Government forming talks will continue this week, as Chris Luxon's been unable to reach a consensus on a number of key issues this weekend.

The incoming Prime Minister met with Winston Peters this afternoon, and has spoken with David Seymour over the phone.

Despite insisting good progress is being made, Luxon says there are three final issues proving to be the sticking points.

ZB political editor Jason Walls says National's proposed foreign buyers tax will likely be a sticking point that NZ First won't budge on.

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This week on Politics Central, Jason Walls recapped the ongoing coalition negotiations and shared his predictions for who will be assigned those top ministerial positions. 

Later, Dr Paul Buchanan joins the Weekend Collective to share his insight into the importance of APEC and what we can expect from Biden's meeting with Xi.

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This week on the Sunday Panel, ZB host Roman Travers and commentator Irene Gardiner joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!

Coalition negotiations- are we overreacting to how long this is taking? Was this process ever going to be straightforward or easy? Does it have any reflection on the kind of Government Luxon will lead?

The World Health Organisation has declared loneliness a global public health concern. Do we do a good job when it comes to social connection? Have we gotten worse? 

Eyebrows have been raised over the prices of some of Jerry Seinfeld's better tour seats- would you pay $849 to see Jerry Seinfeld?

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National leader Chris Luxon says coalition negotiations are in the last stages, as talks are expected to resume today.

Luxon met with New Zealand First's Winston Peters in Auckland yesterday, and had a phone call with ACT's David Seymour.

NZ Herald Deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan says Luxon's private sector experience may not have set him up well for coalition talks.

He says politics is obviously different to business.

"He has to talk to New Zealand First and Winston Peters, there's no-one else in the tent. And Winston Peters has the nuclear button- he could just walk away and trigger another election." 

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Tonight on The Huddle, Nick Mills from ZB's Wellington Mornings and Auckland Councillor Richard Hills joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

The three main parties have stayed quiet about the details of their coalition negations, but some National MPs have said they're close to forming a Government. What do we think of this? Are we over the waiting period? 

Auckland Council is making progress on proposed congestion charges, with Wayne Brown being particularly eager to get these charges going. Is this a money-raising exercise?

MFAT staff have reduced their use of Te Reo in official documents released to the incoming Government- is this a bad look?

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Post-election coalition talks are still under way, with leaders from all three parties meeting at Auckland's Cordis Hotel.

National's Nicola Willis and Christopher Luxon have claimed that negotiations are heading into the final stages.

ZB political editor Jason Walls says leaders from all three parties seem to agree talks are progressing well- but it's too soon to know for sure?

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Winston Peters is expected to emerge from a meeting with National soon, as Government-forming talks continue.

NZ Herald political reporter Adam Pearse is outside the Cordis Hotel in Auckland, and says Peters has been with National's leader Chris Luxon for more than two hours.

He says the meetings are getting longer, which could mean they are getting into the detail.

"The latest we've heard is that there are still policy differences that they have yet to iron out. And I would imagine if you were spending over two hours discussing in a hotel room, ministerial positions  are not the only things you're talking about."

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Every week a member of the Newstalk ZB Parliament team joins Nick Mills for the Beehive Buzz.

This week Senior Political Reporter Sophie Trigger discusses the how coalition talks are going between Luxon, Seymour and Peters, a recent poll, and final recount results.

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All sides of the soon-to-be Government want talks completed as soon as possible.

David Seymour, Winston Peters and Chris Luxon sat down together this morning for the first time, in Auckland.

This meeting will be the first of several collaborative meetings in the city centre this week.

ZB political editor Jason Walls says nothing significant has been divulged- but all three parties are keen to get a Government formed quickly.

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A political commentator says leaks from post-election talks are rife this year.

The leaders of National, ACT and New Zealand First have now all sat around a table together, a first in their negotiations.

Prime Minister elect Chris Luxon has wanted talks to stay private.

But Ben Thomas says that hasn't been the case.

He says it may reflect the parties playing off against each other.

"There's the question of how Winston Peters is going to kind of conduct himself as part of this trio, and maybe part of that is distancing himself from the other two."

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