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New Zealand Centre-Left PM Chris Hipkins Concedes Election Defeat

Chris Hipkins replaced Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand Prime Minister this year (Reuters)

Wellington:

On Saturday, New Zealanders voted by a large majority for a change of government, with current Prime Minister Chris Hipkins acknowledging the end of the centre-left Labor Party’s six years in power.

Hipkins, who replaced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this year, said he was “not in a position to form a government” and congratulated incoming Conservative Prime Minister Chris Luxon.

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