“Thank you so much and thank you New Zealand ... you have reached for hope and you have voted for change,” the National leader told supporters, prompting loud cheers. This result would transition Luxon, 53, from a first-term MP into running the country - National and Act would have a combined 62 seats in Parliament. Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks to media during a Labour Party election night event at Lower Hutt Events Centre. "I don't want to look at it," some Labour supporters told the New Zealand Herald as the early results came in. "How different is our situation from one the National Party was in not that long ago?
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