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7:27 pm: Now let’s go to some of the marginal seats.
Chlöe Swarbrick is ahead at the moment in Auckland Central, with 10.7% of the votes counted.
Kaye says it’s the early days, and the raises may come for National when the rural votes roll in, then another turn will go to the left later in the evening.
7:24 pm: Reporter Kim Baker Wilson of ACT headquarters says the party has had a “peculiar” campaign. But the party says it wants to listen to the voters and do what they want.
Reporter Katie Bradford is at NZ First headquarters. The media is prohibited from entering until after 8pm, and they have not told us why.
NZ First hopes your votes will come in today, he says.
7:21 pm: See tonight’s full results on our website here.
7:20 pm: About 3.9% of the results now. Any change.
The Feast of Opportunities – 1.3%
7:17 pm: Clarke Gayford has left her home with fish sliders and venison bites for those gathered outside her home in Sandringham.
Gayford says the 2017 election has been so blurry and that he feels a sense of relief right now. Says the day has been relaxed so far.
7:16 pm: Godfrey says he’s not surprised by the Greens’ results. He says the Greens may be getting votes from traditional Labor voters.
7:13 pm: About 4.5 percent of results now.
Labor at 49.8%, National at 26.7%, Greens at 8.8%, ACT at 7.5% and NZ First at 2.2%.
7:11 pm: 1 NEWS reporter Maiki Sherman is at the National Party headquarters. She says she’s calm right now while they wait for the results.
7:09 pm: “It is very early in the evening,” says outgoing national MP Nikki Kaye.
Morgan Godfrey, manager of Maori research associations and political commentator, is the other panelist tonight.
7:08 pm: A quick reminder that we do not expect the results of either referendum tonight. Preliminary results for those won’t come out until October 30 and final results on November 6.
About 2 percent of the votes have been counted; We will show you those results as more ballots are counted.
7:04 pm: 1 NEWS Political editor Jessica Mutch McKay is at work headquarters tonight at Auckland City Hall.
Labor is likely to have “quiet confidence,” he says, but will be watching to see if Labor will need the Greens to form a government.
7:00 pm: The polls have been closed and election day restrictions have been lifted.
We are cruising live now with John Campbell and Hilary Barry. Watch it live from New Zealand and abroad using the links above.
6:45 pm: Fifteen more minutes to go.
This is what comes tonight in 1 NEWS:
6:35 pm: With election rules preventing the posting of material today that could influence someone’s vote, even on social media, many showed off their furry friends.
Here’s Stuff CEO Sinead Boucher:
Three here from Ben Taylor:
6:22 pm: Early voting numbers have reached record highs this year – nearly 2 million were cast between the start of the early voting period on October 3 and the end of yesterday.
That means that roughly 57 percent of the nearly 3.5 million people registered to vote cast their ballot before today.
The counting of the advanced votes started at 9am, so expect them to arrive early in the evening.
6:10 pm: John Campbell, Hilary Barry, and Simon Dallow are in the studio showing us tonight’s results starting at 7pm.
The 1 NEWS political team, led by Jessica Mutch McKay, will crossover live from party grassroots across the country, providing expert analysis as the results roll in.
6:00 pm: Welcome to 1 NEWS Live Updates for Election Night 2020. Stay informed of the results and analysis overnight on TVNZ1, TVNZ Ondemand, 1NEWS.co.nz and on 1 NEWS Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.
We will also be back tomorrow morning starting at 8 am on TVNZ1’s Q + A and will broadcast on the pages of 1 NEWS starting at 8 am with a two-hour special discussing the big winners and losers of the elections.
Tagata Pasifika will also be there at 7.30am. M. And, starting at 10 a. M., Marae will focus on what the election results mean for Maori.
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