New Zealand's Election Aftermath: Coalition Talks and Final Results Awaited

11/08/2026

An initial count showed the current coalition of the centre-right National Party, the right-wing ACT Party and the nationalist New Zealand First with a slim majority of 67 seats in 131-seat parliament

11/08/2026

Outcome could still change when 700,000 special votes are counted

11/07/2026

This blog is closed, you can read our report on the New Zealand election hereAnother update here with 8% of the vote counted. National on 31.2%, Labour 28.4%, the Greens 12.9%, Act 11.2%, NZ...

11/08/2026

New Zealand’s governing coalition hoped to hang on to power based on an initial vote count.

11/07/2026

By Lucy Craymer and Alasdair Pal WELLINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - ⁠New ⁠Zealanders were unlikely to have much ⁠clarity on Sunday over who will govern the country for the next three years, after...

11/07/2026

New Zealanders were unlikely to have much clarity on Sunday over who will govern the country for the next three years, after overnight

11/07/2026

WELLINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand's governing coalition hoped to hang ⁠on ⁠to power based on an initial ⁠vote count in the general election on Saturday, but the shape of the next...