(L-R): ACT leader David Seymour, NZ Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon, and NZ First leader Winston Peters (Image: AAP/Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald/AP)
(L-R): ACT leader David Seymour, NZ Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon, and NZ First leader Winston Peters (Image: AAP/Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald/AP)

On Friday, a three-party coalition government was formed in Wellington, kicking off the premiere season of Thrupple Island NZ.

As the three party leaders strode over Parliament’s bridge into the Banquet Hall, almost over the top of waiting photographers who were sent scuttling, it quickly became clear this was going to be a difficult trio to film. 

Pause here and think of the photojournalists trying to capture this rare and unique three-headed beast, in one frame, surely wondering if time on the ground filming with David Attenborough would have been better professional preparation.