Checkpoint for Saturday 17 October 2020

7:00 PM.Lisa Owen, Corin Dann and Guyon Espiner kick off the Election 2020 evening as they wait for the first vote results to come in. Video, Audio

7:10 PM.Where are the parties gathering around New Zealand tonight? We cross to our reporters at National, Labour, Greens, ACT and NZ First headquarters. Video, Audio

7:20 PM.Julia Whaipooti and Amy Adams join Guyon Espiner for analysis of the early results. Video, Audio

7:36 PM.Lisa Owen and Corin Dann cross to Maori Party co-leader John Tamihere, Labour deputy leader Kelvin Davis, and Greens' Auckland Central candidate Chloe Swarbrick. Video, Audio

7:43 PM.David Cormack and Julia Whaipooti join Guyon Espiner for the latest analysis on the interesting electorate results. Video, Audio

7:45 PM.David Seymour arrives at the Auckland Viaduct on a boat, and we cross to Jo Moir in Northland, where the NZ First party are gathering in Russell Video, Audio

7:54 PM.Peter Dunne and David Cormack join Guyon Espiner as it looks like Labour could lead with a huge majority. Video, Audio

8:00 PM.Lisa Owen and Corin Dann cross to National candidates Emma Mellow, Melissa Lee and Gerry Brownlee for their reactions to initial results of election night. Video, Audio

8:08 PM.Sue Bradford and Bryce Edwards join Guyon Espiner to discuss what Edwards describes as a 'bloodbath' as Labour takes a huge amount of party vote, and electorate seats from National. Video, Audio

8:13 PM.Peter Dunne and Jane Patterson join Guyon Espiner with analysis of the latest results on electorate seat votes. Video, Audio

8:20 PM.We cross to ACT leader David Seymour, Labour president Claire Szabo, and Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer with their reaction to the night's results. Video, Audio

10:35 PM.Jane Patterson and David Cormack discuss with Guyon Espiner Labour's potential as a government in the upcoming term. Video, Audio

9:00 PM.We cross to Northland where NZ First MP Shane Jones discusses the implications of the latest results. Video, Audio

9:10 PM.We cross to Grant Robertson for his reaction. We also check in at Labour HQ with Yvette McCullough and a more subdued National party with Craig McCulloch. Video, Audio

9:15 PM.Guyon Espiner, Amy Adams and Jane Patterson discuss how the results are impacting the minor parties. Video, Audio

9:20 PM.Amy Adams and Jane Patterson discuss the political health of the National Party with Guyon Espiner. Video, Audio

9:25 PM.Marama Davidson addresses Green Party supporters at the party's headquarters as they celebrate at least 8 percent of the vote Video, Audio

9:30 PM.The numbers look like some of the worst in the National Party's history. National's Paul Goldsmith talks to Corin Dann about the result. Video, Audio

9:35 PM.The National Party is facing one of its worst losses in New Zealand's history. Amy Adams, Jane Patterson and Guyon Espiner discuss the results. Video, Audio

9:40 PM.Lisa Owen and Corin Dann cross to Russell where Winston Peters has addressed supporters, then they talk to incoming ACT MP Nicole McKee, and National's Michael Woodhouse. Video, Audio

9:45 PM.It looks like this is the end of Winston Peters' political career. Tau Henare and Bryce Edwards discuss with Guyon Espiner. Video, Audio

9:50 PM.We cross to Craig McCulloch at the National Party headquarters, where supporters are waiting for Judith Collins to arrive. Lisa Owen also talks to National's Mark Mitchell. Video, Audio

10:00 PM.National leader Judith Collins has arrived at her party's headquarters for election night, and conceded defeat. But she has made a strong speech, pledging a strong return in 2023. Video, Audio

10:15 PM.Peter Dunne and Julia Whaipooti discuss Labour's dominance in seats at the 2020 election, and what it means for their transformative promises. Video, Audio

10:20 PM.We cross to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui in Waiariki which is still on a knife-edge, and go to the Labour Party headquarters, where Kelvin Davis is warming up the crowd. Video, Audio

10:25 PM.Sue Bradford and David Cormack discuss the Green Party's options as they look to enter Parliament with at least 10 seats. Video, Audio

10:26 PM.Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has arrived at the Auckland Town Hall to claim victory with an exuberant crowd. Video, Audio

10:30 PM.Former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark discusses Labour's past and future with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

10:40 PM.Former National Prime Minister Jim Bolger discusses the election results and what it means for National. Video, Audio

10:50 PM.Bryce Edwards and Amy Adams discuss what the next term of government will look like and how it will be held to account. Video, Audio

11:00 PM.Lisa and Corin talk to Labour's Tamati Coffey, who looks to have lost his Waiariki seat to the Maori Party's Rawiri Waititi. Video, Audio

11:10 PM.Labour leader Jacinda Ardern talks to the media following her party's landslide win. Video, Audio

11:15 PM.We look back on the career of Winston Peters, the fighter. Video, Audio

11:20 PM.The Maori Party look to be re-entering Parliament after winning the Waiariki seat. Tau Henare and Julia Whaipooti discuss the implications. Video, Audio

11:25 PM.The Maori Party's Rawiri Waititi discusses with Guyon Espiner the close race and possible win for him in Waiariki. Video, Audio

11:29 PM.Peter Dunne, Sue Bradford, Bryce Edwards and Amy Adams discuss the new Parliament with Guyon Espiner, Lisa Owen and Corin Dann. Video, Audio