Guardian Australia · New Zealand election 2026

New Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’

· By Eva Corlett
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National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some timeNew Zealand could be facing a weeks-long wait to know the shape of its next government, after its nail-biting election failed to hand a decisive victory to either the incumbent rightwing coalition or oppo…

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