'No indication of what decision New Zealand First will make' - Bill English in the dark about Winston Peters' decision

October 18, 2017

The National leader exited a coalition chat with Mr Peters tonight, involving just the two of them, in Wellington. (Source: Other)

National Party leader Bill English says his party has "had no indication of what decision New Zealand First will make".

A spokesperson for Mr English said National would hold a caucus meeting at 11am tomorrow to update MPs on coalition talks, followed by a teleconference with the board.

"We stress that we have "had no indication of what decision New Zealand First will make".

1 NEWS' Corin Dann says Mr Peters has spoken with both National and Labour and told them he'll go public tomorrow. (Source: Other)

NZ First said in a statement today it would be announcing what party it would support to form New Zealand's next government tomorrow afternoon. 

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