Election 2023 With eight days left until election day you're forgiven for wanting the campaign to come to a close. TVNZ's multi-party debate on Thursday night shows candidates may be feeling the same way.   'Gentlemen, let's get into it.'  The term gentlemen may have been a bit kind of moderator Jack Tame, with it not taking long for the sniping to start.  'Look, it's been a long campaign and I can understand a lot of people may feel over it,' Act leader David Seymour began his answer to the question: why are the values of your party in the best interests of New Zealand?  READ MORE: *  The first big leaders' debate, bar the PM *  Campaign chairs get claws out over debate Questions about coalitions came within the first five minutes with NZ First leader Winston Peters and Seymour asked if they trusted one another to be a stable coalition partner.

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