Labour gets ass routed as New Zealand re-elects conservative prime minister for third term

9/21/2014

New Zealand’s incumbent conservative prime minister has handsomely won a bruising election campaign, shaking off allegations of dirty tricks and a spying row to devastate his Labour opponents.

John Key, 53, was first elected prime minister in 2007 and yesterday won his third three-year term.

His National party took 48.1 per cent of the vote, based on election night results, and the Labour party less than 25 per cent. The New Zealand Greens failed to improve on their 2011 election result and maintained 10 per cent of the vote.

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