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New Zealand's knife-edge parliamentary election delivers no clear winner

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New Zealand's knife-edge parliamentary election delivers no clear winner

No clear winner was produced in New Zealand’s legislative elections Saturday, setting up the two main blocs – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's right-wing coalition and opposition leader Chris Hipkins' left-wing alliance – for weeks of political wrangling to attempt to cobble together a majority.

Hipkins said that while New Zealanders had spoken, "it may take us a little bit longer to figure out exactly what it is that you've said".