Template:NZ election box begin

{| border=1 cellpadding=4 style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 95%;" ! colspan=6| general election: ! colspan=2 style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |Notes: ! colspan=4 style="text-align:left;" |  Blue background denotes an incumbent.  Pink background denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background denotes a retiring MP. ! colspan=2 style="width: 150px"|Party ! style="width: 150px"|Candidate ! style="width: 200px"|Notes ! style="width: 50px"|List # ! style="width: 50px"|Source
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1 = Country (but parameter is not used, as it's always "New Zealand"); 2 = Year; 3 = ElectorateName; 4 = Refs