A cabinet reshuffle and at least one ministerial resignation are on the way for the Labour Party as they prepare for 2023, election year.
The change comes amid a by-election result in Hamilton West, where the National Party's candidate, Tama Potaka, swept to victory with 6600 votes, more than 2000 ahead of Labour's candidate Georgie Dansey.
Potaka won 46 percent of the vote, to Dansey's 30 percent.
So is the result in Hamilton West a sign of things to come?
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to Corin Dann.