NZ election in brief

Don't want to wade through acres of political analysis? Here's our outcome of yesterday's election in bullet points

* National secured 45.5% of party vote

* National won 59 seats, Act 5 (up from 2) and United Future 1 - a 65 seat majority

* Labour won 33.8% of party vote and 43 seats

* Helen Clark resigned as Labour Party leader

* The Greens were the only minor party to cross 5% threshold with 6.4% of party vote

* Unsuccessful Tauranga candidate Winston Peters resigned after NZ First failed to reach 5%

* The Maori Party won five of seven Maori seats - up one from last Parliament

* Auckland swung most strongly towards National and Wellington the least. National took Christchurch from Labour for the first time since at least 1996

* Labour also dropped in the provincial seats