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New Zealand's new lawmakers start to arrive at parliament as government remains in limbo

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📍 New Zealand, NZ·🕐 5h ago·2 outlets

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) -- Dozens of newly elected lawmakers will start to arrive at New Zealand's parliament this week, even as the country faces ‌a weekslong wait to learn who will govern after an election that left the incumbent center-right bloc with a razor-thin lead. Preliminary results gave Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's National Party, ACT New Zealand and New Zealand First 67 seats in a 131-seat parliament, one more than the 66 required for a majority. But almost 400,000 ⁠v

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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same event, new New Zealand lawmakers arriving at parliament amid government uncertainty, with no conflicting facts.

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Also reported by businessday.co.za (found in GDELT's list of news articles)

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