The New Zealand general election is open. The two major parties continue to fight for information, both of which are less than half. The Chinese-led small party is the key to forming a government.

The preliminary results of the New Zealand parliamentary election held on the 7th show that the outcome of the two traditional political parties - National, a member of the ruling coalition, and the opposition Labor Party (Labour) is uncertain. In the end, no party is expected to win more than half of the parliament alone. The decision to form a government falls to small parties whose vote share exceeds the "shared seat" threshold, including the centrist Opportunity Party led by Chinese Americans.

The topic of this election focuses on concerns about the rising cost of living and economic conditions. National Party leader and current Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called for "no tax increase", hoping to ensure that the center-right coalition he leads continues to be in power; the Labor Party led by former Prime Minister Chris Hipkins promised to alleviate the pressure on the cost of living.

Higgins said on the 6th that he firmly believed that the Labor Party's performance would "exceed expectations"; a final poll released that day showed that the Labor Party slightly led the National Party with a support rate of 30%.

According to data from the New Zealand Electoral Commission, as of 9:44 pm local time on the 7th (4:44 pm Taiwan time on the same day), with more than 50% of the votes cast, the National Party and the Labor Party were still evenly matched, with both receiving 29% of the vote. It is expected that both major parties will not be able to obtain a majority of seats in the National Assembly to form a government on their own, which means that other small parties, especially the centrist emerging party "Party of Opportunity", have become the focus of attention.

New Zealand's general election adopts a "Mixed Member Proportional" (MMP) system, which means that voters must not only vote for people, but also for parties; in the usually 120-seat Parliament, at least 49 seats are party seats; the vote share of party votes determines how many party seats each party can get. Preliminary vote counting results show that the "Opportunity Party"'s vote share has exceeded the minimum threshold of 5% for "seat allocation".

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong, a former KPMG adviser, vowed to make politics friendlier and more moderate, and was willing to work with whichever party gets the most seats. Huang Qiulei told voters when the votes were counted: "You voted for unity, not division. You used your votes to completely change New Zealand politics."

David Capie, a professor at Victoria University of Wellington, pointed out that thanks to voters being tired of the two traditional mainstream political parties, Huang Qiulei's Opportunity Party was able to take advantage of the situation; an emerging party with no historical baggage allows voters to project whatever they want on it.