据新西兰广播电台报道，周六在新西兰大选计票期间，执政党国家党与中左翼反对党工党陷入了激烈的选情胶着。
The ruling National Party and the center-left opposition Labour Party were locked in a tight race, with vote counting underway in New Zealand's general election on Saturday, according to Radio New Zealand.
投票站于上午9点（格林尼治标准时间周五20点）开放，并于晚上7点（格林尼治标准时间周六06点）关闭。投票结束后随即开始计票。
Polling stations opened at 9 am (2000GMT Friday) and closed at 7 pm (0600GMT Saturday). Vote counting began after polls closed.
在已清点的41.7%选票中，工党以29.7%的得票率领先，险胜获得29.4%选票的国家党，绿党则获得了14%的选票。
Labour was leading with 29.7% of the vote, narrowly ahead of the National Party at 29.4%, while the Greens had 14%, with 41.7% of votes counted so far.
完整的初步结果预计将于周六稍晚公布，最终结果则定于11月27日前出炉。
Full preliminary results are expected later Saturday, while final results are due by Nov. 27.
参与此次大选的其他主要政党包括绿党、新西兰行动党和新西兰优先党，此外还有毛利党和机遇党等小党派。
Other major parties competing in the election include the Green Party, ACT New Zealand, and New Zealand First, along with smaller parties such as Te Pati Maori and the Opportunity Party.
新政党之一是自由巴勒斯坦党，其党魁保罗·霍普金森今年早些时候曾对阿 Anadolu 通讯社表示，该党旨在将巴勒斯坦问题推向竞选活动的最前沿。
Among the newcomers is the Free Palestine Party, whose leader, Paul Hopkinson, told Anadolu earlier this year that the party aims to bring the Palestinian issue to the forefront of the election campaign.