dv said:

10 days out from the NZ election, polling indicates the Opportunity Party will end up being the “kingmakers”.

Formed in 2016, Opportunity has run in previous elections but never won a seat nor reached the 5% threshold for list seats. This time they are polling around 6%.

They are not natural allies of either Labour or National.

It seems likely at this point that neither of the blocs (Labour-Maori-Greens or Nationals-ACT-NZF) will reach a majority. Opportunity has played its cards close to its chest. I would suppose that the final government formation will be a matter of negotiation.

Oportunity Party leader, Qiulae Wong, spent most of her career working with sustainable businesses and applied to be the leader of the party when the job was unusually and widely advertised in September last year.