Oct 26, 2026 · 3 min · 4 segments
Voting booths are now open. Labour Day was a holiday for most people, but not politicians, who hit the booths, streets and hustings, hard. Labour says it will form a government by Christmas, while…
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voting has begun with a roar, politicians whipping their supporters into a frenzy.
I went and voted this morning.
Do
you want to guess who I voted for on Labour Day? Why am I voting today? Oh, just in case I, you know, get forgetful.
National's Christopher Luxon thinks it'll come down to the wire.
It frankly could come down to one or two points, so every single party vote counts.
Voting booths opening up got opportunities Kule Wong a little choked up.
I feel a little bit emotional because it's been a long journey to get here, but just super excited for election day.
With voting now open, all that's left to do is elect a government, and Labour's Chris Hipkins wants it done by Christmas.
We can't afford to indulge ourselves in a whole lot of internal games.
We need to get on with the job of forming government.
I'm not going to let Winston Peters and David Seymour run circles around me like Christopher Luxon did last time.
I think we would all love to enjoy our Christmas holidays, so we will certainly be working extremely hard on our end to make sure that any negotiations happen as swiftly as possible.
as it takes.
It's important that you set off with a good set of coalition arrangements that actually give you strong and stable government.
The New Zealand people won't thank us when governments fall apart after 10 or 11 months and we're back here doing elections again.
Axe David Seymour says the only Christmas he's thinking about is his Tāmaki candidate, James Christmas.
We will be professional and collegial getting a government up and running as fast as possible, but obviously Chris Hipkins can't make that guarantee because he doesn't know who he's talking to.
Early
voting has begun with a roar, politicians whipping their supporters into a frenzy.
I went and voted this morning.
Do
you want to guess who I voted for on Labour Day? Why am I voting today? Oh, just in case I, you know, get forgetful.
National's Christopher Luxon thinks it'll come down to the wire.
It frankly could come down to one or two points, so every single party vote counts.
Voting booths opening up got opportunities Kule Wong a little choked up.
I feel a little bit emotional because it's been a long journey to get here, but just super excited for election day.
With voting now open, all that's left to do is elect a government, and Labour's Chris Hipkins wants it done by Christmas.
We can't afford to indulge ourselves in a whole lot of internal games.
We need to get on with the job of forming government.
I'm not going to let Winston Peters and David Seymour run circles around me like Christopher Luxon did last time.
I think we would all love to enjoy our Christmas holidays, so we will certainly be working extremely hard on our end to make sure that any negotiations happen as swiftly as possible.
as it takes.
It's important that you set off with a good set of coalition arrangements that actually give you strong and stable government.
The New Zealand people won't thank us when governments fall apart after 10 or 11 months and we're back here doing elections again.
Axe David Seymour says the only Christmas he's thinking about is his Tāmaki candidate, James Christmas.
We will be professional and collegial getting a government up and running as fast as possible, but obviously Chris Hipkins can't make that guarantee because he doesn't know who he's talking to.
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