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All the numbers: Reporters react to election night result After a dramatic election night, 1News senior political reporter Benedict Collins and 1News political reporter Sophie Trigger join Jack Tame. National Party wary of hung parliament leading to snap election National's campaign chair Simeon Brown joins Jack Tame for a Q+A special the morning after the election. Shane Jones on election result: "I'm an optimist" New Zealand First looks set to enjoy even more power at the negotiating table when it comes time for coalition talk. Chloe Swarbrick on Greens' best election result yet The Green Party look set to welcome a refreshed caucus of 16 MPs after polling at 13.3 percent on preliminary results - and that's before the special votes are counted, which historically give the left bloc an extra seat or two. Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was also returned to her seat of Auckland Central, making it three consecutive elections in the heart of New Zealand's biggest city. Two electorate races - Wellington Bays and Te Tai Tokerau - have the Green candidate in a close second position with the potential to flip. Did vote-splitting campaign succeed? Don Brash reacts to election night result Former National Party leader Don Brash led the Split the Vote campaign, encouraging right-wing voters to candidate vote National and then party vote either ACT or NZ First to engineer an 'overhang' in parliament. On preliminary results, the National Party has won six more seats than it would be entitled to on party vote alone, and Parliament will be fitted out with an historic 131 seats. Overhang, low voter turnout mark Election 2026 in the history books University of Otago electoral law expert Andrew Geddis joins Jack Tame to talk through the unprecedented overhang created by National's strong electorate performances. Gone Green? The Māori seat strategy in Election 2026 Record high enrolment and dramatically different party vote results - Aukaha News reporter Roihana Nuri joins Jack Tame to digest the results in the seven Māori electorate seats. Post-election panel: Opportunity faces hard choice, major party leaders questioned After a close and dramatic election night, Jack Tame is joined by former National campaign strategist Tim Hurdle, and former Labour MP Sue Moroney, to chew over the most significant issues arising from the vote. Will either major party leader face questions over their future? Which way will Opportunity go? And will the provisional results match up with the final totals? Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

After a close and dramatic election night, Jack Tame is joined by former National campaign strategist Tim Hurdle, and former Labour MP Sue Moroney, to chew over the most significant issues arising from the vote. Will either major party leader face questions over their future? Which way will Opportunity go? And will the provisional results match up with the final totals? Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

After a dramatic election night, 1News senior political reporter Benedict Collins and 1News political reporter Sophie Trigger join Jack Tame. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Record high enrolment and dramatically different party vote results - Aukaha News reporter Roihana Nuri joins Jack Tame to digest the results in the seven Māori electorate seats. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

University of Otago electoral law expert Andrew Geddis joins Jack Tame to talk through the unprecedented overhang created by National's strong electorate performances. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

While the ACT Party will be celebrating an expanded caucus off the back of last night's election results, growing from 11 to 13, leader David Seymour has seen enough elections to know not to count chickens until the special votes are counted. He spoke to Mei Heron on election night. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Former National Party leader Don Brash led the Split the Vote campaign, encouraging right-wing voters to candidate vote National and then party vote either ACT or NZ First to engineer an 'overhang' in parliament. On preliminary results, the National Party has won six more seats than it would be entitled to on party vote alone, and Parliament will be fitted out with an historic 131 seats. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

The Green Party look set to welcome a refreshed caucus of 16 MPs after polling at 13.3 percent on preliminary results - and that's before the special votes are counted, which historically give the left bloc an extra seat or two. Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was also returned to her seat of Auckland Central, making it three consecutive elections in the heart of New Zealand's biggest city. Two electorate races - Wellington Bays and Te Tai Tokerau - have the Green candidate in a close second position with the potential to flip. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

New Zealand First looks set to enjoy even more power at the negotiating table when it comes time for coalition talk. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

National's campaign chair Simeon Brown joins Jack Tame for a Q+A special the morning after the election. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air. He joins Jack Tame for a Q+A special the morning after the election. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Erica Stanford: National's 'value for money' turnaround in education Erica Stanford was named as the top-performing government minister in the 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey. As well as juggling immigration and the Abuse in State Care Inquiry portfolios, in education Stanford has led one of the biggest state reforms this term: a new curriculum, a new qualification, and the standardisation of teaching practices across the country. She joins Jack Tame the week before the election, and days after the release of a Waitangi Tribunal report finding that the removal of Treaty obligations from school boards breached the Treaty of Waitangi. Labour's Arena Williams on why NZ needs ban on price gouging The cost of living has been central to Labour's campaign for the 2026 general election. Alongside one of their headline policies of splitting up big supermarket players operationally to bring down prices, Labour also wants to immediately draft new legislation to ban the practice price gouging: large players using their market power to artificially raise prices of essential goods. Labour's commerce and consumer affairs spokesperson Arena Williams joins Jack Tame. Political ad expert rates parties' flashy campaigns Fake podcasts, AI-generated smash-and-grabs, and trotting out some well-known faces - with one week until voting closes, political parties are throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks in the competition for eyeballs. Whena Owen sits down with political scientist and author Claire Robinson to sift through some of the campaign materials from Election 2026. One week out from the election, what is NZ's foreign policy future? For decades, National and Labour have mostly left foreign affairs out of politics. Now they appear to be veering in different directions, with Labour calling out the National-led government for following the US too closely. Foreign affairs correspondent and author of Between Giants Anna Fifield joins Jack Tame to preview what New Zealand's foreign policy could look like after November 7. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

For decades, National and Labour have mostly left foreign affairs out of politics. Now they appear to be veering in different directions, with Labour calling out the National-led government for following the US too closely. Foreign affairs correspondent and author of Between Giants Anna Fifield joins Jack Tame to preview what New Zealand's foreign policy could look like after November 7. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Fake podcasts, AI-generated smash-and-grabs, and trotting out some well-known faces - with one week until voting closes, political parties are throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks in the competition for eyeballs. Whena Owen sits down with political scientist and author Claire Robinson to sift through some of the campaign materials from Election 2026. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

The cost of living has been central to Labour's campaign for the 2026 general election. Alongside one of their headline policies of splitting up big supermarket players operationally to bring down prices, Labour also wants to immediately draft new legislation to ban the practice price gouging: large players using their market power to artificially raise prices of essential goods. Labour's commerce and consumer affairs spokesperson Arena Williams joins Jack Tame. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Erica Stanford was named as the top-performing government minister in the 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey. As well as juggling immigration and the Abuse in State Care Inquiry portfolios, in education Stanford has led one of the biggest state reforms this term: a new curriculum, a new qualification, and the standardisation of teaching practices across the country. She joins Jack Tame the week before the election, and days after the release of a Waitangi Tribunal report finding that the removal of Treaty obligations from school boards breached the Treaty of Waitangi. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.