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Saturday was a big night for the Green Party, which won more than ten percent of the vote and fourteen seats.

Included in that was former Wellington City Councillor Tamatha Paul, at just 26 years… Audio

Crushed Labour MPs - grappling with the reality of being banished to the opposition benches - will start returning to the capital on Monday. Preliminary election night results show Labour's share of… Audio

BusinessNZ and the Council of Trade Unions both say they hope the new government will be more responsive.

Both organisations seem to agree that the last government didn't always seem to have a good… Audio

Somebody who's been following the knife-edge Auckland results particularly closely has been Auckland politics writer Simon Wilson.

He's done an analysis on the blue wash.

Wilson spoke to Corin Dann.

People in the country's most Asian electorate - Mt Roskill in Auckland - are now counting on the new government to deliver on its promises to cut crime and boost the economy.

Part of the "blue wave"… Audio

Triumphant and dejected MPs, along with their leaders, are making their way back to Parliament, as National starts to put plans in place to form a new government.

National's campaign chair Chris… Audio

Triumphant and dejected MPs, along with their leaders, are making their way back to Parliament, as National starts to put plans in place to form a new government.

National and ACT together have 61… Audio

The National Party is primed to start negotiations to shape who'll be involved in the new government and determine its policy agenda.

The party's leader Christopher Luxon has put together his… Audio

Labour MP Greg O'Connor held on to his Ōhāriu seat despite his electorate majority voting for National.

National's Nicola Willis made a strong challenge for the seat, but O'Connor held on.

O'Connor… Audio

Two Wellington inner-city Labour strongholds flipped Green, veering left, while much of the country turned right.

In Ōhāriu in the capital's northernmost suburbs, Labour's Greg O'Connor held on to… Audio

ACT party leader David Seymour says talks with National about forming a government should begin immediately.

He says while logistics have yet to be discussed, he hopes to meet in person with National… Audio

National's strategy team has held its first post-election meeting, working on how to negotiate with ACT and maybe even New Zealand First.

Based on preliminary results National and ACT hold a slim… Audio

It's an out of the blue result for Auckland's Tamaki electorate. On Saturday, ACT deputy Brooke van Velden made history and cinched the seat from National who held for nearly seven decades - only once… Audio

Electorates across the motu have slipped from Labour, after an overwhelming majority ticked anything but red at the polls. Auckland's Mt Roskill is - arguably - the most shocking flip where Labour's… Audio

With 100 percent of the preliminary votes counted, National and ACT are on track to form the next Government. 

The special votes are yet to be counted, but we know New Zealand First is back in… Audio

New Zealand First is on track to have eight members in Parliament, and may be needed to support National and ACT in government.  

The party's deputy leader Shane Jones spoke to Guyon Espiner. Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change, giving the National party a clear mandate to lead the next government with 50 seats in parliament and just under 39 percent support. 

Voters have splashed blue… Audio

The Labour Party has been dealt a drubbing by Te Pati Māori in the Māori electorates,  

In 2020, Labour held six of the seven seats. 

Now, that's down to three. 

Te Pati Māori's held onto Waiariki… Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change, giving the National party a clear mandate to lead the next government with 50 seats in parliament and just under 39 percent support. 

Voters have splashed blue… Audio

The ACT Party has picked up 9 percent of the party vote; and two electorate seats, for a total of 11 seats in Parliament.

Leader David Seymour retained Epsom, and deputy Brooke Van Velden took Tāmaki… Audio

Te Pāti Māori will be doubling its seats in parliament from two to four. 

It's taken three of the seven Māori electorate seats off Labour.

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi increased his… Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change, giving the National party a clear mandate to lead the next government with 50 seats in parliament and just under 39 percent support. 

Voters have splashed blue… Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change with National soon to be in charge of the country and ready to govern with ACT.

Labour's promised surge never happened and red seats fell across the country… Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change, giving the National party a clear mandate to lead the next government with 50 seats in parliament and just under 39 percent support. 

Voters have splashed blue… Audio

The Green Party has increased its party vote for the third election in a row and is now on track for more than 10-percent of the party vote. 

With special votes still to count, the Greens look to… Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change, giving the National party a clear mandate to lead the next government with 50 seats in parliament and just under 39 percent support. 

Voters have splashed blue… Audio

On the provisional vote count, New Zealand First will have eight members in Parliament - but its not yet clear whether he'll be getting a call from Christopher Luxon, inviting Winston Peters to join… Audio

New Zealanders have voted for change, giving the National party a clear mandate to lead the next government with 50 seats in parliament and just under 39 percent support. 

Voters have splashed blue… Audio

The Labour Party's share of votes has roughly halved since Dame Jacinda Ardern led the party to an outright majority of seats in 2020. 

On Saturday night, the party also lost two electorate seats to… Audio