Watch: Kelvin Davis' bizarre spiel - is this the world's worst speech?
Kelvin Davis' election 'poem' has not gone down well.
Kelvin Davis' election 'poem' has not gone down well.
Only one of the Māori electorates appears to be in play.
Blue islands in an already Labour stronghold in Wellington have been swallowed up.
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Labour's Helen White was second and National's Emma Mellow finished third.
The dogs, the cabbages and the Bad Boys of Brexit.
National leader promises National will be a "robust opposition" as she concedes defeat.
The eyes of the world are on New Zealand - and a massive swing to Labour.
Ardern and her winning team face historic and complex challenges in the next three years
OPINION: Audrey Young, Simon Wilson, Claire Trevett and Fran O'Sullivan on the results.
What will the new Labour Govt bring: higher taxes for some, higher wages for others.
Co-leader James Shaw: "We have defied the odds."
Victory for Labour, NZ First out, a sniff of hope for the Māori Party.
OPINION: Judith Collins' best was not good enough and she has been utterly rejected.
OPINION: A win was expected but this is extraordinary.
OPINION: These are a few of the things we learned last night.
The party was on 1.4 per cent of the party vote on election night.
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has been rewarded by voters with a landslide win — delivering her power in her own right, and an absolute drubbing to the National Party.
TV3's election coverage made TV1 look like National – tired, sparse, and just not into it.
OPINION: Greater Christchurch has overwhelmingly voted for a Labour government.
Looks like Shane Jones is partying into the night.
Labour is on track to field a record number of Māori MPs for any party.
A crowd of around 100 are gathered outside the Sandringham property.
Ratings agency says Ardern will comfortably win election, but "star-quality" has faded.
The rise of Act and how it managed to finally get enough MPs to have a caucus.
It's a big election night for Morrinsville with someone taking home $5.5m in Lotto.
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"As for the next challenge, we'll all have to wait and see," he said.
Ardern picked up supporters from National through her management of the crisis