16 Nov 2023

Coalition korero in 'final stages' as leaders continue talks

From Checkpoint, 5:11 pm on 16 November 2023

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.