https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/14/new-zealand-election-2023-results-national-party-labour-
New Zealand abandons Labour and shifts
to the right as country votes for wholesale change
Guardian [U.K.], by Eva Corlett
Posted By: Dreadnought, 10/14/2023 10:16:11 AM
New Zealand voters have delivered a forceful rejection of the Labour government as a surge in support for the National party delivered what analysts described as a “bloodbath” for the government and a new right-leaning era for politics in the country. The result marked a dramatic change in fortunes for the Labour party, which three years earlier – led by Jacinda Ardern - secured a historic mandate, but saw its support dwindle in the face of rising living costs and the Covid pandemic. Speaking to a large crowd of party-faithful at his election night event in Auckland, National party leader Christopher Luxon said his party was on course to form