width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1" name="viewport"/>Waiting game begins in New Zealand as election remains on a knife-edge | Nine.com.au. Share articleIt could take weeks for New Zealand to learn who their prime minister will be, with no clear winner emerging on election night. Polls closed on Saturday night, with the incumbent conservative-bloc, led by the National Party looking to win a second term of government against its left-wing opponents, led by the Labour Party.