Last night results from GEVII came in, the night was a toss and tumble but in the end the results gave us: National Party on 8 seats, Greens on 6, Labour on 5, TOP on 4, Kiwi on 3 and ACT on 1. The last two polls during the campaign were similar, however there is a key difference, the Kiwi Party.

New parties in MNZP have usually done well, only one didn't get a seat (PUP), and two parties got above 10% nationally first try (A chart is here). The Kiwi Party was only the third biggest new party which isn't record-breaking or unique, however the way the did it was.

The two parties above them, TOP and Reform, both had at least two months on there hands to gain support, the Kiwi Party had just over a month. A similar time to Socialist Aotearoa or Pacific Union. Infact the poll before campaigning, Socialist Aotearoa had 3.4% compared to Kiwi's 3.2%. What made the Kiwi Party stand out was there campaign. No one predicted it would have been this big, Kiwi was aiming for a 6% goal and they smashed it. What made them record breaking was their campaign.

After this shock result, the Kiwi Party, along with Labour hold a kingmaker coalition. Will we have a Green-Labour-Kiwi, National-TOP-Kiwi or a National-Labour with TOP, Kiwi or ACT in C&S. Only time will tell.