19 Oct 2020

Post-election analysis from RNZ’s Political Editor

From Nine To Noon, 11:09 am on 19 October 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) speaks with MP Kelvin Davis and other senior members of parliament a day after her landslide election win, in Auckland on October 18, 2020.

Photo: AFP

RNZ’s Political Editor Jane Patterson discusses the new landscape since Labour's landslide victory on Saturday night, winning an outright majority - the first time this has been achieved under MMP.

The Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern has said she expects to form a government within the next two to three weeks.