An extraordinary morning in the Labour Party's wing of Parliament Buildings and John Armstrong says there are only two words to describe it - absolute mayhem.

Labour leader pushes for early leadership contest but indicates he will not leave Parliament if he is ousted.

Labour MPs arriving at Parliament for caucus say any vote on the leadership should wait until after a thorough review of the election drubbing.

Labour MPs will demand David Cunliffe release potentially embarrassing internal polling results on his popularity to them in caucus.

Bob Jones writes: Serial apologiser Labour party leader David Cunliffe should put aside his sorrow at being a man and do the manly thing.

Steve Maharey writes: I could not fault the Labour Party's optimism over the last few weeks, while wondering if they inhabited the same New Zealand as the rest of us.

A healthy democracy needs two parties capable of providing good government. New Zealand is well served by National and Labour.

In Labour's worst defeat in 92 years, the party vote in central Auckland strongholds Mt Albert and Mt Roskill turned blue.

Labour has clung on to its three Christchurch seats, but is puzzled and dismayed at National's clean sweep of party votes in the earthquake-battered city.

This election has seen the highest ever number of Pasifika candidates voted in as members of parliament.

Te Tai Hauauru MP Adrian Rurawhe says he's got big shoes to fill - even if they belong to an opposition MP, who happens to be a relative and his former boss.

Labour has lost four list MPs and, critically for the party that aimed to have a 45 per cent female caucus, three were women.

For the changes in the Labour's rules which David Cunliffe was party to and which he promoted in order to undermine Shearer could end up destroying his own leadership.

Rugby was the winner on the day. Well, Israel Dagg was.

Labour's new Manukau East MP and Parliament's first Tongan-speaking member, Jenny Salesa, says she has been overwhelmed by the tremendous support from voters.

The dreamlike quality of the 2014 election was only confirmed yesterday when New Zealand woke to discover that everything was pretty much unchanged.

A high tide that swept centre-right parties to their historic victory rose most strongly in Labour's traditional South Auckland strongholds.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has lashed out at Kim Dotcom as "reprehensible" after last night's loss.

In a frosty and combative interview this morning, David Cunliffe admitted the party's worst result since 1922 was 'not great' but 'not all bad either'.

As National began to slide in the polls last week, one senior Beehive staffer was puzzled as to why.

After months of trying to set the agenda for the election, Kim Dotcom last night saw the aspirations of his political party crash and burn.

Hone Harawira has asked voters to 'hold fast to their mana' against the party leaders who have 'ganged together' against him.

Mana leader Hone Harawira claims the National, Labour and Maori parties are all out to unseat him by throwing their weight behind Labour's Kelvin Davis.

A Labour-led Government with the backing of the Green Party or New Zealand First could mean the return of the public service channel previously known as TVNZ 7.

The Internet Mana Party says it would push for the next Government to give NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden safe passage and residency in New Zealand.

David Cunliffe faced a lecture theatre full of students at Waikato University and had smoko with workers at a Te Rapa factory.

Dear John and David. Please forgive the first-name familiarity. I'm older than you are so it doesn't feel terribly out of order.

With heavyweights Pita Sharples and Shane Jones out of the election race, there's a gaping hole in Maori politics and the most urban Maori electorate.

It was advertised as the Labour Party's last big policy of the election campaign. So small was it in size and so opaque was its intention that Labour's motive was anyone's guess.