Source: CNN.

Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States of America, and he did it by completely blowing up the electoral map.

In an impassioned speech, a CNN pundit says a Donald Trump victory is a "whitelash against a black president" and a "nightmare".

Trump's win unleashed a wave of support from far-right groups, who claim the establishment "world is crumbling" while a new one is created.

The rest of the world is coming to grips with the reality of Donald Trump leading the free world. This is how the world reacted.

COMMENT: Brace yourself for a global economy that is about to get horribly, horribly complicated, writes Liam Dann.

COMMENT: He was the slime that oiled the old, deserted machinery of American politics, and got it running.

COMMENT: A century ago it was predicted that a moron would one day live in the White House. That prediction has now come true.

COMMENT: OMFG. We didn't think it was possible, writes Raybon Kan.

It was the election many experts predicted Hillary Clinton couldn't lose. So how did it all go so wrong?

Perhaps the best feature of the American electoral system is that it gives us two and a half months to recover our composure before the new president takes office.

PM John Key fears Donald Trump's election spells end for TPP trade deal.

He's been called a racist, sexist, tax-dodging fear-monger - and he's America's new leader. Here's how he did it.

Anxiety and disbelief mounted among US allies, but Europe's far right exulted today, as Donald Trump swept the votes to win the US presidential race.

Trump - who called journalists scum and corrupt - alienated us so much that we couldn't see what was before our eyes.

Americans all over New Zealand are gathering to watch an election that has turned out to be a nail biter. Belinda Henley is at one of those events.

The 'resentment vote' could see markets controlled by governments rather than central banks, says a leading economist.

The ardor of Trump supporters only intensified as his momentum has built through the night.

The New Zealand dollar tumbled against the yen as speculation grew that Donald Trump could win the White House.

New Zealand shares tumbled as Donald Trump took the lead in the US presidential race, with every stock on the benchmark index dropping.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.

Opinion: It's early evening in New York and the bars, festooned with televisions, are opening for those who're popping in for a pint after work.

Yen strengthened and gold rose as investors seek safe havens from market chaos as a Trump victory becomes a real possibility.

A ridiculously expensive bar, creepy cake and glass encased memorabilia are all part of Trump's election party. It was never going to be normal.

The possibility of a Trump victory has hit New Zealand's stock market more than the Brexit vote.

Singer Demi Lovato has issued an apology to her 39 million Twitter followers for a "joke" she posted about the US election.

Source: CNN. Update from CNN as a third of the vote is counted in Florida

At least five people have been injured outside a California voting station. The shooting is reportedly not connected to the election.

It all began at the foot of a golden escalator in Trump Tower, Donald Trump's glitzy New York headquarters.

Cumberbatch certainly seemed to have perfected the art of telling a bedtime story during a hilarious pre-election sketch on The Late Late Show.