Chris Luxon, Winston Peters, and David Seymour appear to be getting very close to a deal for forming the new government. 

Talks continued into the night in central Auckland and are set to resume today, Luxon and Peters describing the meetings as professional, but robust. 

Political Editor Jason Walls told Mike Hosking that having a deal reached by Sunday isn't completely out of the question. 

He says they're now working on policy specifics and cabinet positions, which are usually left until the end of negotiations. 

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