If National wins ...

[winner69]

56% counted and it's getting worse for LAB ....even South Auckland won't save them this time

[blackcap]

56% counted and it's getting worse for LAB ....even South Auckland won't save them this time

Could even be worse for them this time with the abortion thing. Depends on what the Ministers have been telling the flock on Sunday...

[winner69]

Interesting as more of today's votes are counted the GRN % is falling ....hmm

[blackcap]

Interesting as more of today's votes are counted the GRN % is falling ....hmm

remember that most of the votes counted are advance votes though.... generally this is the farmers and rural people... maybe the city greens just voted on the day.

[winner69]

remember that most of the votes counted are advance votes though.... generally this is the farmers and rural people... maybe the city greens just voted on the day.

At the 66% mark 955k advance votes and 610k today votes

And GP % has fallen once todays votes started coming in ...might reverse though

[minimoke]

Still early at 10.15pm but National at 46.3% can only be described as an outstanding success for Bill English as he tries to bring a party into a 4th term. Clearly National has the electorate mandate form a government

[minimoke]

If Jacinda losses I hope she is a gracious loser

I reckon she was - and you could hear JT ( or was it Elzorro) cheering her on during her speech.

[fungus pudding]

I reckon she was - and you could hear JT ( or was it Elzorro) cheering her on during her speech.

Wouldn't have been either of them. They would have been crying in the corner and cursing some advertising agency.

[minimoke]

Wouldn't have been either of them. They would have been crying in the corner and cursing some advertising agency.

You are probably right - I was confused by the shrillness of the support.

[Raz]

Wow, interesting study in being myopic...

I can't see a ringing endorsement for any party in this result.

Well now we will see if Winston believes in anything..if it is really going to be Peters demands on overseas ownership, immigration & affordability.

Thinking of all those corporate mates who have been so smug on meeting budgets as population growth of 2% makes it easy or....all the businesses that depend on bringing hordes of low skill, low wage labourers in to make their books balance need to come up with a new business plan, and any government that needs those same hordes to inflate GDP, because they've done bugger all to incentivise productive investment and increased productivity, and who depend on foreign dollars (with strings attached) to keep the economy plodding along, may well need to come up with a new plan for governance.