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theconversation.com Pre-election polls understated right in NZ, with overhang skewing preliminary results Polls were showing the right leading the left before the election, but National, ACT and New Zealand First all did better on the night. 
theconversation.com NZ will have a caretaker government for weeks. What that means and how it works The final election result won’t be known for three weeks and coalition negotiations will take even longer. But it’s not correct to say ‘there’s no government’. 
theconversation.com NZ’s next government hangs in the balance: 2026 election results at a glance Provisional results suggest a parliamentary overhang of nine seats, which means a majority requires 66 seats. 
theconversation.com A knife-edge result, 3 possible outcomes: what comes next after NZ’s election? With special votes still to come, three possible scenarios could determine who governs NZ – and whether Christopher Luxon or Chris Hipkins becomes prime minister. 
theconversation.com View from The Hill: an over-committed Albanese is scrambling to keep his eyes on the main game The PM will devote Monday to chair meetings on the mid-December budget update before flying off again for the COP summit in Turkey. 