The centre-left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" id="mwAS8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> takes control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> government with leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Clark" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Helen Clark">Helen Clark</a> becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history.