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Election 2014
Election 2014 headlines with summaries.
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Labour MPs agree to review campaign
23 Sep 2014Labour MPs have emerged from a seven-hour caucus meeting having agreed to review the party's 2014 election campaign - its worst since 1922. Video, Audio
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Hager sceptical on Ede resignation
22 Sep 2014Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager does not believe National Party advisor Jason Ede - named in the book as John Key's "black ops man" - has resigned voluntarily. Audio
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Tussling starts for Labour's top job
22 Sep 2014Labour needs to take a serious look at how it relates to the public following Saturday's disastrous election result, senior MP Grant Robertson says. Audio
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Dunne, Seymour seek ministerial jobs
22 Sep 2014Both United Future leader Peter Dunne and Act MP David Seymour are angling for ministerial positions in a new government. Video, Audio
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Harawira staying mum 'til final result
22 Sep 2014Mana leader Hone Harawira will not be making any formal statements until the final election result is announced, he says. Mr Harawira lost his seat on Saturday.
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Markets gain on election result
22 Sep 2014The money markets have reacted positively to National's resounding election victory. The stock market has risen more than 1 percent, while the dollar edged up.
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Minto blames Labour for left's failure
22 Sep 2014A senior member of the Mana Movement, John Minto, says Labour Party mistakes are to blame for the overall failure of the left in the election branding Labour's campaign 'lacklustre'. Audio
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Unions fearful of National policies
22 Sep 2014Unions say they are fearful of what a third term of a National-led Government will bring for the country's schooling system and for the industry sector, following Saturday's election. Audio
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Support for National still high in Chch
22 Sep 2014Any concern over the response to the quake rebuild has not translated to a drop in support for the National Party in Christchurch, holding all of the seats it previously held. Audio
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Compulsory voting 'an easy fix'
22 Sep 2014A political scientist says compulsory voting would be the easiest way to lift declining number of people voting after about a million people did not vote in Saturday's election.
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PM has questions to answer - Hager
22 Sep 2014The author of the book Dirty Politics, Nicky Hager, says John Key and the National Party still have questions to answer despite a resounding election victory. Audio
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Seymour to meet with Key this week
22 Sep 2014ACT's new Epsom MP David Seymour says he will be speaking with the Prime Minister John Key in the next day or two.
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Labour should learn from Manukau - Salesa
22 Sep 2014The newest MP of Pacific descent says Labour nationally should copy the campaign style that succeeded in its south Auckland electorates.
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MPs to be sworn-in on 20 October
21 Sep 2014Prime Minister-elect John Key expects new MPs to be sworn-in to Parliament on 20 October, once he has formed a new Government. He has begun talking with National's last term partners. Video, Audio
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Scandals galvanised support - Joyce
21 Sep 2014National Party campaign strategist Steven Joyce believes the scandals which plagued National in the run-up to the election may actually have galvanised its support.
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Cunliffe calls for leadership primary
21 Sep 2014Labour leader David Cunliffe will recommend to his caucus the party go through a full leadership primary in which the party's MPs, members and affiliated unions all vote. Audio
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The MPs and leaders in their own words
21 Sep 2014A collection of quotes from Election 2014, as National celebrates and all other parties look at what went wrong and what they could have done differently.
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Harawira goes to ground after loss
21 Sep 2014Mana leader Hone Harawira has gone to ground after losing the battle for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate. He is refusing to concede defeat until special votes have been counted. Audio
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Long-serving Labour MPs ousted
21 Sep 2014Several long-serving Labour MPs are out of a job. Labour picked up four electorate seats but the collapse in its party vote means only five list MPs will be back in Parliament.
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Christchurch Central stays blue
21 Sep 2014The once safe Labour seat of Christchurch Central has remains blue and this time with an increased majority with sitting MP Nicky Wagner increasing her majority.
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Turnout third lowest in 30 years
21 Sep 2014Voter turnout for the election was the third lowest in more than 30 years but higher than in 2011.
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Colin Craig disappointed with result
21 Sep 2014Conservative Party leader Colin Craig said he is disappointed that his party did not reach the 5 percent threshold it needed to get into Parliament without winning an electorate. Audio
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Dotcom says his brand 'poison'
21 Sep 2014Kim Dotcom says his brand was 'poison' for the Internet Mana alliance, which gained just one percent of the party vote and will have no seats in Parliament. Audio
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National Party sweeps to victory
21 Sep 2014The National Party has emerged a clear winner in the 2014 general election and Prime Minister-elect John Key has vowed to continue to provide strong and stable government. (VIDEO) Video, Audio
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