Labour loses seats to the left and right
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Two Wellington inner-city Labour strongholds flipped Green, veering left, while much of the country turned right.
In Ōhāriu in the capital's northernmost suburbs, Labour's Greg O'Connor held on to his seat despite a strong campaign from Nicola Willis and a party vote that favoured National.
Peter Dunne was MP for Ōhāriu and its predecessors for 33 years.
Dunne spoke to Corin Dann.