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A knife-edge result, three possible outcomes – what comes next after NZ’s election?

November 8, 2026

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw “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.” There hasn’t been an MMP election quite (or even anything) like the one that played