CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA E TE IWI. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THIS 1NEWS YOUR VOTE SPECIAL AS WE BRING YOU THE RESULTS OF THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM ELECTION NIGHT. MORE THAN HALF A MILLION SPECIAL VOTES HAVE BEEN TALLIED, AND THIS IS WHAT THE FINAL NUMBERS MEAN FOR THE ALL-IMPORTANT SEATS IN THE HOUSE. HAVE A LOOK. NATIONAL ENDS UP WITH THE MOST SEATS. THAT IS 2 FEWER SEATS THAN THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS. LABOUR SAYS AT THE SAME AS ELECTION NIGHT. THE GREEN PARTY HAS 15 SEATS. ACT AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAD THE SAME RESULTS. THE BIG SURPRISE FOR MANY WILL BE TE PATI MAORI TWO ADDITIONAL SEATS. THAT MEANS WE WILL HAVE A TWO SEAT OVERHANG FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENT. THERE WILL BE 122 SEATS. TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, PARTIES NEED A MAJORITY. AND NATIONAL'S 48 SEAT, WITH THE LIKELY SUPPORT PARTNER ACT, THAT IS 59, THREE SEATS SHORT OF A MAJORITY. THEY WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF ANOTHER PARTY, LIKELY NEW ZEALAND FIRST. OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL HAVE REACTION FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL WORLD. EXPERT ANALYSIS AS WELL. 1NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY IS WITH US. GOING THROUGH THESE RESULTS, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK THE BIG THING TO TAKE AWAY IS THAT BECAUSE ACTOR NATIONAL ARE ONLY GOING TO 59, THEY NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THAT PUTS WINSTON PETERS AND A POWERFUL POSITION, AND GIVES SOME POWER TO THE ACT PARTY AS WELL. WE WILL SEE THOSE THREE PARTIES NEEDING TO FORM A GOVERNMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE WEREN'T SURE HOW THE VOTES WOULD GO, BUT IT CHANGES WITH TE PATI MAORI. THAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY RESULT. SIX OF THE SEVEN MAORI SEATS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT LOOKING AT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S NUMBERS RELEASED, THERE ARE VERY FINE MARGINS. IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU, THE TE PATI MAORI CANDIDATE HAS WON BY JUST FOUR VOTES. TELL US ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF FORMING A GOVERNMENT. IS LOOKS LIKE A NATIONAL AND ACT ALONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE PRELIMINARY VOTES. WHEN SAINT PETER SUPPORT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE TO HAVE. ON THESE NUMBERS, IT HAS CHANGED. WE HAVE SEEN TODAY THAT THEY NEED TO CALL ON NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT IS WHAT THE LAST THREE WEEKS HAVE BEEN ABOUT. WE NOW ARE GOING TO SEE THEM SIT DOWN AND THRASH THOSE OUT. WE SEE WHO WAS IN THE POWER POSITION, WHO THEY NEED TO DRAW ON, NATIONAL AND ACT CAN'T DO IT ALONE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT HAS PREFERENCE WAS JUST ACT. THAT HAS NOT WORKED. NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS IN THE MIX. IT IS INTERESTING TO THINK OF THE ROLE OF SPECIAL VOTES AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL VOTES CAST. THERE WERE 567,000 SPECIALS CAST. THAT WAS 20% ALMOST OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST. WAS THERE ANY SUGGESTION THAT WE COULD SEE A SHIFT OF THE SIZE? I THINK IT WAS HARD TO TELL. USUALLY, SPECIAL VOTES GO TO THE LEFT. THERE WERE 80,000 PEOPLE LIVING OVERSEAS, AND SOME COMMENTATORS SAID THAT THEY WERE PERHAPS FEELING FRUSTRATED WITH LABOUR ABOUT BEING LOCKED OUT WITH COVID-19, AND THEY MIGHT GO TO THE RIGHT. BUT THERE WAS A MOOD FOR CHANGE, AND WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT MOOD GIVING A BOOST TO THE GREENS AND TE PATI MAORI AND NO BOOST TO LABOUR. THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING. SPECIAL VOTES TEND TO GO TO THE LEFT BECAUSE IT TENDS TO BE YOUNGER PEOPLE, RENTERS, THOSE WHO REGISTER ON THE DAY. IT WAS HARD TO TELL THIS TIME. IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE THE NUMBER STRANGE. FOR ELECTORATES AND TOTAL HAVE CHANGED HANDS FROM THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS. DID ANYONE EXPECT TE PATI MAORI WOULD HAVE SIX OF THE SEVEN MAORI SEATS? ARE IN THE ONE OF THE COLEADERS TOLD US ON A BAD DAY, THEY WOULD HAVE THREE SEATS, AND ON A GOOD DAY, SEVEN. IT IS LOOKING LIKE A CHIPPER DAY FOR THEM. THEY ONLY HAVE TWO MPS AT THE MOMENT. THAT IS A HUGE CHANGE THEY MADE IN THREE YEARS. LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, TE PATI MAORI WILL LIKELY BE IN OPPOSITION ALONGSIDE LABOUR AND THE GREEN PARTY. THE GREENS AND NATIONAL WOOD VERY NARROWLY STILL BE ABLE TO COMMAND A MAJORITY. NATIONAL AND ACT NO LONGER ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT FEW DAYS, DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE WINSTON PETERS DIGGING ON HIS HEELS, DEMANDING A HIGHER PRICE? WINSTON PETERS HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE. HE WILL BE HUSTLING. I BUMPED INTO HIM IN WELLINGTON. HE SAID THINGS WERE GOING OK, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HE IS ALMOST BURROWING IN HE HAS CAPITAL. NATIONAL AND ACT NEED HIM, BUT ACT HAS CAPITAL TO. THEY WILL NEED TO WORK OUT IF THEY NEED TO SEPARATE DEALS, AND THEN COME TOGETHER, WHICH IS NOT WHAT ACT WANTS. OR THEY WILL ALL GET AROUND THE TABLE, AND THRASH THIS OUT. I THINK THE PRESSURE IS GROWING ON CHRISTOPHER LUXON TO GET A DEAL AND SIGNAL WHAT IS COMING IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IT HAS FELT LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME SINCE THE ELECTION. NEW ZEALANDERS ARE IN LIMBO. ON THE RESULTS RELEASED TODAY, 4 ELECTORATES HAVE CHANGED. IN THE NELSON, THE INCUMBENT LABOUR MP HAS ONE BY A SLIM MARGIN. PHIL TWYFORD WON TE ATATU. THAT SHOCKED MANY ON ELECTION NIGHT. PHIL TWYFORD HAS WON BY HUNDRED AND 131 VOTES. THE INCUMBENT IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU HAS LOST BY FOUR VOTES. AND IN TE TAI TOKERAU, KELVIN DAVIS HAS LOST. THAT IS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY. THOSE TWO LABOUR SWITCHES ARE REALLY SIGNIFICANT. HENARE AND DAVIS ARE HIGH PROFILE MPS. IF THEY CAN'T HOLD ONTO THE SEAT, THAT IS A BIG CHANGE. I ALSO THINK IF YOU WANTED A MESSAGE THAT GETTING OUT AND VOTING IS IMPORTANT, THERE YOU GO. 4 SEATS, AND THAT IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY SLIM MAJORITY. WE MAY SEE THAT WE RECOUNTED. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ON FOUR VOTES, THAT WAS NOT RECOUNTED. IN NELSON, 29 VOTES... WE MIGHT EXPECT RECOUNTS. THAT IS NOT HUGELY CONSEQUENTIAL, BECAUSE THEY WOULD STILL NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. AT MEN'S NATIONAL, ACT, AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST WOULD SORT OUT THAT ARRANGEMENT WHILE THEY SORT OUT THESE THINGS IN THE MARGIN. THANK YOU, JESSICA. WE ARE JUST A DIGESTIVE THESE NUMBERS AS THEY COME THROUGH. THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN GUARDED LIKE ANYTHING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT WERE RELEASED AT 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS THE SAME TIME THAT THE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE RECEIVED THAT NEWS. TE PATI MAORI HAS TRIPLED THE SIZE OF ITS CAUCUS. THEY WILL HAVE SIX MPS IN THE NEXT PARLIAMENT. WE WILL NOW TAKE YOU LIVE TO ROTORUA. CONGRATULATIONS, HOW DO YOU FEEL? I AM FEELING GREAT. I AM FEELING, WE ARE HERE. FEELING LIKE WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO. PARTICULARLY FOR TOKERAU AND TAMAKI. YOU MAY RECALL THE PEOPLE IN THE SHOE STORY, AND NOW WE HAVE MADE A PEBBLE BED. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SHARE. WE HAVE THE WIDE-ANGLE LENS ON YOU, BUT CAN'T FIT THE WHOLE CAUCUS IN THE SHOT. WHAT YOU PUT IT DOWN TO? I PUT IT DOWN TO GIVING OUR WHANAU SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR THAT LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE US. WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING, WE ALL GET IT. WE ARE EXTRAORDINARY MAORI PEOPLE, WE ARE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS AND PEOPLE, AND ARE TAKING OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE IT IS A GREAT NEW TIME. WE ARE READY TO GO. HOW DID YOU WIN OVER SO MANY SPECIAL VOTES? ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS, YOU ARE 500 VOTES BEHIND. YOU HAVE ONE TODAY BY 517, A 1000 VOTES SWING. WHAT'S CHANGED? I THINK I HAVE A REPUTATION FOR SHOWING UP. I AM NOT A PHOTO OPPORTUNIST. I AM A THINKER AND A SCRAPPER. I AM NOT AFRAID OF ANY DEBATE, AND NO OTHER PERSON, PAKEHA OR OTHERWISE, SHOULD TAKE THE ROLE AND THE VOICE OF MAORI. I AM THAT GIRL. I SHOWED UP, I KEPT SHOWING UP. IT IS MY REPUTATION AND MY EXPERIENCE THAT IS BEHIND THIS. I HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND RESPECT ME, AND WE ALL SHOWED UP. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT IS THE PLAN? WILL YOU BE CELEBRATING? YES, ABSOLUTELY. ALL OF US ACROSS THE MOTU. IT AS A RESULT WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO CELEBRATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. TENA KOE. SHE IS SET TO BE THE NEXT MP FO RTE TAI TOKERAU. WE WILL COME BACK WITH THIS SPECIAL AFTER THE BREAK. THE POLITICAL EDITOR IS NOT BEING RUDE. IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, HAVE A LOOK AT THESE. THESE OTHER NUMBERS AS THEY STAND FOR SEATS IN THE HOUSE. AT THIS STAGE IN THE ELECTION, THIS IS WHAT MATTERS. TO HAVE A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO COMMAND... TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE TO COMMAND A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. WITH 122 SEATS, A TWO SEAT OVERHANG MEANS THAT HIS GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO HAVE 62 SEATS. FROM THE RESULTS, NATIONAL HAS LOST TWO SEATS. IT HAS GONE FROM 50 SEATS TO A FINAL RESULT OF 48 SEATS. LABOUR STAYS THE SAME WITH 34 SEATS. THE GREEN PARTY HAS ONE ADDITIONAL SEAT. ACT HAS 11 SEATS, NEW ZEALAND FIRST EIGHT SEATS ` THE SAME ON ELECTION NIGHT ` AND TE PATI MAORI HAS GONE FROM FOUR SEATS TO A TOTAL OF SIX SEATS. NOW THAT ALL OF THESE SPECIAL VOTES HAVE BEEN TALLIED, THAT MEANS TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF ACT AND 1/3 PARTY, LIKELY NEW ZEALAND FIRST. ONCE A DEAL HAS BEEN FINALISED BETWEEN THE GOVERNING PARTIES, THERE'S A STRICT PROCESS WHICH DICTATE THE HANDOVER FROM THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT TO THE NEW GOVERNMENT. UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO LAW PROFESSOR ANDREW GEDDIS IS WITH US LIVE FROM OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. TALK TO US ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF RECOUNTS. WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLY NARROW MARGINS ON THESE ELECTORATES. THE RECOUNT PROCESS IS SOMETHING ANY CANDIDATE CAN ASK FOR. IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. THEY HAVE TO PAY A DEPOSIT, AND A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WILL BE BROUGHT IN AND THE COUNCIL VOTES AGAIN. THEY LOOK AT ALL THE VOTES THAT WEREN'T COUNTED, AND QUESTION WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE. THERE WILL BE RECOUNTS IN SOME ELECTORATES. IT IS VERY INTERESTING. TAMAKI MAKAURAU A MARGIN OF JUST FOUR VOTES. TAKUTAI TARSH KEMP LEADING. HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK YOU WILL SEE A RECOUNT? I THINK EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE LOOKING. THERE HAVE BEEN RECOUNTS IN THE PAST FEW ELECTIONS. THEY HAVE USUALLY ONLY FOUND A DISCREPANCY OF AROUND 20 VOTES BETWEEN THIS RESULT AND THE RECOUNT. TAMAKI MAKAURAU IS DEFINITELY IN THE ZONE. EVEN IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 100, THEY ARE PRETTY SAFE. IF YOU LOOK AT ELECTORATES WHERE THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE RECOUNTS, TAMAKI MAKAURAU HAS THE NARROWEST MARGIN OF THE MOMENT OF FOUR VOTES, RACHEL BOYACK HAS WON IN NELSON BY 29. IF THOSE RESULTS WERE TO CHANGE, AND WE WERE TO HAVE ONE FEWER TE PATI MAORI MP IN PARLIAMENT, IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE, TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONAL, ACTOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST. WE WOULD STILL NEED THREE PARTIES. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IS THE LEADER OF THOSE THREE PARTIES WILL GET TOGETHER AND WILL MAKE DEALS. AS A RESULT OF THOSE DEALS, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO SAY WE HAVE AGREED TO FORM A GOVERNMENT ON THESE TERMS. ARE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IS THEN THE PERSON WHO WILL OFFICIALLY APPOINT THE NEW GOVERNMENT. THEY WILL EFFICIENTLY SAY THAT CHRIS LUXON IS A PRIME MINISTER BECAUSE HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF A MAJORITY AS A RESULT OF THESE PARTIES SAYING THEY WILL SUPPORT THEM. GOVERNOR-GENERAL WILL NOT ACT UNTIL THAT FORMAL PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM THE PARTIES COMES ABOUT. ONE LAST QUESTION AFTER THE RECOUNT, IS THERE ANY LEGAL RECOURSE FOR CANDIDATES TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS AGAIN? IS THAT THE FINAL NUMBER, OR IS THERE ANOTHER LEGAL RECOURSE? THE RECOUNT IS THE FINAL NUMBER, UNLESS YOU WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING CALLED AN ELECTORAL PETITION. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. IT GOES TO THE HIGH COURT. RECOUNTS ARE CHEAP AND YOU HAVE TO PAY A DEPOSIT OF A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS. ELECTORAL PETITIONS ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. ON THE RESULTS RELEASED, THE GREENS HAVE GONE FROM 14 TO 15 SEATS. THAT MP IS KAHURANGI CARTER. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? I AM FEELING GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? HAD YOU ANTICIPATED THE CALL UP? YOU ARE ALWAYS HOPEFUL, BUT IT IS ALL DOWN TO THE VOTERS. I AM FEELING GREAT. I WAS WITH MY SON WHO WAS ON HIS NCEA STUDY LEAVE. I AM PRETTY HAPPY AROUND HERE. WHAT IS IT LIKE AS A CANDIDATE? ARE YOU DOOM SCROLLING TWITTER? IT IS EITHER ALL ON, OR BACK TO FIGHTING FOR THE PLANET OR PEOPLE IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE. WE ARE READY TO TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGE AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT US HERE. I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND BRING AROHA AND MANAAKI TO THE HALLS OF PARLIAMENT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I AM DEDICATED TO JUSTICE. I KNOW WHO ARE REAL BOSS IS. OUR CEO IS PAPATUANUKU. EXCITED TO BE THERE WITH OUR OTHER AMAZING GREEN MPS. I HAVE BEEN IN INDUCTION, AND THE EMPATHY AND HARD WORK OF OUR GREEN PARTY MPS MEANS WE ARE READY AND EAGER TO FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. AND ENJOY THE MOMENT. THAT IS KAHURANGI CARTER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT THE PERCENTAGE OF VOTES EACH PARTY RECEIVED. IT IS SEATS IN THE HOUSE THAT MATTERS MOST UNDER MMP. THIS IS THE FINAL PERCENTAGE RESULTS. NATIONAL RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES OF ANY PARTY. LABOUR JUST UNDER 27%. THE GREEN PARTY WAS THE THIRD LARGEST PARTY AT 11.6%. OF COURSE, THERE IS A THRESHOLD AT 5% WHICH IF PARTIES ARE ONLY RELYING ON THE PARTY VOTE, NEEDS TO BE CROSSED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT BUT TE PATI MAORI WILL HAVE SIX MPS IN PARLIAMENT AFTER WINNING SIX OF THE ELECTORATES. When you donate blood or plasma, you might never know how it saved a life, but we'll let you know when it does. Everyday people can save lives every day. WELCOME BACK TO THIS ONE USES SPECIAL AS WE GET THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE 2023 ELECTION. JESSICA, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO CONSIDER. WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR OVERALL TURNOUT. 79.8% IN 2017, AND 2020, 82.2%. THIS IS THE LOWEST, 78.2% WHO WERE ENROLLED CAST A BALLOT. I THINK THAT IS DISAPPOINTING. I THINK THERE WAS A TURNOFF OVER COVID-19 AND PEOPLE FEELING DISENFRANCHISED WITH POLITICS. AND POLITICIANS IN GENERAL NEED TO WORK ON GETTING THE VOTER TURNOUT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A DISAPPOINTING RESULT EVEN WITH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO REGISTER ON POLLING DAY, AND COMMENT VOTE, IT HASN'T MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE THE RESULTS FROM TODAY AND WHAT THEY WILL MEAN FOR THE SHAPE OF THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. WE WILL NEED A THREE PARTY SUPPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONAL, ACT, AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST. AS I'M SPEAKING, OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS IS HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE. I AM CONFIRMING THAT LABOUR RECEIVED THIS RESULT ON ELECTION NIGHT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MPS WHO ARE PICKED UP A SEAT. AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN BEHIND IN THEIR SEATS. THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF SEATS WHERE THE MARGIN IS CLOSE. I THINK IT IS LIKELY WE WILL SEE SOME RECOUNTS. THERE WILL BE A PROCESS FOR THAT, AND WE WILL NEED TO ALLOW THE TIME FOR THAT BEFORE WE GET A FINAL OUTCOME. BUT THE RESULTS DOES CONFIRM THE OVERALL ALLOCATION OF SEATS IN THE COMING PARLIAMENT. NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT AND THANK THOSE MPS WHO WON'T BE RETURNING TO PARLIAMENT, AND NUMBER OF WHOM ARE LABOUR MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THEY HAVE MADE OVER THREE OR POTENTIALLY SIX YEARS, CHALLENGING YEARS FOR NEW ZEALAND. THERE CAN BE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM ELECTION TO ELECTION. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, AND FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THEY HAVE MADE TO MAKING NEW ZEALAND A BETTER PLACE. THE FINAL RESULTS NOW OUT, ALBEIT SOME SHIFTING AROUND IN THE MARGINAL SEATS, DOES MEAN THAT CHRISTOPHER LUXON CAN NOW GET ON WITH FORMING HIS NEW GOVERNMENT. A NATIONAL, ACT, NEW ZEALAND FIRST GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED FOR A MAJORITY. AND SO OVER HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, HE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMAT GOVERNMENT. WE WILL CONTINUE AS THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT UNTIL THAT OUTCOME IS KNOWN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAORI SEAT VOTES, THERE IS A STRONG LABOUR PARTY VOTE, BUT SOME VOTER SPLITTING GOING ON. THEY WANTED US TO CONTINUE IN GOVERNMENT, BUT A MAORI PARTY VOICE AND THAT GOVERNMENT. I WELCOME CUSHLA TO OUR TEAM. SHE WAS A FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE, AND WE WERE PLEASED WITH THAT OUTCOME. THAT IS OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS. LABOURS VOTES, TOTAL SEATS IN THE HOUSE, REMAINS AT 34 SEATS. COMPARED TO THE LOFTY HIGHS FOR THE PARTY IN 2020, THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS. MANY OF THEIR MPS WILL LEAVE PARLIAMENT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS THE IMPLICATION FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST. HE WAS IN THE ROLE DURING THE 2017 ELECTION NEGOTIATIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I AM DELIGHTED WITH THE NUMBERS TODAY. IT GIVES NEW ZEALAND FIRST AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORWARD SOME OF THEIR POLICIES. AND HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE. TALK TO US ABOUT HOW YOU EXPECT NEW ZEALAND FIRST WILL CONDUCT ITSELF DURING NEGOTIATIONS. THEY WILL BE TALKING TO ALL PARTIES OPENLY, AND NOT OPENLY IN THE PUBLICEYEIN, BUT TALKING TO EACH OTHER, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH PARTY'S NEEDS ARE. I THINK A LOT OF THE WORK OF COMPARING THE POLICIES SO FAR HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SMALL PIECES AROUND THE EDGE THAT WE NEED TO BE TIDIED UP. ON THE NUMBERS TODAY, IT IS CLEAR THAT NATIONAL NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF NEW ZEALAND FIRST. DOES THIS MEAN THEIR BARGAINING CHIPS HAVE INCREASED? YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT. YOU CAN DO THE MATHS JUST AS I CAN. DOES THAT MEAN THE PRICE OF THE PARTY'S SUPPORT HAS INCREASED? I THINK IT DOES OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK, IN FAIRNESS, THE TALKS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER. I DON'T THINK THEY WILL BE UNREASONABLE. TO THINK NEW ZEALAND FIRST WILL DEMAND POSITIONS IN CABINET? THAT DOESN'T USUALLY HAPPEN AT THE TIME OF NEGOTIATING POLICIES. THAT FALLS OUT AT THE END AND BECOMES AN OFFICE FOR WHICHEVER PARTY WANTS TO MAKE THOSE OFFERS. WHEN IT COMES TO NZ FIRST, THERE IS ONE NAME THAT IS ON EVERYONE'S LIPS, WINSTON PETERS. WHAT ROLE DOES HE PLAY A NEGOTIATIONS? IT ISN'T ALL HIM. THE SENIOR MPS WILL NEGOTIATE THEIR POLICIES, THOSE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THERE WILL BE A MEETING WITH THE CAUCUS, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED AMONGST THE CAUCUS. AND THEN IT WILL... DISCUSSIONS WILL CARRY ON. IT IS NOT JUST WINSTON PETERS. HAS NEGOTIATIONS AND TALKS WILL BE CHIEF TO CHIEF, BUT THE OTHER MPS WILL BE NEGOTIATING DIRECTLY WITH SENIOR MPS OF THE OTHER PARTIES. ARE THERE POLICIES YOU THINK WILL BE PRIORITISED FOR NZ FIRST? I AM TO THAT CLOSELY FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT POLICIES, AND WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE NEGOTIATED. I WAS CLOSER TO THE ONES IN 2017. I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THAT UP TO THE NEGOTIATORS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. BRENT CATCHPOLE, FORMER PARTY PRESIDENT OF NZ FIRST. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE FINAL VOTE TALLIES AND LET ELECTORATES THAT HAVE CHANGED HANDS SINCE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS. IN NELSON, RACHEL BOYACK HAS WON BY 29 VOTES. BLAIR CAMERON LED BY A NARROW MARGIN, AND IT IS A NARROW MARGIN, JUST 29 VOTES AND IT. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL ELECTORATES THAT FLIPPED. PHIL TWYFORD HAS HUNG ON BY 131 VOTES. THE NATIONAL CANDIDATE WON'T MAKE IT INTO PARLIAMENT ON THESE NUMBERS. IT IS ALSO THE CASE FOR BLAIR CAMERON AND NELSON. TO MAORI SEATS HAVE CHANGED. TAMAKI MAKAURAU ` TAKUTAI TARSH KEMP OF TE PATI MAORI HAS WON BY 4 VOTES. 10,050 VOTES, BOTTOM LEFT OF SCREEN, LABOURS HENARE... JUST A WINNING MARGIN OF FOUR SEATS. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A RECOUNT, GIVEN HOW NARROW THAT MARGIN IS. LET'S LOOK AT TE TAI TOKERAU. KELVIN DAVIS, LABOURS INCUMBENT MP, WAS LEADING BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN, 487 VOTES. BUT AS PER FINAL RESULTS, MARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI WON BY 517 VOTES. PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY. 4 ELECTORATES CHANGING. THE NEXT PARLIAMENT WILL HAVE 122 SEATS UNTIL THE PORT WAIKATO BY-ELECTION. THAT WILL TAKE THE NUMBER 223. WELCOME BACK TO THIS 1 NEWS SPECIAL. I SAY FINAL RESULTS, BUT WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO RELATE TO THE FINAL RESULTS` THESE ARE SEMI FINAL RESULTS. BASED ON CURRENT RESULTS, THEY WILL LIKELY BE RECOUNTED. UNLESS WE ARE SURPRISED, AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON DOES A DEAL WITH THE GREENS OR TE PATI MAORI. PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKING PLACE. THAT IS ONE THING. DAVID SEYMOUR IS SPEAKING TO MEDIA AS HIS PARTY REACTS TO THE DETAILS FROM THIS AFTERNOON'S RESULTS. HERE'S WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. THAT WILL NO DOUBT BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER ANALYSIS, THOUGH. WE WILL GET STARTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE THOUSANDS OF VOTERS WHO HAVE TRUSTED ACT WITH THE VOTERS, MY NEIGHBOURS IN THE EPSOM ELECTORATE FOR ELECTING ME FOR 1/4 TIME. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ACTS HISTORY, AND THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF THIRD PARTIES AND MMP WE WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF TAMAKI. I WANT TO THANK THE QUARTER OF A MILLION VOTERS WHO HAVE TRUSTED ACT WITH THEIR PARTY VOTE. WE CAMPAIGNED ON A PLATFORM OF REAL CHANGE BY ENSURING THE DIVISION OF RACE ENDS AND WE UNITE IN NEW ZEALAND WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR TREATY MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITIZEN. OVER THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS, WE WILL BE WORKING HARD WITH THE OTHER HEART IS WITH WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT THAT BRINGS CHANGE. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE A GOVERNMENT THAT ROLLS UP AT SLAVES CORRECTION: SLEEVES. THAT IS WHY ACT IS HERE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT. WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET STUCK IN. HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THAT PROCESS TO TAKE? I EXPECT THAT TO BE A COUPLE OF DAYS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE CHANGE IN EXPECTATION TO INCORPORATE 1/3 PARTY AS A NECESSARY PART OF THAT GOVERNMENT MAY THROW UP A NEW DYNAMICS. WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO NEW ZEALAND FIRST IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS, AND WE HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A RAPID AND PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE THREE PARTIES CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER A BETTER GOVERNMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. HE SURELY KNEW THIS WAS A LIKELY POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WOULD NEED ALL THREE PARTIES. DID YOU HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE? I AM ON RECORD SAYING THAT THIS WAS A LIKELY OUTCOME FROM THE FINAL VOTE BE ENCOUNTERED. THERE MAY STILL BE JUDICIAL REVIEWS. WHAT I KNOW IS THAT THIS WAS ALWAYS A LIKELY PROBABILITY, AND THEREFORE, WE WOULD HAVE TWO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF A TWO-PARTY OR THREE PARTY GOVERNMENT. WE ARE NOW COMMITTED TO DELIVERING. HOW WAS IT GOING TO WORK? WHEN YOU SIT DOWN WITH THREE PARTIES, OR ARE YOU NEGOTIATING SEPARATELY? ACT AND NATIONAL HAVE WORKED PRETTY HARD WHAT A DEAL LOOKS LIKE. WE WERE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WOULD SIT DOWN WITH ALL THREE PARTIES SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. WE REACHED OUT TO NEW ZEALAND FIRST. HAVE THEY NOT RESPONDED? THAT IS ACCURATE. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM. WE WELCOME DISCUSSION, BECAUSE VOTERS ARE KING AND QUEEN AND AN ELECTION. THAT IS DAVID SEYMOUR ADDRESSING MEDIA. ACT MAINTAINS THE 11 SEATS. A COUPLE OF VERY INTERESTING COMMENTS THERE FROM ACTOR LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR. THE LINE THAT STUCK OUT TO ME. ' IN THE COMING DAYS OR WEEKS ' INTERESTING TO SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS TWEEN THE THREE PARTIES TO BE A DRAWN OUT AFFAIR. HE HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE DONE` I AM SURE HE DOES. I AM CLINGING TO THAT HOPE. WINSTON PETERS AND DAVID SEYMOUR HAVE NOT TALKED YET. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. ALL THREE HAVE TO SIGN UP TO A DEAL. THEY WILL NOT BE TWO SEPARATE DEALS. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET AROUND A TABLE AT SOME POINT AND THRASH THINGS OUT. AND IS NO SECRET THAT THOSE WHO DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE. IT IS INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM BRENT CATCHPOLE. OF CABINET SEATS COME AFTERWARDS, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE A SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AT LEAST SOME DISCOURSE OR SOME DISPUTE OR DISAGREEMENT AROUND WHETHER OR NOT ACT OR NEW ZEALAND FIRST OR BOTH PARTIES ARE REPRESENTED AROUND THE CABINET TABLE. LET'S TALK ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LUXON. HE WILL HAVE TWO BRING THESE PARTIES TOGETHER. TALK ABOUT HOW HE WILL DO THIS. HE HAS TALKED TO BIG GAME ABOUT HIM DOING BUSINESS DEALS. IN A BUSINESS DEAL, YOU CAN WALK AWAY. THAT IS NOT THE CASE WHEN IT COMES TO A COLLECTION. THEY HAVE TWO THRASH THIS OUT. THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE CLOCK IS TICKING REALLY LOUDLY FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON. WE HAVE APEC COMING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER. THAT IS HAPPENING IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH LEADERS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES AND THE US. HE DOESN'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THAT, SO WE NEED TO GET THINGS SORTED. HE HAS ALREADY HAD TO CANCEL GOING TO THE PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM. AT HIS HIS FIRST TEST AND IMPRESSIONS AS PRIME MINISTER, SO HE HAS A LOT TO PROVE. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF POLITICS. KNOW WELL FROM CHRIS HIPKINS THIS AFTERNOON AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE INTENDS TO RETURN AS LABOUR LEADER. TALK ABOUT HIS POSITION IN THE LABOUR CAUCUS. WITHIN THREE MONTHS, LABOUR HAVE TO DO A VOTE TO DECIDE ON THE NEW LEADER. YOU WOULD EXPECT CHRIS HIPKINS WOULD BE TALKING TO SENIOR MPS AND TRYING TO THRASH THIS OUT. IT WOULDN'T BE A SHOCK TO ANYONE IF HE MOVES ON. HE SERVES THE PARTY AND DID WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO. HE WASN'T ABLE TO DELIVER THE RESULT HE WANTED. THEY WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES THE QUESTION IF THEY WANT CONTINUITY OR HAND IT OVER NOW. THE TOP TWO LINES ` NUMBER ONE, NATIONAL WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF ACT AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. THE SECOND ONE IS THE SUCCESS OF TE PATI MAORI. THEY HAVE INCREASED THEIR CAUCUS ON TODAY'S RESULTS TO 6 MPS. WHAT YOU PUT THAT DOWN TO? I THINK IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT WHEN WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THEM IS TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT GROUNDWORK. GOING OUT AND DOING THE OLD-FASHIONED STYLE OF CAMPAIGN. WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WAS THAT MEKA WHAITIRI WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T WHEN HER SEAT. SHE SWITCHED FROM LABOUR PARTY TO TE PATI MAORI WHICH HAS A SMALL SENSE OF IRONY. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PEBBLE IN THE SHOE AND IT SHOWS THE DOMINANCE AND PROMINENCE TE PATI MAORI HAS NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STAY WITH US. IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR US TO WRAP UP, BUT A QUICK REMINDER. AS PER THE RESULTS, NATIONAL HAVE 48 SEATS. THAT MEANS TO COMMAND A MAJORITY, IT WILL NEED A SUPPORT OF ACT AND 1/3 PARTY, LIKELY NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THEY WILL BE A NEED TO HAVE. THAT IS US FOR THIS 1 NEWS SPECIAL. THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. NATIONAL LEADER AND PRIME MINISTER-ELECT CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL BE SPEAKING TO MEDIA SHORTLY. YOU CAN HEAR HIS COMMENTS BY GOING TO 1news.co.nz. THANK YOU TO JESSICA FOR YOUR HARD WORK. HE SAID POTENTIALLY WEEKS. THE TEAM WILL HAVE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE ON TE KARERE AND 1 NEWS AT 6. UNTIL THEN, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.