With more than 20 percent of the vote counted Labour's Sarah Pallett is leading by two thousand votes. 7.48pm - 11% counted now - here's the party voteLabour - 50.2%Greens - 8.2%NZ First - 2.3%National - 26.0%Act - 7.7%Māori Party - 1.0%Other - 4.8%7.47pm - Another seat to watch is Rangitata. But with 33 percent of the vote counted, the Labour candidate Jo Luxton has a 4,221 lead over National's Megan Hands. 7.45pm - Bucking the red trend across Canterbury seats, first-time National candidate Nicola Grigg has a commanding lead over Labour's Reuben Davidson. Photo: Louis Day7.20pm - Early results from across New ZealandWith 2% of the vote counted, Labour is faring even better than the polling numbers.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 17, 2020 06:11 UTC