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WELLINGTON - New Zealand's centre-right National Party will head the country's next government after Saturday's general election, but it will be several weeks until vote counting is finalised and for now the country is in transition.National won 50 seats and the right-wing, free-market ACT Party won 11, securing a majority of just one seat in the 121-seat parliament, according to provisional results from the Electoral Commission.
If they do, National may need the support of populist New Zealand First and its leader Winston Peters to form a government. According to New Zealand's parliamentary website, a caretaker government can continue the normal business of governing and running the country but cannot make any significant decisions unless there is an emergency or crisis.
Luxon said he would like to have a government in place before the APEC leaders meeting, which starts on Nov. 11. However, he said this will depend on negotiations and special votes.
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