No coalition talks today for Winston Peters' negotiating team, and no meeting of the board either, but he says there are no regrets over missing his deadline to decide a new Government.

He told Newsroom back in March that he would have a decision by return of writ day, October 12th, and the public would be hearing from him the same day.

Instead, coalition talks with the two major parties finished up, but he's yet to talk to his board, who he says are responsible for the final decision.

Mr Peters denied it's created a sense of false expectation from the public, and gave something of a new deadline for an announcement.

"Ten days, or nine days or eight days which might be still a prospect is not too long to wait."

Difficulties getting all of New Zealand First's board members to Wellington has meant postponement of the final sign-off meeting, and it now could be as late as Monday before they're all in Wellington.

Peters said the formation of a Government is a job he wants done totally and properly and he's not concerned that it's meant missing his own deadline.

"Well I just couldn't..we couldn't make it, no I have no regrets about that, no I have no regrets about that, at all."

Mr Peters said in other countries it's taken up to six months.