Statement Regarding Coalition Negotiations

Monday, 2 October 2017, 1:13 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party

Jacinda Ardern
Leader of the opposition
MP for Mt Albert

Statement regarding coalition negotiations

“This morning I spoke with New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters. We will look to hold a meeting between our respective teams later this week, while we wait for special votes to be counted.

“Special votes remain an important part of the process for the Labour Party with more than 380,000 votes yet to be counted.

“In the meantime, we’ll continue to prepare ourselves for coalition negotiations,” says Jacinda Ardern.

ENDS

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