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Winston Peters was the wild card of New Zealand politics for most of his long political career - cutting, brusque, combative, rude, funny - a contradiction. Now he's gone, and we look back. 

National leader Judith Collins says she still wants to be in charge of her party and that there needs to be a review into what went wrong in this year's election.

Special votes can be returned and counted up to 10 days after election day so there is something of a lag time. Here's what they are, why they're special, and what you need to know about them.

It's the red tide - a Labour landslide in the electorates has seen the party win 15 seats previously held by National Party MPs - including major upsets in Ilam, Nelson, East Coast, Upper Harbour and…

The Māori Party looks set to secure a place back in Parliament after three years out in the cold.

Gerry Brownlee has lost his Ilam seat in Christchurch, which he has held since the seat was created in 1996.

He's the most recognisable figure in the country's political history and is still refusing to concede, but for Winston Peters and New Zealand First, the show is over. Video

Chlöe Swarbrick has won the Auckland Central electorate by just a few hundred votes, confounding recent polls and winning the party's first electorate since 2002.

The turning point for National was replacing Simon Bridges, the party's candidate for Whangaparāoa Mark Mitchell says.

There's been big applause at the Labour Party's HQ in Auckland as election results begin coming in.

David Seymour says the new ACT MPs that have been elected tonight will work at proposing ideas, not just opposing them, for a better tomorrow.

Advance votes have increased about 60 percent compared to the previous election, with just under 2 million votes cast before election day this year.

The sixth annual bookshop day is being marked across independent booksellers around the country.

The Principals Federation made the proposal and polled its members during the past week because of dissatisfaction with the Educational Institute.

The minor parties have crammed their diaries today to try and snag any remaining undecided voters.

The last political poll before tomorrow's election puts Labour on 45.8 percent and National on 31.1 percent.

A polling station in the middle of Wellington has been called the "friendliest place" you can cast a vote, with bilingual staff, kai and waiata.

The Labour-incumbent for Hauraki-Waikato, Nanaia Mahuta, is set to breeze into another term in the seat, as her Māori Party opponent trails her in the polls by a whopping 47 percent.

It's the final day of the campaign trail for New Zealand's political parties, see how the day unfolded for them with RNZ's live updates.

With just one day to go, political geeks across the country are gearing up to host election parties.