Conservatives win power in New Zealand

New Zealand today elected its first conservative government in almost a decade, ending the rule of one of the world’s longest-serving elected women.

Sat, 08 Nov, 2008 - 12:50

New Zealand today elected its first conservative government in almost a decade, ending the rule of one of the world’s longest-serving elected women.

John Key, a 47-year-old multi-millionaire former foreign currency trader, swept easily to power in the South Pacific country of 4.1 million people, ousting Prime Minister Helen Clark’s Labour Party.

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