[ad_1] LAWRENCE SMITH / Things The Labor Party has won the elections and has secured enough seats to govern alone. Election night saw New Zealand’s largest city turn red, with some of Auckland’s “safe” national seats held by Labor. Upper Harbor, in the hands of former Deputy National Party Leader …
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[ad_1] ACT is on the cusp of its best election result since its first campaign 24 years ago. Leader David Seymour will bring nine MPs for the first time to join him in Parliament. The Auckland seat holder Epsom arrived at the post-election party on a fishing boat, with party …
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[ad_1] Gerry Brownlee arrives at National’s campaign headquarters in downtown Christchurch on Election Night. Photo / Logan Church OPINION: Greater Christchurch has overwhelmingly voted for a Labor government, crushing all National safe seats. High-profile MP Gerry Brownlee lost his seat at Ilam to Labor’s Sarah Pallett. To make matters worse …
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[ad_1] Politics October 17, 2020 10:38 AM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Listen: ACT Party Leader David Seymour was thrilled with the party’s success in this election. Audio / Newstalk ZB It looks like party leader David Seymour is …
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[ad_1] Hamilton has leaned decisively toward the Labor Party, bringing in a new MP, as the city’s two incumbent MPs at National politely acknowledged defeat on an election night that hit National. Under the current form of the count, Hamilton’s two new MPs would be Jamie Strange in the east …
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[ad_1] One lucky lottery player in Morrinsville won $ 5.5 million this election night. Photo / Archive This would have to be the most important night in Morrinsville history. Its most famous former resident prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is heading for a landslide electoral victory. And now someone has won …
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[ad_1] Winston Peters had one last sleight of hand ready. As a crowd of 100 supporters, locals and reporters waited for the NZ First frontman to hit the stage at Russell’s Duke of Marlborough hotel, all eyes were on the hall entrance. Peters made the cameras go off when he …
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[ad_1] • VOTES COUNTED: 37,364- 100%• LEADING CANDIDATE: Simon Bridges 16.6022nd CANDIDATE: Jan Tinetti – 14,169• CURRENT MARGIN: 2,433• PARTY VOTE LEADERSHIP: Labor Party 40.9% While in the past Labor only nibbled on the wide margin that Tauranga MP Simon Bridges has enjoyed for four terms, he had a big …
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[ad_1] National’s Nick Smith lost his seat at Nelson. Photo / Archive Two of National’s oldest MPs, Nick Smith and Gerry Brownlee, have been ousted from their constituencies, but will remain in Parliament courtesy of the party’s list. When the two stalwarts attend National’s first caucus meeting, they will be …
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[ad_1] Rawiri Waititi surprised popular Labor MP Tamati Coffey in the Waiariki electorate. Photo / Supplied The country’s “unapologetic Maori voice” is poised to return to Parliament with Rawiri Waititi poised to wrest the Waiariki seat from Labor’s Tāmati Coffey. Speaking at his election night party in Tāmaki Makaurau, co-leader …
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