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The Panel: Does National need to reach out to Opportunity after all?

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Sun, 8 Nov 2026, 12:08pm
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Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong arrives and speaks to supporters at the party’s election night event held at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand on November 7, 2026. Herald photograph by Anna Heath.

In the morning after the election, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and Child Fund CEO Josie Pagani recapped what we know so far, given the narrow election race.

Do we consider this a win for the right bloc, or is it too early to tell? 

Does National need to reach out to Opportunity to form a new Government, or is it just an insurance policy? 

Do we see Chris Luxon hanging on to the National leadership role, regardless of how this all shakes out?

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