A plague of problems

After the longest election campaign in history, it’s worth asking a few questions. The first should be what next?

At the time of writing, almost nothing is clear other than that Labour won in a landslide; National was smashed; after more than 40 turbulent years in politics, Winston Peters has left the stage perhaps for the last time; the Greens have clung on but have no clear role in government; and Act’s David Seymour is sitting in his office wondering what the hell he did right for a change.