Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau and even the Dalai Lama have wished the Labour leader well.
Elsewhere, seats that were clear National wins had their margins heavily reduced as Labour candidates closed in on their opponents.
Labour and the Greens both make MMP history, while National licks its wounds after a horror night.
The accident happened on the Hawke's Bay Expressway late last night.
The party's campaign chair, also called Labour's win in Ilam "unexpected".
National's deputy leader Gerry Brownlee spoke to Q+A after the party's poor showing in the election.
"When people are casting their vote, they’re actually casting their votes for a Labour-Green Government,” James Shaw says.
The once lone MP will now bring in nine others to Parliament.
The party won just 2.7% of the vote in the preliminary results.
The Whangaparāoa MP has previously put his hat in the ring for the job.
“That’s not a matter for me at all, that’s a matter for the Prime Minister,” the Finance Minister told Q+A.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took to Twitter to share his message.
Its part of a group of projects set to share $2.5 million in funding of space-related solutions for coronavirus.
The National Party leader is at the party’s office on Greenlane, Auckland.
1 NEWS' political editor joins Q+A's panel to wrap up the "extraordinary" year of 2020, while looking ahead.
It is estimated about 17% of the vote is still to be announced that could impact the preliminary results.
The group were refloated late last night but later died after becoming stranded on the rocks once more.
Waititi won the Waiariki electorate, pending the counting of special votes.
Jones says was "astonished" with some of the election results.
Umaga-Jensen will take Ioane's No.22 jersey on the bench.
The person is a man who has been working at ports in Auckland and Taranaki.
Tune in as the Director-General of Health speaks from Wellington.
When asked if she would be staying on as leader by media today, Collins said she “would expect so”.
Ardern will be New Zealand’s Prime Minister for another three years,
The All Blacks have earned a 27-7 win at the fortress this afternoon.
Last night's election result saw Labour win enough votes to form the next government.
“I’m absolutely confident that we have done everything as we would usually do here," Jacinda Ardern said.
The long-time politician bowed out of parliament after NZ First failed to win five per cent of the vote.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Chris Hipkins says given the timeframe of the man's symptoms it's "more likely" the man was infected in Auckland.
Having barely left home since March, Fran Hendrickson spends her time making masks for those in need.
The party won eight per cent of the vote this election, up from five per cent in the last election.
The ship was due to arrive at Napier Port this afternoon.
Ardie Savea was credited with the try but no doubt he'll be praising the young winger for making it possible.
With six hours of television live on air, there were bound to be some great moments to emerge.
Labour candidate Tamati Coffey is trailing behind Māori Party candidate Rawiri Waititi in the Waiariki electorate by 400 votes.
The surge in electorates switching from blue to red includes seats which have traditionally been National strongholds.
The party swept 10 seats in last night's election after winning 7.6 per cent of the votes.
The All Blacks coach said he didn’t feel any “relief” with the result.
Foster said both can do even more though.
From first home buyers to multi-million dollar deal-makers, Kiwis are lining up to take advantage of the hot property market.
