Jenna Lynch election 2023 analysis: Christopher Luxon says coalition deals done, so what happens now?

ANALYSIS: Now the Government deals are done, what happens next?   

Process wise, the boards are expected to sign everything on Thursday night.   

Newshub has confirmed both ACT and National's boards have signed their deals. A New Zealand First board member has just told Newshub its board had pretty much signed it off.   

When the boards say "yay", Christopher Luxon will then make a phone call to the Governor General to inform her he can form a government.    

On Friday morning, there will be a signing ceremony at Parliament where the cone of secrecy will officially lift on these talks.   

We will learn which policies have survived negotiations, how many ministerial positions each party has secured and how that final hurdle of deputy Prime minister was cleared; whether David Seymour is right to be happy, whether Winston Peters shimmied his way into it or whether, in fact, they've reached for that creative solution of "sharesies".   

In terms of how many spots everyone got, Newshub understands the number of ministerial positions is outlined in the deals - but the smaller parties are in the dark about which portfolios the other party has negotiated.   

But they know all the policies. The way they have written these agreements is every policy on the Government's agenda will be outlined in them.   

The plan, at this stage, is to be officially sworn in as a Government on Monday.   

From there, as Luxon put it, it's the incoming Prime Minister's job to get the show moving and get the country going forward.   

Jenna Lynch is Newshub's Political Editor.