Clark moves forward after NZ polls win
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark courted coalition partners yesterday after narrowly winning an election that featured a rival bid to strip special rights from indigenous Maori and dismantle nuclear-free laws in favour of stronger US trade ties.
Clark's ruling Labour Party won 50 seats in the 122-seat parliament, forcing her to form a coalition government. The main opposition National Party's was close behind with 49 seats in the poll Saturday.
The 55-year-old Clark will become the first Labour leader since World War II to win three terms if she can agree to deals with small parties to support her in government.
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