New Zealand Labour's Difficult Triumph
Tim Watkin, Pundit
Labour’s overwhelming victory at the election has been greeted with rousing cheers on the left of New Zealand politics and the start of transformational demands. It’s a multi-generational win for Labour, out-polling the Kirk, Lange and Clark victories. You have to go back to 1938 for a bigger percentage (55.8%) and to 1935 for a bigger bunch of new MPs (29).