New Zealand votes tomorrow with polls pointing to a knife-edge result
New Zealanders go to the polls on Saturday 7 November, with more than 2300 polling stations open and votes closing at 7pm. The last surveys of the campaign put Labour ahead of National, with The Post and Freshwater Strategy poll giving Labour a 4.3 point lead, but neither bloc is projected to win enough seats to govern alone. The Herald-Motu poll of polls indicates The Opportunity Party and potential overhangs could decide who governs. Because special votes take weeks to tally, final official results are due Friday 27 November, and coalition talks could stretch past Christmas. Also in this briefing: the Michael Laws controversy hits NZ First on election eve, the kiwi dollar drops to a 19-month low, and media challenge name suppression in a Kawerau homicide case.
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Final election polls show Labour and National locked in a dead heat within margins of error.
A potential parliament overhang could expand the house to one hundred twenty-eight seats, raising majority requirements.
Special votes make up roughly twenty percent of ballots, likely delaying official election results until late November.
The New Zealand dollar dropped to a nineteen-month low as odds of a December rate hike halved.
Ninety-nine percent of union firefighters rejected a pay offer, triggering four planned ten-hour strikes.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02New Zealand votes tomorrow with polls pointing to a knife-edge result: The final polling deadlock2 min
- 03New Zealand votes tomorrow with polls pointing to a knife-edge result: Overhangs, kingmakers, and coalition delays2 min
- 04Michael Laws scandal hits NZ First on campaign's final day1 min
- 05Kiwi dollar hits 19-month low as odds of December rate hike fade1 min
- 06Where things stand1 min
- 07Media challenges suppression of Kawerau homicide victim's name2 min
- 08Outro1 min
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