Coalition negotiations are 'scooting' along.
That was the message from the leaders of National and New Zealand First, as speed-date-style talks to form the government reached their 13th day in Auckland.
Yesterday's venue was the Pullman Hotel.
Today it was a second former managed isolation hotel, the Cordis. Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters met first earlier this afternoon and ACT leader David Seymour is due to arrive for a separate discussion shortly.
All this after National's Campaign Manager Chris Bishop arrived late, dishevelled, splattered in spilt coffee and on a lime scooter.
Our political reporter Katie Scotcher on the wild ride of coalition talks.