Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

So, over the weekend, The National Party completely flipped the seat for Hamilton West, which probably means that the Labour Party have flipped the desk with their visceral reaction to losing it; although Jacinda Ardern did appear most magnanimous. With 100 percent of the vote counted, Potaka won with 6629 votes, with Labour's Georgie Dansey trailing by 2285 with 4344 votes. The Labour candidate says it was a tough battle, but she’s still keen to represent Labour at next year's general election. A big surprise for me was the Act Party candidate James McDowall -  well behind with 1462 votes, while former Labour MP Gaurav Sharma, whose resignation triggered the by-election, had 1156 votes. Mr Sharma says that he expected more votes, but the most important thing for him was to stand up and not be silenced. So what now for Mr Sharma? Back to medicine or perhaps to university for a night course in diplomacy? There might be a variety of reasons to want to celebrate the Hamilton West by-election result or to commise