Photo: RNZ
An announcement on a deal to form the next government is inching ever-closer, with no more than three 'difficult' and 'complex' policies yet to be agreed on by National, New Zealand First, and ACT.
Discussions took place all weekend over the phone, by email - and from time to time, at Auckland's Cordis Hotel which National is using as its base.
RNZ political reporter Giles Dexter spent much of the weekend camped outside.