Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says National is looking forward to clarity from the final election result tomorrow so it "can move at great pace to put a government together".
"We've got a number of MPs that have won on the night that are in close races either way, so we'll be watching out for them as well."
He said the final vote count, the relationship and arrangements with partner parties, and the transition from the previous government are the three priorities.
"We're waiting for the vote to be counted, it's been incredibly frustrating for everybody, as you could imagine - it's sort of hurry up and wait is the phase that I've described the last three weeks to be in, that's why I would like the electoral commission to actually process special votes in a much quicker way if possible."
He said the party had been using the time constructively by working with the different parties and is "looking to lock up those agreements afterwards".
"As I've said before I'm not going to get into the detail of what we're discussing in those coalition arrangements and conversations, but we are very very committed to delivering tax relief for low-income earners."
Christopher Luxon Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro
He said he could not speculate what the results would be tomorrow but there is a "real intentionality and a desire by all the leaders to move through the process as quickly as we possibly can, obviously we need clarity to emerge and that's what happens tomorrow".
He said there were a lot of dynamics at play in the special votes, "so we won't know until tomorrow as to exactly where things sit".
"Traditionally the National Party's always done slightly worse on the special vote than what it did on the night, but who knows, we're gonna look at that tomorrow."
Asked if he would want to roll back the enrol-on-the-day provision brought in after 2017, he said there were going to be a number of things to digest after the final result.
"With any election campaign there's quite a solid review that takes place and I think there are some really good questions to be asking like do we really need to take three weeks to count special votes if we're actually working 24/7 on something that's very important to our democracy.
"I think again we should be very proud of our democracy in New Zealand and it's a real privilege and we've done a fantastic job over many years."
On his cabinet, Luxon said: "I'll be making it as diverse as I can but I'll also be making it about high performance, because what this country needs right now is action and I want people who are capable of getting our agenda away so they improve outcomes for everyday New Zealanders".
He said with the final results only coming tomorrow, he probably will not be able to leave for the Pacific Island Forum on Wednesday because his priority is to form a government. In his place, Labour's Carmel Sepuloni will go, accompanied by National's Gerry Brownlee, to build relationships with world leaders.
"We'll be working incredibly hard and fast as we can to make sure we've got strong and stable government, that'll be my priority but I'd love to go to APEC for sure."
