Former Labour leader Phil Goff hasn't given up on the prospect of a left-wing Government, despite last night's preliminary results.

The data shows that the right bloc currently has a clearer path to getting into Government, but there's still 400,000 special votes to be counted.

Goff says New Zealand needed a decisive vote - and the nation didn't get it.

"We won't know, actually, until the 27th of November - or maybe even a little bit later, if there's a vote recount ordered. We won't know for another three weeks what the actual result is." 

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Former Labour leader Phil Goff hasn't given up on the prospect of a left-wing Government, despite last night's preliminary results.
The data shows that the right bloc currently has a clearer path to getting into Government, but there's still 400,000 special votes to be counted.
Goff says New Zealand needed a decisive vote - and the nation didn't get it.
"We won't know, actually, until the 27th of November - or maybe even a little bit later, if there's a vote recount ordered. We won't know for another three weeks what the actual result is."&nbsp;
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The Debrief: former Labour Party leader Phil Goff on the state of the preliminary election results

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