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While the tide well and truly went out on Labour on election night, there are still several factors complicating the formation of a National and ACT coalition government. Special votes are yet to be counted, with the official final result still three weeks away.

National will lead a new government, but it may be nigh Christmas before its precise shape become clear. Jonathan Milne reports on the promises made, and compromises still to be made...

When the critics and the media commentary mounted and the public opinion polls showed ebbing support, National's strategists doubled down, convinced the demand for change would prevail.

The Greens' big, fresh-faced caucus must decide how closely they can work with a National-led government and the party's direction when its long-serving co-leader considers his future. Jonathan Milne reports.

Christopher Luxon headed to bed in the early hours of Sunday morning a Prime Minister with a National-Act majority, having ransacked Labour in safe red seats.

After turning the deep blue Tāmaki seat pink this weekend, Brooke van Velden is looming as the  Act Party’s next leader.

The National Party secured about 40 percent of the vote, putting it in a position to form a new administration.

A funereal air descends on Labour’s election night event in Christchurch

For Srivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty, who bagged an impressive ‘double’ winning the women’s singles and doubles titles in the recently-held Fenesta National tennis championship in Delhi, it has been a different kind of a challenge - to stay calm during those emotional moments at the end of the day’s stint when…

Labour and National strongholds were stormed by their political opponents last night

While Labour polled above 30 percent in recent days, it couldn't turn those numbers into reality against economic and social headwinds dating back to Auckland's months-long 2021 lockdown.