00:00New Zealanders will wait for weeks to discover who will lead the country after Saturday's election failed to deliver a
00:08decisive win for the right or the left.
00:11Preliminary results suggest Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's coalition could retain power with a fragile lead, but hundreds of thousands of
00:20uncounted votes could still change the outcome.
00:23Official results are expected on 27th of November.
00:27We've been saying it's going to be a very tight election. It definitely has proven to be that.
00:31We unfortunately don't know what that all means for another three weeks because our system takes three weeks to count
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00:38But we need to deal with that when we deal with it.
00:41And as I said, today's numbers and there could be a number of permutations that means that we can carry
00:46on and build the government with our current partners.
00:49And that's quite feasible. But let's wait and see in three weeks.
00:52Luxon's National Party and its existing partners are projected to hold 67 of 131 seats in parliament, one more than
00:59the 66 required for a majority.
01:01But around 400,000 special votes, including ballots from overseas, remain to be counted, which could sway the result.
01:09The left bloc, led by Labour leader Chris Hipkins, is projected to hold 56 seats.
01:14Opportunity, a centrist party, has seven seats, and could become important in coalition talks if Luxon's side loses ground.
01:22Newly elected lawmakers will begin arriving at parliament this week, but it could be weeks before New Zealand knows who
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