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None of the parties likely to be in government have Pasifika MPs, and ACT had said it wants to get rid of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.

Analysis: Final election results mean Christopher Luxon must reach an agreement with Winston Peters before he can form a government. It wasn't what he wanted, Peter Wilson writes.

The final act of the 2023 election has reset the calculus, blowing apart National's dream scenario and driving up the price for forming government. 

With NZ First's support now a requirement, Winston…

ACT leader David Seymour has gone back on previous statements that working with Winston Peters' around the Cabinet table would be impossible.

National's Chris Bishop is speaking to Checkpoint after special votes confirmed his party and ACT would need NZ First to form a government. Follow RNZ's liveblog for the latest updates.

ACT and the Greens say free and fair elections must not be sacrificed for a faster final result, as National's Christopher Luxon continues to express his frustration with delays.

There are three main objections to ACT's idea for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.

From pirates to protein bars, from dinosaurs to lightning strikes - RNZ's Russell Palmer looks back with the benefit of hindsight at the moments this election that made political history. Audio

Analysis - Coalition negotiations between National, ACT and NZ First are underway but next to nothing is known about them, and Winston Peters is called on to apologise for a "bizarre" tweet.

FIANZ spokesperson Abdur Razzaq says now - during the coronial inquest - is not the time for politicking, after Winston Peters' false tweets about the mosque attacks.

The battle for the hearts, minds and votes of New Zealanders is over - nearly - with the preliminary results on Saturday putting National in a position to form the next government and Labour consigned…

Analysis - Labour holds 35 seats in Parliament and of those only 17 are electorate seats. How could it lose so badly and give up so many seats to National?

Every political party poured money into online ads that flooded the internet for three months.

Andrew Little has announced his retirement from politics - but not without taking a parting shot at the "sheer and utter ignorance" of the incoming government's views on the Treaty of Waitangi.

The ACT Party leader says there needs to be political stability to have intelligent policy change and that means starting negotiations early.

Analysis - National could face a crisis of expectation after promising so much, while Labour has to rebuild its devastated ranks, writes Peter Wilson.

David Seymour says he wishes people would "vote in the right place", but respects every vote has to be counted.

The incoming prime minister says he has spoken to ACT Party leader David Seymour twice and will work with him "in a constructive way".

Husband and father, Crusaders fan, high-achieving businessman and relative political novice - RNZ profiles the man set to become New Zealand's 42nd prime minister.