HUTT PARTY HEADQUARTERS WHERE THERE BE NOT BE THE PARTY HE HOPED FOR. DO YOU THINK HE'S MADE A CONCESSION PHONE CALL YET? LET ME GO BACK TO THE GREENS SPEECH. THEY HAVE WON MORE SEATS BUT NO ABILITY TO INFLUENCE. THEY CAN ONLY DO WELL IF LABOUR IS STRONG. YOU HAD TWO MINISTERS, TWO FORMER MINISTERS, ADDRESSING A CROWD AS THOUGH THEY HAD WON A VICTORY. BUT IT'S PRETTY HOLLOW. WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME OF THE CHANGES HAPPENING THERE. CAN I JUST REITERATE WHAT STUART JUST SAID. THE GREENS SOUNDS LIKE THEY JUST WON GOVERNMENT. JAMES SHAW IS NO LONGER MINISTER OF CLIMATE CHANGE. MARAMA IT IS NO LONGER ABLE TO INFLUENCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTRY. AND THE ABSOLUTE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTING LEFT IN THE COUNTRY. JUST 1/3 OF THE COUNTRY. MMP IS ABOUT WINNING YOUR BLOCK. THAT VOTE HAS TAKEN AN ABSOLUTE POUNDING. WHY IS THE GREEN PARTY NOT OPEN TO WORKING WITH EITHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM? I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. WELL, I CAN FIGURE IT OUT. THE HARD ROMP OF THIS PARTY WILL NEVER STOMACH IT. THINK ABOUT WHERE THE GREENS CAME FROM. RING PARTIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONALLY, LIKE IN GERMANY, THEY SIT IN THE MIDDLE AND ARE WILLING TO WORK EITHER SIDE. JAMES IS A FANTASTIC MINISTER. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THAT ANY DEAL THAT THE GREENS DO HAS TO GO OUT TO THEIR MEMBERS. IT'S THE ANNOYING THING ABOUT THE GREENS. DOES THAT NEED TO CHANGE? YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE WITHOUT ASKING THEIR MEMBERS. JAMES IS AN EXPERT ON THIS. JAMES IS THE GUY TO DO THAT IF THEY WANT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. THEY ARE MILES APART ON ISSUES. YOU CALL THEM THE WATERMELON PARTY ` GREEN ON THE OUTSIDE AND RED ON THE INSIDE. IF PEOPLE WANTED A RIGHT GREEN PARTY, IT'S TOP, AND THEY ARE SITTING ON 2%. WE ARE BRINGING OUT THE BUTTON AGAIN. MY TURN. WHAT SHE GOING TO DO? LINDA, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT BACK THERE? SHE IS LAYING AN EGG. WHO IS IT GOING TO BE? DOUBLE YOKER. WE HAVE WINSTON PETERS AND SHANE JONES. NEW ZEALAND FIRST WINNING EIGHT SEATS. CONGRATULATIONS AND AMAZING FROM ALL OF THE GRAPHICS PEOPLE. CHRIS HIPKINS, CURRENTLY SITTING WITH 33 SEATS ON THIS BOAT, IS ABOUT TO LEAVE HIS HOUSE. LET'S GO TO ALEXA. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR HIM. HE IS ALMOST HERE. HIS STAFF HAVE JUST GOTTEN INTO THE VAN. HIPKINS WILL BE THE NEXT ONE. WILL HE DO THAT TRICKY THING WHERE HE GOES AROUND THE OTHER SIDE AND WE MISS HIM BECAUSE OF THE TINTED WINDOWS? THAT WOULD BE QUITE TELLING IF HE DIDN'T WANT A WORD. HERE HE COMES. IS THIS WORSE THAN EXPECTED? HAVE YOU CONCEDED? OH, IT'S A TOUGH NIGHT FOR CHRIS HIPKINS. HE HAS BEEN PRIME MINISTER SINCE JANUARY ` NINE MONTHS. A CAREER POLITICIAN. THIS WAS SURELY HIS DREAM, TO BE PRIME MINISTER. AS YOU SAY, NINE MONTHS. AND HE WAS A MINISTER OF EVERYTHING. NOW PRIME MINISTER FOR NINE MONTHS. HE IS A PRIME MINISTER WITH A BIT OF AN ASTERIX. HE WASN'T ELECTED. BILL ENGLISH TOOK THE NATIONAL PARTY TO THE WORST VICTORY THEY EVER HAD. AND GOT THEM TO 44%. HE WAS YOUR PRIME MINISTER. THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEFEAT IF THAT IS THE ROUTE THAT CHRIS WANTS TO TAKE. I DON'T SUSPECT THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING AT THIS TIME. HE WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY COS THAT'S WHAT HE DOES, AND THAT IS WHAT LEADERS DO. HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, IS HE? HE SHOULDN'T. HE HAS WON HIS SEAT. YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT. EVERYBODY WILL BE TIRED. MY FIRST NIGHT OF VICTORY, I LITERALLY SAT CRYING ON THE COUCH. YOU ARE JUST EXHAUSTED. JENNA'S EXHAUSTED. I HAVE A SECOND WIND IN MAY. LET'S GO. LET'S GO BACK TO THE POLLS! EMOTIONS WILL BE HIGH. THEY HAVE TRIED HARD. COULD THEY SAVE THE FURNITURE THE SELECTION? IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESULT NOW IT'S ABOUT WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONS THAT WILL BE LEFT STANDING? MICHAEL WOOD AND MT ROSKILL. WILL HE EVEN BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? IT WILL LEAVE THE CUPBOARD BARE FOR LABOUR. THE LOOK ON CHRIS HIPKINS' FACE WAS UTTER DEVASTATION. AND THIS IS A GUY WHOSE RESTING FACE IS A BIG CHIPPY GRIN. WEST AUCKLAND WAS LABOUR. AND BY THE LOOK OF THE RESULTS OF THE MOMENT, IT COULD GO BLUE. DOES THIS HAPPEN? COULD IT HAPPEN? NOT FOR ATATU. I WOULD NEVER HAVE PICKED IT. NEW LYNN. DEBORAH RUSSELL. POPULAR. HAS WORKED HARD. THEY ARE LOOKING AT LOSING. MIND YOU, JOHN HOWARD ALWAYS USED TO SAY, IF YOU WANT TO WIN AN ELECTION, YOU HAVE TO WHEN WEST SYDNEY. WEST AUCKLAND IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. TAIERI, WHICH IS READ AS RED AS RED AS RED ` I COME FROM THERE ` INGRID LEARY IS ONLY WINNING BY ABOUT 700 VOTES. RED COMES OUT OF THE TAP THERE. LABOUR HASN'T LOST THERE SINCE 1975. RAP SONG: # I don't even care I ain't never had manners # No way, no way # Yo! # Sitting while you rap 'cause we just can't... # (CHAIR MECHANISM SQUEAKS) VOICEOVER: From $2.50, introducing the Subway Value Bites range. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO THE SPECIAL. 2023 ELECTION NIGHT. 62 SEATS I NEEDED TO WIN TO FORM A COALITION. LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. NATIONAL ON 51, AND ACT ON 12. PAULA, YOUR HOPE FOR TONIGHT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME CLARITY. I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE COUNTRY WANTS, AND I THINK IT IS WHAT THEY VOTED FOR. IT IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS. WE HAVE ALL BEEN A BIT GRUMPY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SUMMER AND HAVE HAD POLITICIANS SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER AND BEING AWFUL. WE WANT OPTIMISM AND HOPE. THE PUBLIC HAS SAID, GIVE US SOME CERTAINTY. I HOPE THEY COME OUT SOLID. THEY HAVE SINCE IF IT, SWEETIE. IT'S TIME FOR US TO TALK. I WILL COME IN AS A VOICE OF REASON. WHEN I COME IN HERE I GET A BIT MORE SERIOUS. IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS MALFUNCTIONING OVER THERE BEFORE. IT'S WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE MATRIX AND COME BACK AGAIN, BUT I HAVE BEEN RESET. YES, WE HAVE GOT A NATIONAL ACT GOVERNMENT, BUT HANG ON, IT IS NOT BY MUCH. IN A PARLIAMENT OF THAT SIZE, YOU LOSE ONE OR TWO, AND YOU CAN BE OUT. THINGS CAN SWITCH AS MUCH AS TWO VOTES EITHER SIDE WITH THE LATER VOTES. IT DOES RAISE TO ME THAT NEED TO POTENTIALLY TALK TO WINSTON PETERS, TO GET THE INSURANCE TO GET A MANAGEABLE GOVERNMENT. LUXON IN HIS MIND WILL BE THINKING THAT IS THE INSURANCE. NO ONE ONCE WINSTON PETERS AS INSURANCE. BUT IT LETS YOU DO THINGS THAT ACT WON'T LET YOU DO. I'M MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. NATIONAL HAVE DROPPED BACK TO 51 IN THE LAST HOUR. THAT MAJORITY CAN GO EVEN LOWER. THEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SPECIAL VOTES. THEN YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH WINSTON. I STILL THINK WE ARE WAITING FOR SOME BIG BOOMS TO COME THROUGH FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND. THAT IS A TIGHTER GAP. SO IT IS NOT ALL OVER? IT IS STILL A NATIONAL AND ACT GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, IF THE VOTE CONTINUES TO CHANGE, WE ARE TALKING A DIFFERENT GAME. AND HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD NIGHT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE ONLY HEARD WINSTON PETERS' NAME MENTIONED ABOUT 46 TIMES. THAT IS MUCH BETTER THAN EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM` EVERY SECOND CROSS WAS ABOUT THAT. WHAT ABOUT PORT WAIKATO? A POTENTIAL EXTRA SEAT. JULIAN IS RIGHT. SPECIAL VOTES COME IN. YOU WOULD MAKE YOUR CALL TO WINSTON, HANG ON. STAY ON THE LINE. LET'S TALK ON 4 NOVEMBER. 120 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. YOU NEED 60 TO WIN. WHITE IS THAT CHANGE? HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY ` I THINK RAWHITI HAS WON WAIKATO. TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND LABOUR HAS LOST ONE OF ITS GREATEST MAORI POLITICIANS IN MAHUTA. IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT WON'T HAVE BEEN SHOCKING FOR LABOUR BUT ALSO BRUTAL. LIFE TO THE NATIONAL PARTY HEADQUARTERS. JOHN KEY IS ARRIVING. LUXON STILL AT HIS HOUSE WITH HIS WHANAU. SHED 10. THAT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE CLOUD IN AUCKLAND. HERE WE GO. CHRIS IS A VERY SMART GUY. EXTREMELY DEDICATED WITH A STRONG VIEW OF WHERE HE WANTS TO GO. HE IS ALSO A CONSENSUS PERSON. HE WILL NOT GO OUT THERE AND TRY BE RADICAL. BUT HE DOES HAVE A STRONG VIEW OF WHERE NEW YOU SAW MAX KEY IN THE BACKGROUND. HERE IS DAVID SEYMOUR, THE ACT PARTY LEADER. HE IS LIKELY TO BE A POLE POSITION TO BE NEGOTIATING WITH NATIONAL. I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN THE CHEESE CUTTER HAT. REMEMBER THE ACT PARTY HEADQUARTERS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GREEN PARTY HEADQUARTERS. HE IS A HAPPY MAN. IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? I DO. LET'S HAVE A LISTEN. HOW MUCH OF A RELIEF AS IT IS THAT INSTANT PETERS WILL NOT BE KINGMAKER? LET'S JUST SEE HOW THE FINAL COUNT COMES OUT. I HOPE ISABELLA IS OK. IT'S QUITE BRUTAL WHEN YOU ARE AMONGST THOSE MEDIA SCRUMS. I DO THINK THAT HE WILL BE GUNNING FOR DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON THOSE NUMBERS. THEY WILL GO FOR A FULL COALITION ON THESE NUMBERS, AND HE WILL LOOK TO GET IN THERE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PUT THEIR TRUST AND ACT TONIGHT. THIS COUNTRY HAS VOTED FOR CHANGE. AND A RECORD NUMBER HAVE VOTED FOR REAL CHANGE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) YOU KNOW, I'VE LONG SAID THAT GETTING ELECTED IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT; IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD. AND FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO TICK the BOX AND LET THEM VOTE TO ACT PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN US TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY MORE AFFORDABLE, TO MAKE IT SAFER, AND PERHAPS MOST OF ALL, TO MAKE IT A MORE UNITED PLACE WHERE EACH AND EVERY PERSON... THANK YOU. WE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY AND WILL NOT CEASE FROM THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COUNTRY DELIVERS THE PROMISE THAT IS MADE TO SO MANY PEOPLE, THOSE WHO WERE BORN HERE AND WANT FARAWAY ENTRIES TO BE HERE. THOSE FROM NORTH, THOSE FROM SELF. MEN AND WOMEN, RICH AND POOR, WE ARE ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WHO SEEK ONE FIVE MILLIONTH OF THE OPPORTUNITY THIS COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER. THAT IS WHAT ACT PROMISES ` THE IDEA THAT WE ARE EACH A LICHEN DIGNITY AND CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR OWN LIVES. IF THOSE ARE YOUR VALUES, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I CAN'T THINK ENOUGH. SO MANY PEOPLE WHOSE SUPPORT HAS INSPIRED ME. ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO DELIVERED FLOWS IN THE RAIN AND KNOCKED ON DOORS, CAME TO MY STREETCORNER MEETINGS, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THAT THEY COULD BE DOING BUT THEY CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND CONTRIBUTE TO REAL CHANGE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE TO THANK TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK MY NEIGHBOURS IN THE EPSOM ELECTORATE FOR SENDING ME TO PARLIAMENT FOR THE FOURTH TIME AS YOUR MP FOR EPSOM. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS IN THE TAMARIKI ELECTORATE, CORRECTION: TAMAKI. I HAVE NO ONE FAN VELDE AND FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS. HER CAMPAIGN HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER, AND SHE'LL BE SERVING TAMAKI AS THEIR MP. FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WONDER WHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD? I CAN TELL YOU IT IS A FUTURE OF CHANGE, THE FUTURE OF REAL CHANGE, AND A FUTURE WHERE ONCE AGAIN, NEW ZEALAND IS THE BEST LITTLE COUNTRY THAT CAN BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT EACH PERSON HAS A RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR OWN LIVES, THAT WE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO SOME GOVERNMENT THAT DECIDES FOR US, AND THOSE OF THE VALUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE SHORES FOR GENERATIONS. AND MADE NEW ZEALAND THE COUNTRY THAT IT IS. ACT PARTY LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR THERE GIVING HIS SPEECH. HE IS VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULT TONIGHT. PADDY, YOU LOOK LIKE IT WAS RAINING OUT. CORRECTION: YOU WERE ZONING OUT. IT IS A WINSTON FREE GOVERNMENT. ONE THING I DID NOTE WAS AFTER ISABEL GOT BARGED OUT OF THE WAY. THE ONE INTEREST THING THING HE SAID WAS WAIT FOR THE FINAL VOTE TO BE COUNTED. NATIONAL IS DROPPING BACK EVER SO SLIGHTLY, IT IS A DANGEROUS TERRITORY FOR WINSTON PETERS TO BE, FOR THAT ONE VOTE. AS HE WAS TALKING, THE NUMBERS WERE DROPPING. RYAN AND SAM, NO SIGN OF CHRISTOPHER LUXON AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE SEEN HIS CARGO WIN, SO THAT IS A VERY GOOD SIGN. WE THINK ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY. HE IS HOLED UP IN HIS HOUSE WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS. HE IS VERY LAID-BACK. WE UNDERSTAND HE IS GOING TO COME PASS HERE, I DON'T THINK IS GOING TO STOP AND TALK TO US. HIS GOT A FAR BETTER DEAL AT SHED 10. A LOT OF HIS SUPPORTERS AND NEIGHBOURS HAVE TURNED UP TO CHEER HIM ON. THEY ARE SO PROUD. IT'S GOT A VERY COOL BUSY FEEL. THANK YOU TO THE LOVELY AND WHO DELIVERED ARE SOME PIZZA. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. WE'VE GOT HIPKINS, HE IS HEADING ON WITH AMELIA. ARE YOU DEVASTATED? I WILL TALK TO YOU GUYS AFTERWARDS. HOW DEVASTATING IS THIS FOR LABOUR? MUST HAVE BEEN HARD TO SEE THOSE RESULTS COME IN. I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THEIR FIRST. WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY? WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT IN SUPPORT AND HOLD YOUR HORSES AND LET ME GET INTO THE ROOM. THIS IS POLITICS. IF YOU WANT TO BE A SURGEON, DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BLOOD. A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WOULD HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD. GOOD ON CHRIS HIPKINS. IN SAYING THAT, THE POLITICAL REALITY HERE, THIS IS A HARD GAME. HE WAS GIVEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH NINE MONTHS AS PRIME MINISTER AND ALL OF THE POWER OF THE INCUMBENCY OF BEING IN GOVERNMENT TO TURN THINGS AROUND AND HAVE A DECENT SHOT THE SELECTION. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN WASTED. WHEN YOU'RE OUT VOLUNTEERING AND YOU'VE GOT THIS MISHMASH POLICY. HOW MUCH OF THIS IS HIPKINS AND HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GHOST OF JACINDA ARDERN? HOW MUCH OF THIS CAN YOU PUT ONTO CHRIS HIPKINS? HOW DAMAGED WAS THE LABOUR BRAND WHEN SHE LEFT? LISTEN TO WHAT TO DO IT JUST SAID THAT GOING BACK FOR THE ELECTION BACK IN APRIL. IF WE HAD GONE IN APRIL, THEN ABSOLUTELY. LUXON WAS A MESS THEN. I WILL SAY ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LUXON, HE NEEDS A MASSIVE SHOUT OUT. HE HAS BEEN IN PARLIAMENT FOR THREE YEARS AND IS NOW BECOMING PRIME LIST OF NEW ZEALAND WITH 40% OF THE VOTE. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. HE ALSO MADE SOME CALLS EARLY ON, BREAD-AND-BUTTER AND RACED TO THE CENTRE. NATIONAL HAD A READY CLAIM THE CENTRE BY THE TIME HE CAME IN.. HE COULD HAVE TRIED TO GROW THE VOTE ON THE LEFT. YOU WERE ONE OF FIVE MINISTERS THAT LET HIPKINS DOWN. I WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET STUFF DONE. AND I MAKE NO APOLOGY BECAUSE I THINK A CABINET MINISTER IS THERE TO GET STUFF DONE. WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. THERE WAS A BIT OF A SCANDAL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. YOU COULD ARGUE THAT HE HAS JUST HAD A HORRENDOUS RUN SINCE TAKING OVER THE REINS. I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE THING IN PARTICULAR, I THINK THERE WAS A MOOD CHANGE OUT THERE. LABOUR HAS NEVER GOT THAT BACK ` THE RESENTMENT STILL EXISTS THERE. WHEN THE SWING COMES IN THE MOOD FOR CHANGE IS REAL, GET OUT OF THE WAY. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE COVID. WE'VE BEEN AVOIDING THE C WORD ALL NIGHT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAIRARAPA. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. MIKE BUTTERICK HAS TAKEN A RIDE UP. I'VE JUST HEARD ON THE GROUND THERE THAT KIERAN MCANULTY HAS JUST GONE AND CONCEDED TO MIKE BUTTERICK AT THE NATIONAL PARTY HEADQUARTERS IN MASTERTON. THAT SEED HAS GONE BLUE ONCE MORE. THIS SOMETHING BIGGER GONE ON HERE BECAUSE WHAT YOU GET FROM THAT THE LABOUR PARTY HAS A LEADERSHIP CRISIS. CHRIS HIPKINS IS PERHAPS NOT SUITABLE TO CARRY ON AS LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL WOOD WHO COULD REPLACE HIM, LIKELY NOT TO MAKE IT BACK TO PARLIAMENT. LABOUR IS NOW STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF A LEADERSHIP SCRAP AND A LEADERSHIP CRISIS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GOT ANYONE TO DO THE JOB. WE LOST A WHOLE LOT OF SEATS WHICH HAVE NEVER LOST. ON THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, HE WILL BE BACK AS A LIST MP. BUT HE DOESN'T LOOK GOOD AS A POTENTIAL LEADER. AND A GUY WHO'S ACTUALLY QUITE CENTRIST. HE WAS THE REGIONAL BLOKE. THIS IS CRAZY BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAC AND ELSIE BEING OUT OF PARLIAMENT, BUT BECAUSE LABOUR IS LOSING SO MANY ELECTORATE SEATS, THIS IS WILD. ARDERN DID HAVE THE MOUNT ALBERT SEAT. PADDY IS RIGHT. (LAUGHTER) JUST ON MOUNT ALBERT, MELISSA IS ONLY LEADING BY ONE. SHE WAS UP BY SEVERAL HUNDRED. IT'S NOT ALL SAID AND DONE. PEOPLE WENT HARD VERY EARLY. THE BIG BOOMS ARE HEADING IN. NATIONAL IS BACK AT 40.1 NOW. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A SEAT THAT SHOULD BE WINNING COMFORTABLY. THIS PARTY VOTE IS INTERESTING. WE ARE IT 40.1 NOW. STILL AT 51 SEATS FOR NATIONAL. ANYTHING OVER 40 IS A WIN FOR THE PARTY. BUT IT'S THE NUMBERS AND THE NUMBERS OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE THAT MATTER THE MOST. YOUR 51 THERE WITH THE ACT SEATS. HEY, WE STILL HAVE A BIT OF MOVEMENT TO GO THERE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE 75%. AS THE HANGOVER BECAUSE OF THE ACT PARTY MEMBER WHO PASSED AWAY? NO, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE MAORI SEATS. I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A CALL. FERRIS, I THINK IS TOO FAR AHEAD. DID YOU EVER THINK THAT NAME WOULD THOSE THAT SEAT? IN PARLIAMENT LONGER THAN ANY OTHER FAMILY IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS. IT FEELS LIKE 1996 WHEN NZ FIRST TOOK SO MANY SEATS. THAT IS SOME GREAT ANALYSIS THERE. PADDY UP AND LEFT US AT THE DESK, BUT HAS GONE TO THE FLIP WALL. I GO HARD AND EARLY. I'M USUALLY RIGHT WHEN I DO THAT. THIS IS JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT, YES, WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING PEOPLE TAMAKI ALL NIGHT, BUT THE SPLASH OF YELLOW SHOWS THAT THINGS CAN BE FLIPPED. YOU HAVE BLUE AND GREEN AND THERE. A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT COLOURS. I DELIBERATELY POSITIONED THE DEEP SOUTH IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF THE FLIP WALL. EAST COAST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. LOOK AT THIS. BANG. BIG RESULT FROM KIRKPATRICK WHO COMES FROM A FARMING FAMILY. 69% RETURN. THAT'S THE KIND OF SEAT THAT I WANT TO MAKE A CALL ON. I WANT TO MAKE TWO CALLS TO EVEN UP THE LEDGER WITH JULIAN. BOOM. ANOTHER ONE. ABOUT 3000 LEAD. THEY HAVE LAID OUT A BIG BLUE DUVET ALL AROUND MAUNGAKIEKIE. A HIGH-RANKING LABOUR CABINET MINISTER POTENTIALLY ON THE WAY OUT. SHE WILL BE BACK ON THE LIST, PADDY. I JUST GOT A TEXT TO SAY THAT MAHUTA HAS CONCEDED. SHE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MAORI POLITICIANS IN THE LABOUR PARTY THAT THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. THAT IS A HUGE DEAL. THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE YOUNGEST NEW ZEALAND MP IN NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. DO YOU KNOW WHO THE OTHER ONE WAS? NEITHER DO I. (LAUGHTER) WE ARE GOING LIVE TO DAVID SEYMOUR. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE RESULTS? RANK YOU. IF YOU WONDER WHY I HAVE A FINGER IN ONE EAR, IT MAKES IT EASIER TO HEAR YOU. WE ARE FEELING VERY GOOD, BUT THIS RESULT IS CLOSE. IT IS STILL CHANGING AS THE NIGHT GOES ON. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT BROOKE IS THE NEW MP FOR TAMAKI. ACT HAS POSTED A RECORD RESULT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PARTY. WE ARE SO PROUD THAT MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER HAVE CHOSEN REAL CHANGE. THAT IS WHERE IT STOPS. BEING ELECTED IS NEVER AN ACHIEVEMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD. WE WOULD WORK HARD TO REPAY THE TRUST THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN ACT IN THIS ELECTION. WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE WILL BE DOING OUR BEST TO BRING THE CHANGE ABOUT. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO CHRISTOPHER LUXON YET? WE WILL HAVE TO GO FROM DAVID SEYMOUR TO CHRIS HIPKINS, THE LABOUR PARTY LEADER SPEAKING IN THE HUTT VALLEY. (CROWD CHANTS) CHIPPY! CHIPPY! CHIPPY! CHIPPY! (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) TENA KOUTOU. TENA KOUTOU. TENA KOUTOU KATOA. BANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THIS LAST SIX WEEKS. WE HAVE RUN THE BIGGEST GROUND CAMPAIGN, KNOCKING ON DOORS AND CALLING PEOPLE ON PHONES THAN WE HAVE EVER RUN. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU SO MUCH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) UNFORTUNATELY, THE RESULTS TONIGHT SHOW THAT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. EARLIER THIS EVENING, I CALLED LUXON TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON NATIONAL'S RESULTS. WHILE IT IS MMP, AND THE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE AROUND A BIT, AS IT STANDS, LABOUR IS NOT IN A POSITION TO FORM ANOTHER GOVERNMENT. THE RESULT TONIGHT IS NOT ONE THAT ANY OF US WANTED, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE PROUD OF WHAT WE ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. BECAUSE DESPITE GOVERNING THROUGH SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OUR COUNTRY HAS EVER FACED, WE KEPT NEW ZEALAND MOVING FORWARD, AND RE-PROTECTED THOSE WHO NEEDED HELP THE MOST. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WE RAISED 77,000 KIDS OUT OF POVERTY DESPITE A GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. WE REDUCED OUR EMISSIONS THREE YEARS IN A ROW FINALLY BENDING THE CURVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. (APPLAUSE) WE BUILT 13,000 NEW PUBLIC HOMES ` MORE THAN ANY GOVERNMENT SINCE THE 1950s. WE KEPT KIWIS IN WORK WITH UNEMPLOYMENT BELOW 4% FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE MOVED RECORD NUMBERS OF PEOPLE INTO WORK. (APPLAUSE) WE INTRODUCED THE FOOD IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMME TO ENSURE THAT KIDS LEARN ON A FULL STOMACH. (APPLAUSE) WE REBUILT AND THEN INCREASED POLICE NUMBERS. WE INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF TEACHERS, NURSES AND DOCTORS AND INCREASE THEIR PAY AS WELL. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WE SOUGHT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO UNITE NOT DIVIDE. (APPLAUSE) WE MOVED TOWARDS BETTER HONOURING OF THE TREATY, AND IM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THAT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IT HASN'T BEEN EASY. I HONESTLY THINK THE GODS RAN OUT OF CURVEBALLS TO THROW AT US ` TERRORIST ATTACKS, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES AND THE PANDEMIC AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT FOLLOWED. DESPITE THE FORCES AGAINST US, THROUGH IT ALL, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE SAVED LIVES AND RECORDED THE LOWEST NUMBER OF COVID DEATHS IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) NOW, THAT IS A REAL OUTCOME! WE KEPT KIWIS IN WORK WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT SPIKED AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE GREW OUR ECONOMY FASTER THAN MOST. WE LIVED OUR VALUES, AND I BELIEVE NEW ZEALAND IS A BETTER PLACE FOR THAT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) SO I WANT YOU TO STAY PROUD OF THAT. WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST. WE CARED. WE REFUSE TO LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO. IT IS WHAT THE LABOUR PARTY DOES. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) MY FRIEND AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER MIKE MOORE REMARKED THAT THE HIGHEST HONOUR A DEMOCRACY CAN AFFORD A CITIZEN AND A FREE NATION IS TO BE ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED BETTER NOT RETURNING TO PARLIAMENT, PARTICULARLY TO MY LABOUR PARTY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU HAVE OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I KNOW YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL, AND YOU DESERVED A BETTER OUTCOME THAN THIS ONE. TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TONIGHT, I OFFER YOU MY WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE REMUTAKA ELECTORATE, I OFFER MY SINCE THANK YOUS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY PLACED YOUR TRUST IN ME, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE AN HONOUR TO REPRESENT YOU. TO THE REMUTAKA LABOUR CAMPAIGN TEAM, THANK YOU FOR WAIVING THE FLAG EVEN THOUGH YOUR CANDIDATE WAS SELDOM THERE IN THIS ELECTION. BECOMING PRIME MINISTER EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS THE HONOUR OF MY LIFE. FOLLOWING ON FROM MY GOOD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE JACINDA, IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY TASK. I DID KNOW WHEN I TOOK ON THIS JOB THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE. NO GOVERNMENT HAS REPLACED A PRIME MINISTER IN AN ELECTION YEAR AND CARRIED ON TO WIN. WE HAD THE ADDED CHALLENGES OF FLOODING, CYCLONE AND A COST OF LIVING CRISIS TO CONTENT WITH. I AM PROUD OF THE PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM THAT WE PUT THROUGH ON THIS CAMPAIGN. ONE THAT SUPPORTS EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE WELL OFF. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I GAVE IT MY ALL TO TURN THE TIDE OF HISTORY BUT ALAS THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH. IN THE COMING DAYS, WE WILL ENSURE THAT THERE IS A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO A NEW GOVERNMENT. UNTIL THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS SWORN IN, THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT WILL OPERATE IN CARETAKER MODE, AND THE ORDINARY DAY-TO-DAY AS NURSE OF GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE. THEN THE LABOUR PARTY WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO REFLECT AND REFRESH. WE NOW HAVE A NEW AND IMPORTANT ROLE IN OPPOSITION, TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT, AND TO FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO STAND TO LOSE FROM THEIR PROPOSED CUTS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I CAN PROMISE THAT WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR WORKING PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT IS OUR HISTORY AND OUR FUTURE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN BIG, IT ALMOST INVARIABLY GOES OUT BIG AS WELL. THAT IS THE NATURE OF POLITICS. THE LABOUR PARTY IS STILL HERE. WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND WE WILL GET UP AGAIN LIKE WE HAVE MANY TIMES BEFORE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THANK YOU, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE HONOUR AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO SERVE AND TO MOVE NEW ZEALAND FORWARD. FINALLY, SOME SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, OUR LABOUR TEAM AND WHANAU ` OUR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS UP AND DOWN NEW ZEALAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. TO THE TEAM AT LABOUR PARTY HQ, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND ALL OF OUR MPS AND CANDIDATES DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. FINALLY, TO MY FAMILY, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (CHANTING) TO MY MUM AND DAD FOR ALL THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE SPECIAL THAT I WANT TO THINK TONIGHT, SOMEONE THAT MOST OF YOU WON'T KNOW, AND IT IS MY PARTNER TONY. BEING PRIME MINISTER IS NOT THE ONLY SPECIAL THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME THIS YEAR, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND FINALLY TO MY KIDS, WHO HAVE SACRIFICED MORE THAN ANYONE WILL EVER KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR DAD. KIA KAHA EVERYBODY, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE IS SERVING AS YOUR PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU TO OUR LABOUR TEAM FOR . EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE WE HAVE A NEW JOB AHEAD. TO COME BACK FIGHTING STRONGER THAN EVER. THANKS VERY MUCH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) CHRISTOPHER HIPKINS THERE, HE HAS BEEN PRIME MINISTER FOR NINE MONTHS. CONCEDING THE 2023 ELECTION AND GETTING VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. IT IS A TOUGH NIGHT FOR HIM. IT IS A TOUGH NIGHT FOR HIM. HARD TO KEEP IT TOGETHER WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. I SPENT THE LAST WEEK WITH HIM ON THE CAMPAIGN, AND HE GENERALLY HAD SOME KIND OF FEELING THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. HE THREW EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD AT THIS LAST WEEK. HE WAS A ZUMBA DANCING, HE WAS JUST INCREDIBLE AND THAT LAST WEEK. DO YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO RESIGN? HE SAID HE GAVE IT HIS ALL IN WANTS TO GET A REFRESH. AND THEN HE SAID 'WE' WILL GET UP AGAIN. I THINK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, CHRIS HIPKINS WILL JUST TAKE SOME TIME AND REFLECT ON WHAT TO DO. BUT AS YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, WHAT DOES LABOUR DO NOW IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP? WHAT THEY SHOULD DO IS KEEP THEM ON FOR A WHILE AND STEADY THE SHIP AND DON'T MAKE ANY SUDDEN MOVEMENTS. BECAUSE SPIRALS HAPPEN WHEN YOU CHANGE LEADERS LIKE THAT. WHO WAS IN AND WHO IS OUT? THESE TO KNOW MORE THAN ANYONE, YOU WIN SOME AND LOSE SOME ON ELECTION NIGHT. I WAS IN THE CAUCUS IN 2014 WE GOT SMASHED. THERE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RESULT AND WHERE TO FROM HERE, BUT I AGREE, CHRIS HIPKINS SHOULD STAY. LET THE DUST SETTLE AND SEE WHERE THINGS LIE AND THEN MAKE A DECISION. I WAS SO PLEASED HE DIDN'T RESIGN AT THE TIME. THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINUITY AND GET THE HOUSE IN ORDER. HIS POPULARITY HASN'T DIVED. HE'S NOT ABSOLUTELY HATED. NEXT SHE WAS A GOOD TIME IF YOU REALLY START THINKING ABOUT IT. IF ANYTHING, WE'VE SEEN A WHOLE NEW SIDE TO HIM. WITH SEEN HIM BE EMOTIONAL IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS IN THE COUNTRY. WITH HER TO TALK ABOUT HIS PARTNER FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS HE WAS TALKING I JUST WANT TO RING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. ACTS NUMBERS ARE DROPPING. THAT HAS BEEN DROPPING PRETTY CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE LAST 45 MINUTES. THERE IS SOME CONSOLATION ABOUT THE MINOR PARTIES AND SMALL PARTIES. WE ALSO AT 83% OF THE VOTE COUNTED. SOUTH AUCKLAND WOULD COME IN. THE REASON WE ARE NOT SEEING A MAJOR SEAT DROP IS SOME OF THAT VOTE IS ALSO COMING THROUGH FOR TOP. YOU MUTTERED. EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT MEANS. THOSE VOTES GET REDISTRIBUTED. THEY GET REDISTRIBUTED TO YOUR VOTE. AT THE MOMENT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THREE OR 4% THAT WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED. DOESN'T MEAN THEY GAIN A SEAT BACK? THAT IS REINFORCED BY THESE WASTED VOTE BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE THE 5% THRESHOLD SO A SET OF THOSE VOTES ARE SITTING THERE, THEY GET DISHED OUT AND PROPORTION TO THOSE PARTIES AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAST THE THRESHOLD. NATIONAL IS LIKELY TO GET 40% OF 4%. WHICH IS ANOTHER SEAT. IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME TO BE MAKING THESE CALCULATIONS. THAT WILL POTENTIALLY COME DOWN ONE, BUT STILL SITTING IN THE PRIME SEAT. I WANTED TO PICK UP ON... IF I WAS NOW THE NEW PRIME MINISTER, I WOULD GIVE THE LEADER OF ACT THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND THEN YOU KEEP THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, AND THAT GIVES THEM THE PROPS. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A CALL ON THE WALL. THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROPER CALL. IT IS NOT JULES WILCOX. YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WITH GOT A WINNER AND WHANGANUI. CARL BATES HAS TAKEN WHANGANUI. THEY HAVE FLIPPED IT BY QUITE A CONSIDERABLE MARGIN. LOOK AT THAT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. NEARLY 5000 VOTE VICTORY OUT THERE WITH 97% OF THE VOTE COUNTED. A 5000 VOTE VICTORY IN WHANGANUI. HE'S JUST RETURNED HOME TO NEW ZEALAND, AND IS HEADING STRAIGHT DOWN TO PARLIAMENT A NEW MP FOR THE NATIONAL PARTY BY THE NAME OF CARL BATES. WE GOING TO GO BACK TO AMANDA WHO IS OUTSIDE CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S HOUSE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS ABOUT TO LEAVE AND THEN HEAD TO DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND WHERE HIS PARTY HAS RELATIVELY KICKED OFF. THAT IS CORRECT. I HAVE JUST MADE MY FIRST SIGHTING OF HIM. THE DOORS IT IS OPENING, THE CROWN CAR IS ABOUT TO LEAVE. I JUST SAW CHRIS AND HIS WIFE EMERGE FROM THE HOUSE. HE ONLY JUST WON THE BOTANY SEAT THREE YEARS AGO. HE IS NOW GOING TO BECOME OUR NEXT PRIME MINISTER. HE SEEMED VERY HAPPY WHEN I SAW HIM IN HIS DOORWAY, ALL HIS NEIGHBOURS ARE HERE. THIS WILL BE OUR NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND, CHRISTOPHER LUXON. AREAS, THUMBS UP FROM HIM. A BIG NIGHT, ALL THE NEIGHBOURS HERE. ON HIS WAY TO SHED 10. THANK YOU FOR THAT, AMANDA. HE WILL BE SWORN IN THE COMING WEEKS. HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT WITH THE ACT PARTY. AND POTENTIALLY NEW ZEALAND FIRST AS WELL. THERE IS A LOT OF WATER TO GO UNDER THE BRIDGE BUT THAT GUY HAS HAD HIS EYE ON THAT JOB SINCE THE MINUTE HE BECAME A CANDIDATE. I TALKED TO HIM AT THE LAST ELECTION. HE COULDN'T RULE OUT RULING OUT JUDITH AS THE LEADER. I THINK YOU WILL SEE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPECT TO SEE FROM THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER. IT'S NOT TOO MUCH OF A DRIVE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. RAP SONG: # I don't even care I ain't never had manners # No way, no way # Yo! # Sitting while you rap 'cause we just can't... # (CHAIR MECHANISM SQUEAKS) VOICEOVER: From $2.50, introducing the Subway Value Bites range. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE ELECTION SPECIAL. YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS ABOVE US IN THE STUDIO. LUXON WELL OUT AHEAD. HIPKINS IS GONE-SKI. TRISH, THERE WAS A LOT MADE OF HIS PERSONAL RATINGS DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO HAVE MATTERED. NO. THE MOUNTAIN HE HAS CLIMBED IN THREE YEARS TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER AND GET NATIONAL'S SHIT TOGETHER IS MASSIVE. THE MEDIA HAS SAID HE IS NOT TRUSTED OR THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER. BUT NATIONAL ARGUED THAT IT WOULD BE THE PARTY THAT WOULD GET THERE ON THE NIGHT AND THAT LUXON ALWAYS HAD ENOUGH TO GET THERE AS PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER. THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WHOLE NARRATIVE WAS THAT WHEN THE CAMPAIGN STARTED HIPKINS DO BETTER BECAUSE HE IS MORE LIKEABLE. BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AWKWARD, AND LUXON LOOKS GOOD IN A PIRATE OUTFIT. IF HIPKINS HEAD BACK HIMSELF BACK IN JANUARY WHEN HE TOOK ON LEADERSHIP TO BE THE CHANGE CANDIDATE, HE WAS THE OPPOSITE OF ARDERN. THE POLICY BONFIRE ENDED UP BEING TOO SMALL. HE STARTED TO BEHAVE LIKE THE OPPOSITION. THAT'S WHERE THE NEGATIVITY CAME IN. IT STARTED TO LOOK LIKE DESPERATION. THE POLLS WENT UP A LITTLE BIT. THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A WINNING TACTIC. IN THE END, IT WASN'T. SPEAKING OF WINNERS, WE ARE HEADING TO PADDY. IT'S RAINING SOME KIND OF COLOUR OUT HERE. IT IS RAINING BLUE AGAIN IN MY HOMETOWN NEW PLYMOUTH. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BIG WINS THERE. TARANAKI WILL HAVE A HOME FINAL THERE. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, AND ACTUAL WHEN IN POLITICS. 6000 VOTE MAJORITY FOR MACLEOD. WE NOW HAVE A NATIONAL PARTY STRONGHOLD IN A NEW ZEALAND PROVINCIAL CITY. GOING TO ILAM. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RAINING TEAL OR RED. IT HAS GONE BLUE AGAIN. THE PEOPLE OF MERIVALE WILL BE HAPPY. EVERYONE IN MERIVALE, CALM, CALM, CALM DOWN. YOU HAVE GONE BLUE AGAIN. THAT IS A BIG LEAD THERE. MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE TRICKY FOR THE SKY IF MANJI HADN'T HAVE BEEN THERE. TOP REMAIN ON THE BOTTOM OF POLITICS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. PAULA HAS TAKEN A BREAK, BUT SHE WAS SAYING IT WAS TIME TO GET LASER KIWI OUT AGAIN. HELLO, LINDA. HERE SHE IS. WE ARE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE TO SARAH FROM ILAM. THREE, TWO, ONE. LASER KIWI, DO YOUR WORK. ATTIRED. POLITICAL OBLIVION. SARAH GOT MARRIED AT PARLIAMENT. THE BAGPIPES AT HER WEDDING INTERRUPTED A COVID CONFERENCE OF HIPKINS. SHE TIMED IT RIGHT BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN CAME. (LAUGHTER) WE WILL HAVE HIPKINS ON THE SHOW SOON. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS COMING IN. WHEN HE SAID THANK YOU TO HIS PARTNER TONI. IT'S A NAME THAT COULD BE A MAN OR A WOMAN. IT'S A WOMAN. WE ARE GOING TO GO NOW TO LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS. THAT WAS A PERIOD EMOTIONAL CONCESSION SPEECH FOR YOU. HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? WHAT DOES THIS RESULT MEANS TO YOU? OF COURSE I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULT. IT'S NOT THE RESULT WE WERE CAMPAIGNING FOR. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MPS WHO HAVE SERVED NEW ZEALAND INCREDIBLY WELL WHO WOULD NOT BE RETURNING TO THE NEXT PARLIAMENT. DEMOCRACY CAN BE PRETTY BRUTAL AT TIME. IT'S A ROUGH NIGHT. HAVE YOU HAD ANY TIME TO REFLECT ON WHAT WENT WRONG. AS THEY ARE MOMENT WHERE THE CAMPAIGN WAS LOST? I THINK THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO REFLECT ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR US. IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TERM LEADING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THE AFTER-effects OF THE PANDEMIC WHENEVER GOING TO BE EASY. I YOU GOING TO STICK AROUND IN PARLIAMENT IN OPPOSITION OR TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO THINK ABOUT THIS. WILL BE HERE FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO RESIGN? WHAT I HAVE SAID TO THE TEAM, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO RUSH ANY DECISIONS. EVERYONE WANTS TIME TO TAKE STOCK AND REFLECT ON THIS RESULT AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. THE LABOUR PARTY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY GOOD TO ME. I AM ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THEM. WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A BIT OF TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TO RUSH ANYTHING. WE HAVE THREE YEARS. THREE YEARS ON THE OPPOSITION BENCHES. CAN YOU STOMACH THAT? I WAS GENUINE ON THE CAMPAIGN WHEN I SAID I DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN B. THIS IS NOT THE RESULT I WAS AIMING FOR. I WILL TAKE TIME REFLECTING ON THAT. I MINISTER FOR NINE MONTHS OF NEW ZEALAND. IT'S A BRUTAL BUSINESS. IT IS OUTWITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW. THIS IS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER COMING IN. GOING LIVE THERE RIGHT NOW TO THESE LIVE PICTURES. THIS WILL BE YOUR 42ND PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. HE HAS JUST DRIVEN IN HIS CAR FROM REMUERA. SOMEONE IS RUNNING QUICKLY UP SOME STAIRS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER. HE HAS HAD ONE TERM. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS HASN'T BEEN ABOUT ` THE ECONOMY. IT HASN'T BEEN ABOUT THE BIG DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE GOT. PRODUCTIVITY IS TANKING. WE ARE LOOKING AT 1% GROWTH. IT'S INTERESTING THAT NEITHER SIDE OF POLITICS HAS REALLY ENGAGED WITH ACTUALLY SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT INEQUALITY YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE HELL YOU DO ABOUT JOBS AND GROWTH. 1% OF PRODUCTIVITY IS WORTH ABOUT $750 ON YOUR BACK POCKET. HAS ANYONE DONE ANYTHING ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY IN THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY? NO. WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T BUY THEIR GROCERIES AND ARE TAKING OUT PAYDAY LOANS TO PAY FOR THEIR GROCERIES, THEY DON'T CARE HOW MUCH DEBT THE GOVERNMENT HAS. THEY CARE ABOUT THE END OF THE MONTH, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT FIRST, THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE END OF THE MONTH. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THAT GUY RUNNING UP THE STAIRS. (LAUGHTER) IT'S WORTH REFLECTING ABOUT THE JOB THAT NATIONAL HAS TO DO HERE. I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD A BIGGER HILL TO CLIMB SINCE 1984. HEALTH IS REDLINING, EDUCATION IS REDLINING, THE ECONOMY. WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. THEY HAVE A HELL OF A JOB ON THEIR HANDS. THE ELECTORATE WILL BE VERY TOUGH ON YOU IF YOU CAN'T DELIVER. GREAT PARTIES NEED GREAT CAUSES. WE HAVEN'T SEEN GREAT COURSES IN THIS CAMPAIGN. THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE HAVE CLOCKED OUT. THE FATIGUE AND THE VOTER TURNOUT. ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE ON THE LEFT. WE KNOW PEOPLE WHO ATTEMPT OUT AND FATIGUE WEREN'T VOTING. PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, THE LAST THING THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IS THE ECONOMY. THEY COULDN'T PIN IT ON ANY OF THE POLICIES PUT IN FRONT OF THEM AS WELL AS NOT GIVING A HOOT ABOUT VOTING. AND THEY HAD MANY MORE THINGS ON THEIR MIND. IT WAS ALL FISCAL HOLES AND DO YOU BELIEVE IN DINOSAURS AND SAUSAGE ROLLS. IF YOU LOOK AT PARTIES OVERSEAS, EVEN LABOUR PARTIES, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A VISION FOR A NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY WHERE YOU ARE CREATING NEW GREEN JOBS. THEY DON'T CALL THEM GREEN JOBS. THEY CALL THEM GREEN JOBS. WHEN WORKING PEOPLE HERE GREEN JOBS, THEY THINK THEY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS. THEY PUT CLIMATE INTO BETTER VISION. THE IS IT THAT OUR PARTIES AREN'T TALKING ABOUT IT OR IS IT THAT THE MEDIA` IT IS A BIT OF A RACE TO THE BOTTOM SOMETIMES IN A CAMPAIGN WHERE YOUR LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW. AN PARTIES WILL ALWAYS ARGUE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT POLICY ON THE WAY THROUGH. THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN'T QUANTIFY THE SELECTION, AND I THINK ALL PARTIES NEED TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES HARD ON THIS, IS THE LOSS OF TRUST. THEY HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS EROSION OF THE PUBLIC's TRUST IN POLITICIANS AND WHAT THEY SAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, OF THE WHOLE MISINFORMATION ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS TO TRY AND ADDRESS. AT THE VERY WORRYING TREND. THAT IS TRUE. HALF OF NEW ZEALANDERS DON'T TRUST THE INSTITUTIONS OF THEIR POLITICIANS. PART OF THAT IS POLITICIANS NOT BEING ABLE TO ANSWER A STRAIGHT QUESTION. AGAINST A WALL FOR SIX LONG WEEKS OF LUXON STAND-UPS. ALSO, IT'S THE LACK OF IDEAS. THE US HAS BIDEN-OMICS. MANUFACTURING JOBS. IN THE UK, IT'S ABOUT CREATING JOBS IN THE UK AND THE EXCESS OF INSTABILITY. YOU HAVE GOT BIG IDEAS OUT THERE. IN NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVEN'T REALLY ENGAGED IN IT. WE TALK ABOUT DOES LUXON BELIEVE IN DINOSAURS. IN THE END, THE SAUSAGE ROLL REPRESENTS IT. IT'S NOT THE MOST INSPIRING OF FOOD. (LAUGHTER) HAVE TOO MANY AND YOU FEEL A BIT STODGY. LUXON SAID YESTERDAY, I HAVE EATEN FOR MY COUNTRY. THEY HAVE ERECTED A BALLOON GARLAND ARCH, AND THERE IS A BLUE WALL BEHIND IT, AND THERE IS A RUNWAY THAT THE FORMER AIR NEW ZEALAND CEO IS GOING TO LIE DOWN. IS HE GOING TO BE OFFERING CASSAVA CHIPS? THANKFULLY, NEWSHUB HAS FORKED OUT FOR A BIG CAMERA, SO WE CAN FOLLOW THE WHOLE THING. I'M TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY BREAK THROUGH? WHILE WE ARE WAITING, I THINK LUXON AND NATIONAL WOULD DO WELL TO REACH OUT TO NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THINK ABOUT WHAT JOHN KEY DID. THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY POWERFUL THING. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) HE IS DOING LOTS OF HIGH-FIVES. THEY WANT TO GET THEIR MOMENT WITH THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. HE IS LOOKING LIKE A VERY HAPPY MAN. THIS IS A LONG RUNWAY. THAT IS A JOHN KEY STYLE ROCKSTAR WALK-IN. THREE YEARS, AND HE HAS TURNED IT AROUND TO BE THE ROCKSTAR OF NEW ZEALAND TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. ISN'T HE THE PRIME MINISTER WHO HAS BEEN IN PARLIAMENT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIMES AND THEN BECOME PRIME MINISTER? DON BRASH NEARLY GOT THERE AND 2005. HE GOT A THUMPING IN 2005. AND THEN GOT WITHIN A WHISKER OF LABOUR. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT LABOUR HAS HAD IS TRYING TO PAINT AS THE NEW DON BRASH. HE REALLY ALMOST NAILED IT FOR LABOUR. THAT MUSSOLINI POSTER, IF PEOPLE LOOK AT CHRISTOPHER LUXON IF YOU'RE NOT A NAT... HE BEGAN TO LOOK PRIME MINISTERIAL ` SHARP SUITS, TIES. LUXE AND JUST FROM THERE STARTED TO GLIDE AROUND WITH A NEW AIR ABOUT HIM. CLEARLY YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE PIRATE OUTFIT. NEVER GET PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE SILLY HAT. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE COALITION, AS WERE GOING TO SEE THE MULTI-HEALTH AUTHORITY GONE, CO-GOVERNANCE GOD. THIS IS SAD FOR TE AO MAORI. IT IS HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT THE MASSIVE LOSS THAT MAORI WILL HAVE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. HE CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS RULED OUT THE REFERENDUM ON THE TREATY. BUT DON'T THINK THAT AT DAVID SEYMOUR'S GONNA STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN'T PRETEND THE TREATY DOESN'T EXIST, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NATIONALS GOT. THERE IS JOHN KEY. MAX KEY TOLD ME ONCE THAT HE WANTED TO BE PRIME MINISTER ONE DAY. I DIDN'T TAKEN SERIOUSLY AT THE TIME. HERE IS YOUR 40 SECOND PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. THE LEADER OF THE NATIONAL PARTY, HE WILL SOON BE SWORN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. MAYBE WITH JUST THE ACT PARTY, MAYBE WITH ACT AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST. LOOKING AT THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THANK YOU SO MUCH, TEAM. THANK YOU, NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE ALL OVER YOUR COUNTRY, THE YOU HAVE REACHED FOR HOPE AND YOU HAVE VOTED FOR CHANGE. AND I AM IMMENSELY PROUD TO SAY THAT ON THE NUMBERS TONIGHT, NATIONAL WILL BE IN A POSITION TO LEAD THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. IN MY PLEDGE TO YOU IS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER FOR EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. BECAUSE WE WILL BE BILLED THE ECONOMY AND DELIVER TAX RELIEF. WE WILL BRING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING. WE WILL RESTORE LAW AND ORDER. WE WILL DELIVER BETTER HEALTH CARE. WE WILL EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN GROW UP TO LIVE THE LIFE THEY DREAM OF. THAT IS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DELIVER. EARLIER THIS EVENING, I TOOK A CALL FROM CHRIS HIPKINS CONCEDING THE ELECTION. AND I THANKED HIM FOR THE CALL AND THANK THEM FOR SERVING NEW ZEALAND AS PRIME MINISTER. AND I WISH HIM WELL. AND I WISHED HIM WELL BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY A TOUGH NIGHT FOR LABOUR, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I ALSO TALK TO DAVID SEYMOUR AND CONGRATULATED HIM. THERE ARE MANY VOTE STILL TO BE COUNTED, BUT ON CURRENT NUMBERS, LOOKS LIKE NATIONAL AND ACT WILL BE IN A POSITION TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. (CHANTING) BACK ON TRACK! AND I ALSO CONGRATULATE WINSTON PETERS NEW ZEALAND FIRST'S RETURN TO PARLIAMENT AND I APPRECIATE HIS COMMENTS THAT HE IS WILLING TO HELP WHEN NEEDED. AS A RESULT OF VOTERS CHOICES AND WITH SPECIAL VOTE STILL TO COME, IT LOOKS LIKE NATIONAL WILL BE WELCOMING NEW MPS INTO OUR CAUCUS. (CHANTING) ALTHOUGH THIS CAMPAIGN WAS LONG, NEW ZEALAND AS LISTENED TO NATIONAL. NATIONAL LISTENED TO NEW ZEALANDERS. AND WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE NEEDING INTEREST RATES TO COME DOWN SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR MORTGAGES AND WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TAX RELIEF TO PAY FOR THE GROCERY BILLS AND WE LISTEN TO THE RETAILERS WHO WANT TO KNOW THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS PUTTING THEIR INTERESTS FIRST. AND WE ALSO LISTENED TO THE PATIENTS WAITING 11 HOURS AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHO KNOW THAT THE FRONTLINE NEED SUPPORT. AND TONIGHT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE MANDATE TO TAKE NEW ZEALAND FORWARD. IN ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, WE HEARD A DESCRIPTION OF NEW ZEALAND THAT CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT IS AND WE KNOW IT, AND YOU VOTED FOR IT, AND TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE THIS AN EVEN BETTER COUNTRY. TURNING AROUND THE COUNTRY MAY TAKE TIME, IT IS A BIG JOB, AND WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. IT IS GOING TO BE HARD WORK. BUT THE GOVERNMENT, IWI, CAN GET THE JOB DONE BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I WANT TO LEAD THE COUNTRY, TOGETHER FOR EVERY SINGLE NEW ZEALANDER. AND ONE NIGHT ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, I WAS ON A LATE FLIGHT HOME TO AUCKLAND, AND I WAS LOOKING OUT OF THAT PLANE WINDOW, AND THERE WERE HUGE BLANK SPACES EXCEPT TIMES THAT THE DARKNESS WAS DIVIDED BY A SINGLE LIGHT. AND IT WAS LIKELY A FARMHOUSE, AND I LOOKED DOWN AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADING THE COUNTRY ON BEHALF OF EVERY NEW ZEALANDER, WHATEVER THEIR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY AND WHETHER COUNTRIES ARRIVED GENERATIONS AGO OR ARE NEW MIGRANTS, WE ALL SHARE AN INTEREST IN LIVING IN A SAFE AND STABLE COUNTRY WHICH CELEBRATES... A COUNTRY THAT CELEBRATES FAIRNESS AND WANTS THE VERY BEST FOR EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. AND WE ALSO SHARE AN INTEREST IN HAVING A STRONG ECONOMY WHICH IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THE PROMISE OF NEW ZEALANDERS IS THAT IF YOU WORK HARD IN THE BEST COUNTRY ON PLANET EARTH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD. AND IT'S WHAT UNITES US THAT MATTERS MOST TO ME. AND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THE ETHOS OF A GOVERNMENT THAT I LEAD. BEFORE I FINISH, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS OUTCOME POSSIBLE, AND A FIRST OF COURSE ARE VOTERS. TO ALL OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR NATIONAL, THANK YOU. WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN. INTO ALL OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR NATIONAL, WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN EITHER. AND TO THE PEOPLE OF BOTANY WHO TURNED ME AS YOUR MP, THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT YOU IN PARLIAMENT IN A PLACE THAT I SPENT SO MUCH OF MY CHILDHOOD. IT IS THE BEST ELECTORATE IN NEW ZEALAND. AND TO THE NATIONAL PARTY FORM PRESIDENT SYLVIA WARD DOWN TO EVERY VOLUNTEER AND SUPPORTER, THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOUR COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL DID NOT WAVER, AND TONIGHT'S OUTCOME IS YOURS TO CELEBRATE TOO. AND I WANT TO THANK MY FANTASTIC DEPUTY, NICOLA WILLIS. OUR INCREDIBLE HARD-WORKING CAMPAIGN CHAIR, CHRIS BISHOP. AND ALL OF OUR CAUCUS AND CANDIDATES FOR THEIR RELENTLESS CAMPAIGNING OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. YOU HAVE GIVEN IT YOUR ALL AND WE HAVE SLASHED BLUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR GREAT CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR AND ALL OF OUR CAMPAIGN TEAM. BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED AND NO PRESS RELEASE UNWRITTEN, AND NO TICKET UNTOCKED IN THEIR EFFORT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY AMAZING CHIEF OF STAFF. BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD WEEKS WITHOUT WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT SLEEP, BUT TONIGHT IT IS ALL BEEN WORTH IT. BEFORE I THINK MY OWN FAMILY, I WANT TO THANK THE CHILDREN, THE SPOUSES AND THE PARTNERS OF EVERY MP OF EVERY CANDIDATE AND OF EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CAMPAIGN AND OUR STAFF. BECAUSE ALL OF YOU HAVE SACRIFICED A GREAT DEAL TO SUPPORT US AND THAT SUPPORT IS GREATLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY LATE NIGHTS AND LONG ABSENCES AND I GENUINELY HOPE THAT THIS VICTORY IS SOME REPAYMENT FOR YOUR SACRIFICES. AND FINALLY TO MY AMANDA AND WILLIAM AND OLIVIA, AMANDA, I HAVE TO SAY, WHILE IT IS A GREAT HONOUR, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID MARRYING YOU WILL BE MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. I AM SO GRATEFUL I GET TO DO LIFE WITH YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY. I WANT TO SAY TO MY CHILDREN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT RIGHT THROUGH TO THE MOMENT I SAID I WANTED TO ENTER POLITICS. I LOVE YOU LOTS. AND TOMORROW MORNING NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GOING TO WAKE UP TO NOT ONLY A NEW DAY, BUT THE PROMISE OF A NEW GOVERNMENT AND A NEW DIRECTION. THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND OUR NEW GOVERNMENT WILL HELP REALISE IT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU I AM HUMBLED BY TONIGHT SUPPORT, BUT I AM SO ENERGISED BY IT. AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GET STUCK IN AND GET TO WORK. NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE CHOSEN CHANGE, AND OUR NEW GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER IT. WE WILL GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK! THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. LUXON OF THE NATIONAL PARTY WITH HIS VICTORY SPEECH. WHAT THIRD EVERYONE MAKE A BET, TEAM? THE CHANTS WERE 'BACK ON TRACK' AND 'AMANDA'. JUST IN CASE PEOPLE COULDN'T HEAR IT. IF I WAS THERE, I WOULD BE CHARTING NOW. KIWIS HAVE REACHED FOR HOPE AND VOTED FOR CHANGE. HE ABSOLUTELY OWNED IT WITH THAT SENTIMENT. IN THIS CAMPAIGN, HE HAS FELT LIKE THE OTHER SIDE HAS BEEN DISHING UP FEAR, AND THEY DID. BUT NEARLY END OF THE CAMPAIGN, LUXON DECIDED TO REACH FOR THE HOPE PATH. AND YOU FEEL TONIGHT THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS BREATHED A BIT OF A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS HEADING INTO TONIGHT THAT WE COULD STILL GET A DIFFERENT RESULT. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY WERE REALLY WANTING TO SEE THIS CHANGE. IN PARTICULAR, HOW LUXON SAID HOW HE WANTED TO WORK WITH BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNITY AND IWI. HE MADE THE STATEMENT TO BUSINESS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT HE WANTED THEM TO ACT AS A PARTNER TO GOVERNMENT AND NOT LIKE CHILDREN AS THE RELATIONSHIP HAD BEEN. I THINK BUSINESSES AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL BE RELIEVED TO SEE THIS CHANGE TONIGHT. THE THING IS, LET'S BE HONEST, LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, THIS IS A GUY WHO PEAKED AT THE RIGHT TIME. THIS IS NOT A GUY WHO YOU THOUGHT WOULD TAKE NATIONAL TO VICTORY. HE STEPPED UP, DIDN'T HE? I HAVE GOT TO SAY, WE HAVE SEEN ACTIVE DROPPED A SEAT. THAT PUTS THEM AT 61 SEATS TOGETHER. WE WILL HEAR FROM LUXON AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK TO OUR ELECTION SPECIAL FOR 2023. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS MY BISCUIT, AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS A GOVERNMENT BEING FORMED IN THE BISCUIT. IN THE LAST LITTLE WHILE, WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBERS START TO DROP A LITTLE BIT. NATIONAL IS ON 39.3%. THAT WILL GIVE THEM 50 SEATS AND ACT WILL HAVE 11. 60 SEATS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO WHEN. THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MINOR PARTIES, LIKE TOP, SITTING ON 2%, FOR EXAMPLE. THOSE VOTES WILL BE REALLOCATED TO THE PARTIES THAT WE KNOW OF THAT WILL BE IN PARLIAMENT. THAT MEANS IT SHOULD GIVE THESE SEATS I LEFT. 2.1% FOR TOP. AT LEAST 4% FROM THEM AND THE OTHER MINOR PARTIES. IT GETS DISTRIBUTED PROPORTIONALLY. I THINK NATIONAL WILL END UP WITH AN EXTRA MP IF NOT TWO. YOU ARE OVER 4%. CLOSE TO 2 MORE PERCENT. PLUS PORT WAIKATO STARTS TO COME INTO PLAY. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A FAIRLY HEALTHY MARGIN. I'M SURE THEY FELT BETTER AT 62 THEN 61. BUT THAT WON'T END UP BEING THE END NUMBER. WHAT YOU ARE HEARING HERE IS THE PANIC. IS THAT VOTE CREEPS BACK, WINSTON BECOMES MORE AND MORE IN THE PICTURE. PEOPLE START TALKING. RICH COMING FROM YOU. (LAUGHTER) WHO IS TALKING, TALKING, TALKING? IT'S AFTER 11. YOU NEED A REBOOT. WE WILL GO TO THE NEW PRIME MINISTER SOON. HE IS HAVING SOME AUDIO ISSUES. MAYBE IT IS WINSTON CALLING. WE WILL GO TO THE INCOMING PRIME MINISTER. CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTOPHER. HOW YOU FEELING? GREAT DAY. GREAT DAY FOR OUR TEAM. WE HAVE WORKED SO INCREDIBLY HARD OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS AND CAMPAIGN TEAM AND OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES AND MPS AND PARTY OFFICIALS. THIS IS A GREAT TEAM SPORT, POLITICS, AND I SAID AT THE BEGINNING WHEN I BECAME THE LEADER, IT WOULD GO WELL. EXCITED FOR THE DAYS AHEAD. YOU PUT AN OLIVE BRANCH OUT TO WINSTON. WHY DID YOU DO THAT? I APPRECIATED HIS REMARKS. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NEW ZEALAND VOTED FOR CHANGE. WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE NUMBERS THAT WE CAN DO IT WITH NATIONAL AND ACT, I APPRECIATED WINSTON'S REMARKS. WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY FOR NEGOTIATING AND TIMEFRAMES? GIVEN THAT IT IS SORT OF CLOSE, YOU WAIT UNTIL THE BY-election BEFORE YOU NEED TO TALK TO WINSTON? WE WILL WORK ALL OF THAT OUT TOMORROW. THE REALITY IS WE WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE DOING ANY NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH THE MEDIA. WE WILL DO THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED. I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE A FANTASTIC COUNTRY, A GREAT COUNTRY, AND WE CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE HAVE BEEN. WE HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR US OR NOT, WE WILL DELIVER FOR ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. WE NEED TO GO TO WORK AND MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE EVERY KIWI CAN FLOURISH. THAT'S WHY I CAME INTO POLITICS ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO. THAT IS WHY MY TEAM IS HERE AS WELL. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING TO WORK ON GOING FORWARD AS A COUNTRY TOGETHER. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO WINSTON AT ALL? NO, I HAVEN'T. MY TEAM HAVE THROUGH THE COURSE OF TODAY. I CERTAINLY SPOKE TO DAVID SEYMOUR AND CONGRATULATED HIM ON HIS GREAT SET OF RESULTS AS WELL. I THINK DAVID AND I WILL WORK INCREDIBLY CONSTRUCTIVE TOGETHER. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, OUR PARTIES. WE KNOW EACH OTHER WELL FROM BEING NEIGHBOURS FOR FOUR YEARS. WE WANT TO LIFT THE ECONOMY AND LAW & ORDER. I THINK IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING FUTURE. A LOT THAT YOU AGREE ON. HOPING YOUR TEAM SPOKE TO WINSTON AND WHAT DID YOU SPEAK ABOUT? WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO ANY OF THAT. WE WILL HAVE A STRATEGY TO WORK WITH THE PARTIES INTO A NEGOTIATION AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT RIGHT NOW` CAN YOU GIVE THE PUBLIC WATCHING TONIGHT SOME INSIGHT INTO YOUR THINKING? YOU ARE COMING IN AS THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER. YOU GOING TO ACTUALLY TRY AND WORK WITH ACT AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST? AGAIN, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, NEW ZEALAND HAS VOTED FOR CHANGE. FROM THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE GOT TONIGHT, NATIONAL AND ACT CAN DO IT IN A SIMPLE TWO-PARTY COALITION. THAT IS OUR PREFERENCE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO GOING FORWARD, BUT I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WINSTON. WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AS SETTING UP A COUNTRY IN SOME PRETTY TOUGH TIMES AND MAXIMISE THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF US AND REALISE THE POTENTIAL IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS. ARE YOU COMMITTING TONIGHT TO IMPLEMENTING YOUR TAX CUTS IN FULL AS OUTLINED ON YOUR PARTIES WEBSITE OTHERWISE YOU WILL THE RESIGN? ABSOLUTELY IS IMPORTANT THAT LOWER MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS IN NEW ZEALAND GET A BREAK. IT IS ABOUT CHANGE. I WANT NEW ZEALAND TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO WORK AND DELIVER FOR THEM. THEY WANT RESULTS, AND THEY NEED RESULTS TO IMPROVE THEIR DAILY LIVES. JENNA HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. WHEN YOU CALL WINSTON PETERS EVEN IF YOU DON'T NEED HIM? TONIGHT WE HAVE THE RESULTS TO SAY THAT WE CAN DO IT WITH NATIONAL AND ACT, AND THAT IS OUR ASSUMPTION GOING FORWARD. I AM JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WINSTON AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST ARE BACK IN PARLIAMENT. PEOPLE HAVE VOTED FOR CHANGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHEN WE GO FORWARD, DAVID SEYMOUR AND I WILL GET TOGETHER TO WORK VERY QUICKLY AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND WILL DO THAT IN A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE AND MATURE AND PROFESSIONAL WAY. WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EVENING WAS GOING YOUR WAY? WE FELT GOOD GOING INTO THE CAMPAIGN. I APPRECIATE THERE WERE LOTS OF PUNDITS AND COMMENTATORS WITH THEIR OWN VIEWS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING RIGHT OR WRONG. I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO THAT RIGHT FROM WHEN I BECAME THE LEADER, FRANKLY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ IT, A LOT OF IT IS WRONG. PEOPLE FELT WE WERE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO CHANGE AND DELIVER. WE HAVE GREAT HOPE THAT THE COUNTRY HAS SOME GREAT DAYS AHEAD OF IT. CAN YOU GIVE US A BIT OF AN INSIGHT INTO THAT PHONE CALL THAT WAS MADE FROM HIPKINS TO YOU THIS EVENING? I REALLY APPRECIATED THE CALL. I WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY AND FOR BEING PRIME MINISTER. THAT IS NOT AN EASY JOB, AND I APPRECIATE WE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THAT JOB AND A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TAKING THE COUNTRY FORWARD, BUT I WANTED TO THANK FOR HIS PUBLIC SERVICE AND WISH HIM AND HIS FAMILY WELL THE FUTURE. LAST ONE FROM ME AND THEN WE HAVE A FUN ONE FROM PAULA BENNETT. STAY TUNED FOR THAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK AND NEGATIVITY ABOUT YOU ON THIS CAMPAIGN. YOU COPPED A LOT OF FLAK IN THE PRESS. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT .ME. IDEAS NEEDED TO FOCUS ON THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF WIRE CAME INTO POLITICS. I'M PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT WE REBUILT WITH THE NATIONAL PARTY. I'M PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE HELD THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT. FRANKLY, I DON'T CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA SAY ABOUT ME. I WANT TO GIVE LEADERSHIP TO THE COUNTRY AND TAKE NEW ZEALAND FORWARD. I'M SO EXCITED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU, BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS. YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CHANGE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WILL STILL BE OKAY FOR ME TO CALL YOU LUX. I LOVE YOU LOTS, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, TEAM. LUX HAS HAD A BIT OF GOOD LUCK. WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO ISABEL. SHE IS GOING TO TALKED TO DAVID SEYMOUR. I DO HAVE DAVID JUST HERE. PROBABLY GETTING A FEW MESSAGES COMING THROUGH. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? FANTASTIC. WE'VE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTE FOR ACT. NOW WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE NEED TO REPAY THAT TRUST. WILL BE WORKING HOW TO DO THAT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN UPS AND DOWNS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS BECAUSE REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, EVERY VOTE COUNTS. SPECIAL VOTES COUNT TWO. AND THEY WON'T BE COUNTED FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE DOWNS? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WINSTON PETERS BEING KINGMAKER. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT WILL BE THE CASE. HOW MUCH OF A RELIEF IS THAT FOR YOU? FIRST OF ALL IT MAY STILL HAPPEN. I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMETHING I'VE BEEN REALLY CLEAR ABOUT ` IS THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS SOME BIG PROBLEMS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A TIGHT, FOCUS GROUP TO FIX THEM. AND WINSTON PETERS TRACK RECORD HAS MADE IT HARDER FOR GOVERNMENTS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. WE WILL OVERCOME THAT IF NEEDED. I OBVIOUSLY HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT PREFERRED OPTION WITH A NATIONAL ACT GOVERNMENT. I CAN'T ANTICIPATE WHAT THE VOTERS WILL SAY IN THOSE LAST FEW VOTES TO COME IN, THERE ARE STILL VOTES TO BE PROCESSED. WE WILL RESPECT THAT. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE WHO HAS COME AND VOTED FOR ACT IN BOARD AND THIS RESULT? THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US. OUR JOB IS NOW TO WORK DOUBLETIME WITH A NEW CAUCUS OF MPS TO MAKE SURE WE REPAY THAT TRUST. WE ARE GOING TO PROVE THAT WE CAN HELP THEM SOLVE THOSE CHALLENGES. WHY DIDN'T YOU ARRIVE ON THE BOAT? THE WEATHER FORECAST WAS BAD. THE FORECAST WAS BAD, BUT TODAY WAS BEAUTIFUL, SO THAT'S A REAL BUMMER. DAVID SEYMOUR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ISABEL THERE. WHAT ARE WE THINKING? I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU GET COMMITMENT THAT THE TAX CUTS ARE DEFINITELY` ABSOLUTELY HAPPENING. HE DID PROMISE BEFOREHAND. DAVID SEYMOUR, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING. THING NINE POINT 1% UP FROM 7.6%. AT ONE POINT THAT PARTY DIDN'T GET OVER THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. IS TAKEN ACT OUT OF THE ICU AND PUT IT IN RECOVERY. THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WITH A CAUCUS OF NEW MPS, EVERYONE WAS WATCHING AND THINKING SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG, AND HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. UP INTO THE LAST WEEKS. THEN IT BECAME WINSTON, WINSTON. RICHARD PEOPLE CAME AROUND AND SAID THAT THE PARTY LOST ITS MOTOR, BUT HE HAS DONE VERY WELL. IF I JUST GET A CHANCE, I WANTED TO DO A MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO JAMES WHO HAS ONE IN RANGITATA. AND A YOUNG MAORI LAWYER COMING IN. I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE HIM A SHUTOUT. AND TO ANGIE WHO IS IN TE ATATU. HIPKINS MENTION THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PUT A HOLE OF TIME INTO THIS WHO ARE NOW NO LONGER MPS. AND THEIR STAFF LOSE THEIR JOBS. STUART NASH, PAULA, TRISH, JENNA THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH. WILL BRING OUR OTHER PANELLISTS BECKON. LASER KIWI WILL BE BACK. WE'VE ENJOYED YOUR ANALYSIS. WELCOME BACK TO THIS NEWSHUB SPECIAL. WE ARE TIRED. WE ARE GOING TO BRING OUT OUR LASER KIWI. JOSEY IS BACK. A GOING TO DO THE HONOURS? HERE SHE COMES. HELLO, LINDA. WHAT IS LASER KIWI UP TO? THIS IS FOR MY MATE EFESO! EFESO COLLINS IS GETTING IN ON THE GREEN LIST. THIS IS FOR YOU, EFESO. THE GREENS ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. I HEARD THAT NEWSHUB ELECTION NIGHTS WERE CRAZY. THIS IS AMAZING. LINDA'S GOT MORE TRICKS. I'M GOING TO COME AND MOVE LINDA. LINDA IS HEAVY. COME ON, JULIAN. HAVE A CRACK. YOU DIDN'T GIVE HER A MAORI NAME. HERE WE GO. ARE WE HATCHING? WE NEVER KNOW WHAT LINDA IS GOING TO DO. SHE'S GOT A MIND OF HER OWN. (LASER BEAMS) IT IS MICHAEL WOODHOUSE. CORRECTION: WOOD. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO LLOYD. WITH GOT AMANDA HERE. AMANDA IS THE FIRST LADY ELECT. HOW DOES THAT FEEL? I THINK IT'S AMAZING TO GET TO THIS POINT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY IN SO MUCH ENERGY HAS GONE INTO IT. IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO BE AT THIS POINT. YOUR HUSBAND HAS BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR SIX WEEKS. AND THEN HE DID THE ROUND THE COUNTRY TOUR. ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM BACK? I NEVER LOST HIM, SO WE ARE A TIGHT UNIT. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHERE WE ARE, NOTHING GETS IN BETWEEN US AS A COUPLE. WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN TO BE TOGETHER, AND WE SHARE EVERYTHING. AND I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM WANTING TO ACHIEVE WHAT HE WANTS TO ACHIEVE. YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE QUITE A BIT. IF YOU GOT YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT?? I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THAT FAR YET. THAT THINGS FOR ANOTHER DAY. GO AND CELEBRATE. THANK YOU FOR CHATTING WITH US. THAT IS AMANDA LUXON. THANK YOU, LLOYD. LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE LUXONS. I WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR IS. I WANT SOME TIPS. ARE GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP SHORTLY. I'M KEEN TO HEAR SOME FINAL THOUGHTS. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE AWAY? THE MAORI SEATS ALWAYS THE MOST INTERESTING. AND IS ALWAYS INDICATIVE OF HOW MAORI VOTE. THERE IS A REAL APPETITE, AND WE ARE SEEING THAT. WATCHING NATIONAL AND ACT, IT IS A BIT SCARY FOR MAORI, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF. I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT DEVOLUTION WILL HAPPEN, TO TALKING ABOUT IWI AS BUSINESSES FROM LUXTON'S PERSPECTIVE WAS WHAT THE TRUE VISION FOR MAORI. I THINK FOR LABOUR, PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE FOR NATIONAL BECAUSE LABOUR WASN'T LEFT-WING ENOUGH. DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. THE THING THAT THE LIFTERS GOT ITS DELIVERY. A LITTLE LESS INSPIRATION, A LITTLE MORE PERSPIRATION. I THINK THE LEFT HIS LOT MUCH OF ITS DNA. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TERM IN GOVERNMENT. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION WHO WILL BE GUNNING FOR NATIONAL AND ACT. THE OTHER THING I'D SAY IS THE LEFT HAVE GOT SOME ISSUES. MASSIVE FAILURE IN AUSTRALIA, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE WORLD WITH LEFT-LEANING PARTIES. THEY HAVE TO RETRACE THE IDENTITY. THE CLOCK IS JUST STRUCK MIDNIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PADDY GELLER FOR ONE LAST TIME. AND I DO JUST WANT TO SAY, WE ARE IN PADDY'S HOUSE. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTING, IT IS PETTY WITH A Y. IS NOT PADDY WITH AN I. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS HOW THE PARLIAMENT WILL LOOK. 50 SEATS TO THE NATIONAL PARTY. AND IN THE ACT PARTY GET 11 SEATS. THAT IS A ONE SEAT MAJORITY. THAT IS 121 SEAT PARLIAMENT. WINSTON IS BACK. WINSTON THE PHOENIX HAS RISEN FROM THE ASHES. # MOVE YOUR BODY, WINSTON IS BACK. HE IS NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED. COMING OVER HERE, TO WHERE THE LABOUR PARTY IS, THIS IS DIRE. THIS IS DISGUSTING. THIS IS DESPERATE STUFF. LABOUR HAS BEEN DECIMATED. THIS IS HALF OF WHAT THEY GOT LAST TIME. GREENS HAVE GOT 14 SEATS. THIS IS THE OPPOSITION SIDE OF THE PARLIAMENT WHERE YOU HAVE ZERO POWER AND YOU'VE GOT 14 SEATS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE GREENS ARE NOWHERE NEAR POWER INTIMATES PARLIAMENT. TE PATI MAORI, THERE HAS BEEN A GENERATIONAL SHIFT AND CHANGE OUT THERE IN MAORI POLITICS. AND THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY FOUR PEOPLE COMING INTO PARLIAMENT, DOUBLING THE INTAKE. IT IS ALL ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. WITH 97% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, THEY HAVE A ONE SEAT MAJORITY AND WINSTON PETERS IS SITTING THERE ON THE SUB BENCH, WITH HIS SUIT ON, READY TO BE CALLED OUT ONTO THE PARK. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE INJURIES IN THOSE SPECIAL VOTES. THANK YOU, PADDY. THE ALL BLACKS ARE PLAYING TOMORROW AT 8 AM WHICH IS NOT FAR AWAY. THE RUGBY QUARTER-FINAL. FOR THOSE WANTING TO TUNE INTO MY, WHAT TIME? THE HUI IS ON AT 9 AM. I'LL BE BACK AT 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. IT'S BEEN A BIG CAMPAIGN. I THINK THERE IS STILL QUITE A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF TO PLAY OUT HERE. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SPECIALS TO SEE THE REAL SHAPE OF THE PARLIAMENT. AT THE MOMENT, ACTORS AND SITTING IN AN INCREDIBLE POSITION TO NEGOTIATE, BECAUSE NATIONAL CANNOT GET THERE WITH NEW ZEALAND FIRST. SO THEY CAN BASICALLY DEMAND WHATEVER THEY WANT OR THREATENED THAT CONFIDENCE NO SUPPLY SILLY BEHAVIOUR THAT DAVID SEYMOUR TALKING ABOUT. BUT THEY SPECIALS HAVE TENDED TO FAVOUR THE LEFT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON COULD BE LOOKING AT A DEPUTY PROMISED A NAME TO WINSTON. PICK UP THE PHONE TO NEW ZEALAND FIRST ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU WANT SHANE JONES AND WINSTON. AND YOU ALSO WANT SOME EXPERIENCE BECAUSE CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND THE TEAM AROUND HIM ` HE HASN'T GOT ANYONE IN THERE THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN NEAR A MINISTERIAL POSITION. THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS, DID PADDY TRY AND DO THE BACKSTREET BOYS TUNE? I THOUGHT HE DID WELL WITH. I'M WITH JENNA, PARTICULAR MAORI SEATS, THEY ARE GOING TO SPECIAL VOTES. THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OTHER SEATS GOING TO SPECIAL VOTES. IN ONE THOSE ELECTRIC VOTES ARE CRUCIAL BECAUSE THEY WILL DETERMINE WHICH PARTY MPS WILL GET IN FOR LABOUR ON THE DWINDLING LIST THAT THEY HAVE. WE ARE FINISHED. GO STAND OVER THERE, PADDY. BACK A BIT. AND YOU HAVE TO MELT DOWN... (LAUGHTER) THAT IS A GENTLEMAN, YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING NEWSHUB'S ELECTION SPECIAL FOR 2023. IT IS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BRING YOU THIS PROGRAM. LINDA IS SAYING GOODBYE TO YOUR. MY NAME IS RYAN. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PETTY GOER, THANK YOU. AND TO PAULA. THANK YOU ALL, WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW MORNING ON THREE. CAPTIONS BY KRISTIN WILLIAMS AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023