New Zealanders have resoundingly elected a new conservative government as Chris Hipkins, the incumbent prime minister, conceded that Labour’s six years in power were over. The National party’s Christopher Luxon said New Zealanders had “reached for hope and voted for change” after a campaign dominated by an increasingly difficult economic situation and a backlash against Labour’s environmental policies among farmers.“ It’s a weight off our shoulders,” said Joe Lloyd, a sheep and beef farmer watching election coverage on television from his living room in the Waikato region. Mr Lloyd was...…New Zealanders have resoundingly elected a new conservative government as Chris Hipkins, the incumbent prime minister, conceded that Labour’s six years in power were over. The National party’s Christopher Luxon said New Zealanders had “reached for hope and voted for change” after a campaign dominated by an increasingly difficult economic situation and a backlash against Labour’s environmental policies among farmers.“ It’s a weight off our shoulders,” said Joe Lloyd, a sheep and beef farmer watching election coverage on television from his living room in the Waikato region. Mr Lloyd was...WW…