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The New Zealand First board is meeting tomorrow to discuss who might form the next government.

Opinion - The announcement of the official election count, including special votes, is both unsurprising and at least potentially game-changing (to use a much-abused cliché), Andrew Geddis writes.

Opinion - Winston Peters has said he'll wait for the special votes to be counted before deciding who to support in government. But why does the count take so long, Andrew Geddis asks.

Opinion - National's got to be in the box seat for putting together a governing deal - but not just because it's the largest party, writes Andrew Geddis

More than 340,000 people are still not enrolled to vote, a day out from the election, and just under half of them are under 25.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are now choosing advance voting, raising questions about the effectiveness of the polling day blackout.

Advance votes could point to an early result on Election Night, but special votes mean the drama might not be over for weeks, writes law professor Andrew Geddis.

The skeleton emerging from National's closet may say 'baa' not 'boo', but it's still a scary prospect for the party a week out from the election, Andrew Geddis writes.

Paula Bennett's suggestion that serious criminals in gangs should have fewer human rights has been labelled troubling and sinister. Audio

Opinion - National's gang and drug policy, which has already caused controversy, promises both progressive and regressive change, writes Andrew Geddis.

Opinion - Metiria Turei knew her public admission was a risk and now no-one is discussing what the Greens actually stand for, writes Andrew Geddis.

Greens co-leader Metiria Turei has admitted enrolling at an address where she was not living in 1993, saying she did it to vote for a friend who was running as a candidate. Audio