MMP

New Zealand braces for knife-edge election: What you need to know

New Zealand heads to the polls on November 7 with the centre-right National Party and centre-left Labour neck and neck, neither on track to govern alone under the country's mixed-member proportional (MMP) system. Smaller parties — New Zealand First, ACT, the Greens, Te Pati Maori and newcomer Opportunity — are poised to decide which bloc can command a majority in the 120-seat parliament.