[QUOTE=Balance;1030629]A new government from next week and it’s excellent that the three parties have taken their time to negotiate a workable coalition which will last for the next 9 years at least.



' a workable coalition that will last 9 years at least', blimey that's a big call!
How realistic is that?

I wouldn't count out a 'rapid unscheduled dis-assembly' even before the end of the first term.
Hard for minor coalition partners to even get a second term & Luxon's really struggled to even put a coalition together when there wasn't even any competition (from the centre-left) .
This does not look anything like a happy coalition.

Luxon seems to be, 'all hat & no cattle' as they say in Texas.
i.e. all talk & bluster but no substance to back it up.

As the next election looms, NZF & ACT are going to need to differentiate themselves from each other & National, then watch the sparks fly.
Or when one of the coalition partners poll numbers start dropping.