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No clear winner in New Zealand election, as leaders prepare for weeks of talks November 8, 202611:46 AM ET

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The Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister and National Party leader, Christopher Luxon addresses party faithful in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, Nov.7, 2026. Alex Robertson/AP hide caption

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealanders will wait for weeks to discover who will lead the country after Saturday's election failed to deliver a decisive win for the right or the left, leaving fraught negotiations for a wafer-thin governing majority the only apparent path to victory for either side.