Battle Of The Chris's To Be Decided By A Game Of Bullrush Outside The Beehive

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Our great friends across the dutch (sic) have hosted an incredibly tight election over the weekend.

Dubbed the Battle of The Chris's (or the Battle of the Chrus's to the untrained ear), the election has come down to the wire, with a chance no government will be formed before Chrustmas.

The cause of the delay is the over half a million votes to reach Kiwi shores in the coming weeks.

This comes as the centre-right Nationals lead by Chris Luxon (alongside its traditional coalition partners, the libertarian Act and populist New Zealand First parties) hold a slender 3 seat lead as 100% of Kiwi based votes get counted.

However, while the Labor secured 35 seats and its traditional coalition partners the Greens won 16 and Te Pāti Māori five - their leader Chris Hipkins has thrown down an interesting challenge.

Initially rebuked on a best of 3 Scissor, Paper, Rock challenge - Hipkins has reportedly reached a handshake agreement with Luxon for a Bullrush takes all battle.

The novel ideal will see the two Chris's partake in a high stakes game of bullrush, where the winner takes the seat as New Zealand's Prime Minister.

Chris Luxon, as the incumbent PM will get to go first, and get to set the bar on how many runs across the Beehive yard he can register.

Luxon will then have the opportunity to best it, and claim the Prime Ministership.

The showdown will reportedly take place later today.

More to come.