World News
New Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’
Source: World news | The Guardian · Published
National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some time New 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
National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some time New 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 opposition left bloc. On preliminary results, the centre-right National party, led by the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, managed to secure enough seats to govern alongside its traditional coalition partners, the libertarian Act and populist New Zealand First parties. Continue reading...
Related stories
New Zealand election coalition talks will likely take weeks – as it happened
This blog is closed, you can read our report on the New Zealand election here Another update here with 8% of the vote counted . National on 31.2%, Labour 28.4%, the Greens 12.9%, Act 11.2%, NZ First 9.6%, Opportunity 5.7% and Te Pāti Māori 0.4%. On these numbers, we would have a
World news | The Guardian ·
New Zealand’s prime minister says election is ‘too close to call’
New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon says he has a pathway to form the next government.
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer
The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.
feeds.bbci.co.uk ·
New ‘high safety’ chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to lower birth weight, study finds
Dinch, an allegedly ‘safe’ alternative, used in the EU and US also found to cause fetal development complications Exposure to a new generation of allegedly “safe” plasticizers is linked to lower birth weight and fetal development complications, which could cause serious health pr
World news | The Guardian ·
India beat New Zealand by four runs via DLS in rain-hit second ODI
Put in to bat, New Zealand struggled to gain any momentum as India's pace attack dismantled their batting lineup.
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·