Premier-in-waiting Christopher Luxon celebrates news of the victory. Photo: AFP
New Zealanders resoundingly elected a new conservative government Saturday, with incumbent Prime Minister Chris Hipkins conceding his centre-left Labour party's six years in power were over.Hipkins, who replaced charismatic two-term leader Jacinda Ardern in January, said he was "not in a position to form a government" and had already congratulated premier-in-waiting Christopher Luxon."The result tonight...