Not even Winston knows yet / Arithmetic before policy / Options for govt formation / Water tax electorates – Labour’s vote up / NZ First policy alignment / Grand coalition backfires in Germany / Ministers find jet fuel failure eye-opening

HVxtra Election special September 24 2017 / A less stable govt, whoever leads it / Less has changed than it appears / Key’s gambit worked

Looking for a last week break-out / Labour – warming to NZ First, pushed to the Greens? / Water tax the next National target? / David Parker’s impact evident again / Labour’s trade policy problem / Jian Yang MP – questions to answer / How long will it take to form a govt?

Prepare for a change of government / Imagining a Labour-led govt / Potential for NZ First shut-out / Robertson or Parker for Finance Minister? / MMP’s strange small party arithmetic / North Korea / Corporate earnings season wraps up

HVxtra Election special / Squeeze on small parties hardens as Dunne quits / Gareth has a point on policy

The polls tighten, Peters in the box seat / Odds still favour a National-led govt / The “Parker Effect” / Shattered Greens / TPP-11 – National must see it as good politics / That’s a wrap – Parliament’s last sitting / Contact looks to tighter electricity market

HVxtra Election special / Election 2017: the body count mounts / Shades of 2005 / This is it now for the Greens

Taking Jacinda seriously / New political dynamics / Parties poles apart on climate change policy / Multi-national tax law changes / Lots of independent possibilities / Wheeler’s last stand / Auditor-General resigns

HVxtra Election special / Little resigns

Pot, welfare reform and the appeal to non-voters / Labour: substance but lacking cut-through / What if TOP tops 5% / NZ First’s iron discipline slips / Inflation disappears - again / FBU faces a big uphill task / Wood chip supply in focus