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| Jacinda Ardern is next prime minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters confirms – live | Jacinda Ardern is next prime minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters confirms – live |
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| A statement from ACT leader – and the party’s sole MP – David Seymour warns that a Labour coalition with Peters is “beholden to a madman on the loose”. | |
| ACT was one of three smaller parties that kept Bill English’s minority National government in power in the last parliament. | |
| Seymour’s statement reads: | |
| With no hints on policy and vague attacks on capitalism, New Zealanders now face a weak leftwing coalition beholden to a madman on the loose. | |
| Winston Peters’ perverse marriage with Labour and the Greens threatens countless groups: taxpayers, Auckland infrastructure users, millennials, immigrants and the businesses relying on them, and more. | |
| If this coalition governs as it campaigned, then New Zealanders face a big-spending, tax-everything-that-moves, 1970s-protectionist, red-tape-loving government. | |
| 7.30am BST | |
| 07:30 | |
| A reminder that Jacinda Ardern became leader of the Labour party on 1 August – less than three months ago. Weeks later, she is the prime minister. | |
| 7.28am BST | |
| 07:28 | |
| Further congratulations from former Australian Labor prime minister Julia Gillard: | |
| Congrats to Jacinda Ardern and the NZ Labour team. After many nail-biting days, a great result! - JG | |
| 7.23am BST | |
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| A quick guide to what you need to know about Jacinda Ardern, Labour leader and New Zealand’s next prime minister: | |
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| Peters says talks between NZ First and Labour have been “extremely constructive” but refuses to divulge what cabinet and ministerial roles have been dished out. | |
| That’s for the prime minister to reveal, he says. | |
| And now he’s done. We’re expecting to hear from Ardern soon. | |
| 7.19am BST | |
| 07:19 | |
| Peters did not tell Ardern in advance | |
| “No doubt she saw it on the television,” Peters says. | |
| He confirms he did not tell English first either, saying he thought the New Zealand public had the right to know first. | |
| 7.15am BST | |
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| The Green party will meet this evening to decide whether it will back the Labour/NZ First coalition. Winston Peters has said the Greens would not be in government, making a likely outcome a confidence and supply arrangement. | |
| But this would need to be formally accepted by the Green delegates. | |
| Email from Greens pic.twitter.com/8j44kjA6ny | |
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| We didn’t get enough votes to secure a referendum on the future of the Māori seats, Peters says. This was a key NZ First policy that now looks likely to be discarded as Ardern had said she would not support it. | |
| Peters points out that all Māori seats fell to Labour in the election, wiping out the Māori party’s parliamentary representation. | |
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| Swift congratulations for Ardern from Australia’s Labor leader Bill Shorten: | |
| Congratulations @jacindaardern & @nzlabour - a new era for New Zealand. | |
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| 07:09 | 07:09 |
| A reminder that we are due to be hearing from Jacinda Ardern – New Zealand’s new prime minister – right after Winston Peters finishes taking questions. | A reminder that we are due to be hearing from Jacinda Ardern – New Zealand’s new prime minister – right after Winston Peters finishes taking questions. |
| It’s not clear if Bill English, the outgoing PM, will speak. Earlier today he said he had not considered whether he should resign if National did not win out in the coalition deal. | It’s not clear if Bill English, the outgoing PM, will speak. Earlier today he said he had not considered whether he should resign if National did not win out in the coalition deal. |
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| “There are far too many people living in degraded and poor conditions in this country,” Peters says, adding that those in power were thought to be out of touch with the reality of life for New Zealanders. That was the key issue in the NZ First caucus, he says. | “There are far too many people living in degraded and poor conditions in this country,” Peters says, adding that those in power were thought to be out of touch with the reality of life for New Zealanders. That was the key issue in the NZ First caucus, he says. |
| He says part of the coalition deal will be to build 10,000 affordable homes each year. | He says part of the coalition deal will be to build 10,000 affordable homes each year. |
| 7.04am BST | 7.04am BST |
| 07:04 | 07:04 |
| It appears the Green party will back the Labour/NZ First coalition with a confidence and supply deal – its eight seats are needed to get the coalition to the 61-seat majority it needs. | It appears the Green party will back the Labour/NZ First coalition with a confidence and supply deal – its eight seats are needed to get the coalition to the 61-seat majority it needs. |
| Labour won 46 seats and NZ First has nine. | Labour won 46 seats and NZ First has nine. |
| 7.02am BST | 7.02am BST |
| 07:02 | 07:02 |
| Peters says he is not saying what job he will have in the new government, saying it’s in the gift of the new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. | Peters says he is not saying what job he will have in the new government, saying it’s in the gift of the new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. |
| He suggests he has been offered the deputy PM role, adding that NZ First will not have the key finance minister job. | He suggests he has been offered the deputy PM role, adding that NZ First will not have the key finance minister job. |
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| Peters says the choice ultimately came down to whether to stick with the status quo or go for change: | Peters says the choice ultimately came down to whether to stick with the status quo or go for change: |
| The people of this country did want change. And we have responded to that. | The people of this country did want change. And we have responded to that. |
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| Peters says Ardern displayed “extraordinary talent” during the campaign. | Peters says Ardern displayed “extraordinary talent” during the campaign. |
| He says it will be her choice which ministerial portfolios are given to NZ First. | He says it will be her choice which ministerial portfolios are given to NZ First. |
| 6.57am BST | 6.57am BST |
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| NZ First enters coalition with Labour | NZ First enters coalition with Labour |
| The country voted for change, Peters says. | The country voted for change, Peters says. |