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New Zealand's National party has shed a number of its election promises as it negotiated a coalition agreement with the ACT and NZ First parties.

Centre-right National Party forms three-way coalition with the classically liberal ACT and populist New Zealand First.

It might have taken six weeks to decide the shape of New Zealand’s next government (or three if you count from the final results), but in the end that is the nature of proportional representation. Compromise, trade-offs and haggling are the price of an MMP electoral system designed to avoid…

After six weeks of post-election negotiations, New Zealanders have learned the make-up and the policy agenda of their next government.

The renewable energy sector has been big on promise but lately lagging in delivery, particularly with 2030 emission targets just a little more than six years away

Leaders of three parties arrive at deal to form government led by incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon

The incoming PM says his National Party has allied with the conservative ACT and populist New Zealand First parties.

The three party leaders involved in New Zealand's next government have concluded negotiations and are set to sign a coalition agreement.

ACT leader David Seymour or NZ First's Winston Peters will become New Zealand's deputy prime minister after National deputy Nicola Willis ruled herself out.

It's hoped it will give drivers skills to help in an emergency.

Chris Luxon, leader of New Zealand's election winners National, has brokered policy deals with two minor parties to form government.