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United Future and the ACT Party have agreed to support a National-led Government for a third consecutive term, with Peter Dunne security a ministerial portfolio. Video, Audio

Today's meeting between Prime Minister John Key and Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell has been described as "positive". Audio

Both United Future leader Peter Dunne and Act MP David Seymour are angling for ministerial positions in a new government. Video, Audio

ACT's new Epsom MP David Seymour says he will be speaking with the Prime Minister John Key in the next day or two.

A look back at the bold, the brash and the brazen from the election campaign.

Prime Minister-elect John Key expects new MPs to be sworn-in to Parliament on 20 October, once he has formed a new Government. He has begun talking with National's last term partners. Video, Audio

A collection of quotes from Election 2014, as National celebrates and all other parties look at what went wrong and what they could have done differently.

The National Party has emerged a clear winner in the 2014 general election and Prime Minister-elect John Key has vowed to continue to provide strong and stable government. (VIDEO) Video, Audio

Two of National's traditional support parties - ACT and United Future - have made it into Parliament winning one electorate seat each.

National continued to slip in the final polls to a four-poll average of 46.4%. That would still get it back into office with the support of ACT and United Future.

National has lost ground in the latest polls to an average of 47.5%. That would still get it back into office with the support of ACT and United Future.

ACT leader Jamie Whyte remains confident he will make it into Parliament despite polls showing his party struggling to gain support.

National is again in the box seat with 48.6% in the four-poll average - enough to govern alone. The surveys include a Fairfax poll published in the Sunday Star Times.

National goes into the last week with enough support to govern with just ACT's David Seymore and Peter Dunne of United Future. Its latest average was 47.1%.

National's latest four-poll average was down a bit, to 48.9%, but on this reading the party could still comfortably return to office with its same three support parties.

A new TV3 Reid Research poll published on 10 September kept National firmly in the box seat at 50.3%, fractionally up on its most recent four-poll average reading.

After this week's stream of polls, including TV1's poll published on the evening of September 5, National is back in the box seat with 50.2% on the latest four-poll average.