You have been doing very well, ... You should just lie back and enjoy it.

We just don't believe in tax cuts - it's against our fundamental philosophy - after all we are socialists and proud of it.

While a similar split is obviously an option for New Zealand, that has never been my preference.

It will be a nose-to-nose, head-to-head result between the two major parties.

[There was] three cheers for Helen ... OK team, let's get to work.

That New Zealand should compare so well internationally is a credit to the quality of our regulatory regime and to the government's economic management.

The areas measured are starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing contracts; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors and closing a business.

Every possible permutation is still in play.

We have said throughout the campaign that New Zealanders would pay for National's tax cuts through higher mortgage and interest rates and today's statement from the bank bears that out.