This wording was similar to the wording in the opening sentence of a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta, who expressed New Zealand’sThe PM took time out from campaigning to express his “grave concern at the escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza”. “grave concern at the escalation ...

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:52 am, October 15th, 2023 - 100 commentsCategories: act, election 2023, greens, labour, maori party, national, national/act government, nz first - Tags:The people have spoken. Every party except Labour and the small parties had a pretty good night. The Greens picked up three electorate seats although I suspect they will be disappointed their party vote was not higher. In 2017 Labour and the Greens picked up a seat each after the counting of special votes. In 2020 Labour and Te Pati Maori picked up one seat each after special votes were counted.

The National Party will lead the next government after winning 39% of the vote in a blue wave that swept the country and left Labour decimated. Party leader Christopher Luxon said he’d called Act’s David Seymour to congratulate him on winning Epsom and a total of 11 seats. “That’s what New Zealand is going to get out of this election as far as New Zealand First is concerned”. She criticised Labour for focusing its campaign on attacking National instead of pitching voters a progressive vision for New Zealand. And to all of those who didn’t vote for National: we won’t let you down either,” he said.

The latest vote count projects that National would win 50 seats, Labour 34, the Greens 14, Act 11, NZ First 8 and Te Pāti Māori with four seats. It had National on 35.5 per cent, Act on 11 per cent and NZ First on 6.1 per cent. Wairarapa: The same equation for Andersen also applies to incumbent Labour MP Kieran McAnulty, who faces a challenge from National’s Mike Butterick. Who they will be depends on who wins their electorate contests, as well as what Labour’s party vote finishes on. Senior Labour MP David Parker.

The New Zealand election results by overall party vote and at each local electorate level are broken down on our interactive map. Preliminary results were released throughout yesterday evening, but the final results will not be reported for another three weeks. Plenty can change between election day and when the final results are declared several weeks later. In 2020, 488,776 people cast valid special votes, accounting for 16.9 per cent of all votes cast in the election. The results of the 2023 general election will be released progressively from 7pm on October 14 on the Electoral Commission’s website.

Live updates of the Rugby World Cup clash between the All Blacks and Ireland in Paris. The Southern Hemisphere has dominated the World Cup, winning eight out of nine tournaments and the previous four consecutively. No All Blacks captain has ever lost more than two tests between the two sides. Farrell named an unchanged starting XV for the first time at the World Cup. Johnny Sexton will play his 15th test against the All Blacks for Ireland, and 18th overall including the British and Irish Lions.

Guardian News published this video item, entitled “New Zealand abandons Labour as country votes for National party” – below is their description. New Zealand voters have delivered a forceful rejection of the Labour government and a surge in support for the National party. Speaking to a large crowd of party-faithful at his election night event in Auckland, National party leader Christopher Luxon said his party was on course to form the next government with libertarian party Act. The result marked a dramatic change in fortunes for the Labour party, which three years earlier – led by Jacinda Ardern – secured a historic mandate, but saw its support dwindle in the face of rising living costs and the Covid pandemicGuardian News YouTube Channel

Coming back to Cal Wilson’s death news, she left all of us behind at the age of 53. With that, the speculation of who Cal Wilson’s partner was became very prominent. Cal Wilson’s Partner During The Last Days Of Her LifeTalking about her love interest, Cal Wilson’s partner at the time of her death was Chris Woods. Concerning Cal Wilson’s love life, the comedian had once shared that she had a “terrible taste in men” in her 20s. Cal Wilson’s Death CauseIt was on 11 October 2023 Cal Wilson passed away.

“Special” votes are counted after election day. These include votes cast abroad, but a common misconception is that these account for the majority of “specials”. All votes cast out of your own electorate are special votes (including, this election, both Christoper Luxon and Chris Hipkins’ advance votes). In 2017 there were 446,287 – roughly 17% of the total – special votes cast. When will the final result of the election, including special votes, be revealed?

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“Thank you so much and thank you New Zealand ... you have reached for hope and you have voted for change,” the National leader told supporters, prompting loud cheers. This result would transition Luxon, 53, from a first-term MP into running the country - National and Act would have a combined 62 seats in Parliament. Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks to media during a Labour Party election night event at Lower Hutt Events Centre. "I don't want to look at it," some Labour supporters told the New Zealand Herald as the early results came in. "How different is our situation from one the National Party was in not that long ago?

After Hamas attacked Israel on the 7th of October, Israel has been dropping bombs on Gaza and allegedly stripping the region of its basic amenities. Former player Martina Navratilova, who is also an activist, has been constantly tweeting and speaking out her opinions of the war. https://t.co/Ia8DF9ZtZR — Martina Navratilova (@Martina) October 13, 2023Some of the users replied to Navratilova that the Palestinians can take shelter in the south Gaza. Martina Navratilova (Credit: Stuff.co.nz)But ever since the news broke out, many people have very strong reaction. “Omg…beyond despicable- just evil, EVIL…” Navratilova posted on X (formerly Twitter).

In This Story: IrelandIreland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George’s Channel. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2016, 4.8 million people live in the Republic of Ireland, and 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland. A strong Irish culture exists, as expressed through Gaelic games, Irish music and the Irish language.

During this morning’s media session, a TV journalist from New Zealand asked Ireland attack coach Mike Catt if they had a team photographer at the All Blacks’ training session in Paris yesterday. “I haven’t seen any little photographer hiding under bushes at our training. The only way to go into these games is believing in your game and who you are, and we do. “I’ve probably already given them (the players) my final message: really, I just think trust themselves, trust the work we’ve done as a group and trust the work we’ve done on the field and off the field and go out and express yourself. They’ve got a lot of belief in their game, we’ve got a lot belief in ours.

Palestinian demonstrators wave their national flags while others burn tyres during a protest against an Israeli military raid. Faced with recurring attacks from Hamas militants tunnelling under Israel’s border fence, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a very concrete solution — build a bigger wall. The images taken on Sunday and analysed on Tuesday showed gaping holes in three sections of the border wall, the largest more than 70 metres (230 feet) wide. Once the wall was breached, Hamas fighters streamed through by the hundreds. Under Trump, the US expanded a joint initiative with Israel started under the Obama administration to develop technologies for detecting underground tunnels along the Gaza border defences.