As predicted, the 2026 election was all about the maths. With National winning more electorate seats than its party vote would have delivered, and Te Pāti Māori taking five Māori seats, there is a provisional parliamentary overhang of nine…
Preliminary results from Saturday’s New Zealand election indicate there are a total of 11 overhang seats, with parliament expanded from its nominal 120 seats to 131.
New Zealand’s provisional election results have created considerable uncertainty, and may feel frustrating for many voters. But fortunately there are guidelines for the parties and for the process of government during this limbo period.
“New Zealand has spoken,” Labour leader Chris Hipkins said to the party faithful on election night, before adding: “It may take us a little bit longer to figure out exactly what it is that you’ve said.”
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters – a veteran of 18 general elections – has called this long and sometimes fractious campaign “the worst of my career, easily”.
After 188 years, department store David Jones has been put into administration over unpaid rent at some of its 38 Australian and New Zealand stores, as well as long-term financial woes.
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New Zealand’s provisional election results have created considerable uncertainty, and may feel frustrating for many voters. But fortunately there are guidelines for the parties and for the process of government during this limbo period.
After 188 years, department store David Jones has been put into administration over unpaid rent at some of its 38 Australian and New Zealand stores, as well as long-term financial woes.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate to 4.85% from 4.6% – its highest level since the global financial crisis in late 2008.
Norfolk Island is, legally speaking, part of Australia. But running a business in this remote Pacific territory, home to around 2,100 residents, can be very different from on the mainland.
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The decisions New Zealanders make at this year’s general election will help shape health and wellbeing for decades to come.
Aotearoa New Zealand has a long history of international leadership in improving health security, from nuclear disarmament to pandemic control.
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