The shape of the new government has finally been revealed and the three parties have committed to a policy programme.
With three different parties in Government, the leaders have spent the past few weeks discussing which of their policies they can get over the line.
ACT, which got 11 seats in the election, compared to National's 48 seats and NZ First's eight seats, has had a number of its policies adopted in the coalition from a Treaty of Waitangi Bill, a new ministry and even "pet bonds".
"I believe that we have made a positive and substantial contribution to this Government's agenda," ACT leader David Seymour said.
"We campaigned to not only change the Government but ensure that it is a government of real change."
The 20-strong Cabinet will have 14 National Ministers, three ACT Ministers and three New Zealand First Ministers. There will be five ministers from National, two from ACT and one from New Zealand First outside Cabinet. ACT and New Zealand First will each have one Parliamentary Under-Secretary.
Seymour will share the Deputy Prime Minister role with Winston Peters. Peters will be the deputy for the first half of the Parliamentary term and Seymour will take the second half of the term.
Seymour will also be the Minister for Regulation a new role the ACT party has created alongside introducing a Regulatory Standards Act which will assess the quality of new and existing regulation. This agency, proposed by ACT, will be funded by disestablishing the Productivity Commission.
"It will be the assurance we need to tell the world New Zealand is finally taking the quality of law-making and regulation seriously," Seymour said.
ACT's policy on Te Tiriti o Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi principles referendum will not go ahead, however, the party managed to get a Bill supported.
The coalition has agreed to support ACT's Treaty Principles Bill through the first of three readings in Parliament. It will be drafted, voted on, sent to the Select Committee and consulted on.
"The responsibility for persuading our coalition partners and the New Zealand public that that kopapa should continue to enhance the mana of the treaty by for the first time debating democratically what our founding document means in the modern age deserves to continue through later stages and through referendum as a corollary from that," Seymour said.
Another policy proposed by ACT the new Government has committed to was to increase the speed at which mortgage interest deductibility is restored for rental properties with a 60 percent deduction in 2023/24, 80 percent in 2024/25, and 100 percent in 2025/26.
The new Government hopes to encourage new landlords to enter the rental market by allowing 90 day notices to end a periodic tenancy, and return tenants' notice to 21 days and landlords' to 42 if the tenant wishes to move or the landlord wishes.
Seymour also said landlords will be able to charge additional for "pet bonds".
"Landlords will again be treated with dignity so that more people might want to be one and tenants will have a greater chance of having a place to live, particularly if they have pets and especially if that pet is a very good boy," Seymour said.
Another key policy ACT got over the line was its proposal to repeal, replace and rewrite the Arms Act in order to create "fair and reasonable" firearms laws and "make all of us safer". ACT's Nicola McKee will be the Associate Minister of Justice (Firearms).
ACT's Karen Chhour will be the Minister for Children and in her role help reform Oranga Tamariki.
For a list of the policies agreed to during negotiations, click here.
