Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has triumphed in a spectacular win — delivering her power in her own right and an absolute thrashing to the National Party.
Labour secured nearly 50 per cent of the vote, the most any party has achieved under MMP, which will hand it 64 seats.
The night was a bloodbath for Judith Collins' National Party which lost 15 electorate seats to Labour.
NZ First was also kicked out of Parliament but the Māori Party has made a return.