Election 2017: Auckland tips the balance in National's favourPHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAGES Support for Bill English and the National Party held firmer in Auckland than in other parts of the country. National's party vote held firm or increased in all but a handful of Auckland's electorates. All 10 of the electorates in which support for National increased by more than 2 points were in Auckland. These are places where the Greens have eaten into Labour's party vote in recent elections, so you would expect to see this. As for NZ First, they won less party vote than 2014 in all but a handful of electorates.

Source: Stuff September 24, 2017 04:56 UTC