Third term beckons for New Zealand government as polls open


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 Sep 2014

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key speaks at a luncheon in Sydney February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Brendon Thorne/Pool/Files

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's ruling centre-right government of John Key looks poised to be returned for a third term as voting opened in the national election on Saturday.

Opinion polls point to Key's National Party, which has been in power since 2008, being the biggest single party with about 46 percent support, with the main centre-left Labour Party trailing a distant second on 25 percent.

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