LIVE: Simon Bridges calls Government 'weak and experimental' in first address as National Party leader

The 56-member caucus met for a secret ballot to decide which of the five candidates would be elected as leader this morning. After two ballot rounds, Ngati Maniapoto's Simon Bridges was elected as leader of the National Party and Tainui's Paula Bennett, who had one opponent contesting her position who Bridges would not name, was elected as deputy.
Simon Bridges is elected as leader of the National Party, becoming the first Māori on that position.