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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Eva Corlett in Wellington and Serena Solomon in Auckland

Final New Zealand election results show National party will need populist NZ First to govern

New Zealand’s incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon
New Zealand’s incoming prime minister, Christopher Luxon, said the results were expected and that coalition negotiations with Act and NZ First could now ‘accelerate’. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

After weeks of political limbo, the final results of New Zealand’s election have been released showing the centre-right National party will need the support of the libertarian Act party and populist party New Zealand First to form a coalition government.

The governing Labour party was ejected from office after six years in the October election, with preliminary results handing a slim majority to National and its traditional coalition partner Act.

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