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9:49 AM.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. Read more Audio

9:46 AM.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… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.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… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.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… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.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… Read more Audio

9:13 AM.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… Read more Audio

9:12 AM.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… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The National Party leaders will discuss strategy around forming a government this afternoon, after they have "watched the rugby", says campaign chair Chris Bishop.

Bishop has told a Morning Report… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.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… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Five police officers have been honoured for their actions when Cyclone Gabrielle struck the North Island and threatened lives earlier this year.

Constables Patrick Noiseux, Mark Bancroft and Kurtis… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.It all goes on the line on Sunday morning for Ian Foster's All Blacks when they line up against modern-day nemesis Ireland in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.

Ireland's climb to top spot in the… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Friday is the final day of campaigning for the 2023 election.

Voting closes Saturday evening at 7, then the counting begins and a new government will eventually be formed.

National Party leader… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.It's all eyes on the All Blacks-Ireland showdown Sunday morning but New Zealand aren't the only South Pacific country lining up in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.

Fiji will face England in… Read more Audio