NZ First

NZ First’s decision (or more correctly Winston’s decision) to offer a confidence and supply type of arrangement to the party which wins the most votes reinforces the point I made a few days ago how vital it is to be the party with the largest vote.

Both United Future and NZ First will offer initial support to the largest party, not the largest bloc. So unless Labour, Grens, Maori and Progressive between them get over 61 seats, then National will get a chance to form a Government as long as it outpolls just Labour.