party_pants said:

dv said:

dv said:

Certainly looking as though the Nationals will retain government.

With 95% of the vote counted, it appears that the Nationals will again be in a position to form government with the help of coalition partners ACT and NZ First.

OK. I’ll stop pacing up and down, maybe even sit down and have an unpopular cola.

It’s not the end of the world. The Nationals are a very staid right-of-centre party.