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For an election ostensibly fought over a “cost-of-living crisis”, there was a strong unspoken consensus between the two major parties: most people’s living standards needed to reduce to thwart inflation. Regardless of the election result, a form of austerity was always going to win.

Chris Hipkins is still the leader of the Labour Party, though a leadership vote will be scheduled after the final election results come in, in line with party rules.

The party’s supporters feel like it got a kicking from everyone. After a dire result, analysts pointed to its inability to meet its lofty aspirations

Housing, workplace and some benefit reforms on the chopping block as centre-right National-led coalition forms government

Outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Labour could be proud of its six years in office but admitted it faces a tough spell in opposition.

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

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.

Christopher Luxon will be the nation's prime minister after a decisive election victory. People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.

Chris Luxon will become New Zealand's next prime minister as his centre-right National party wins the country's election.

Chris Hipkins spent just nine months in the top job after taking over from Jacinda Ardern

‘Labour is not in a position to form government,’ Chris Hipkins says