"We will be working to hold the new Government to account, to make sure that they build on the strength and the result of all the hard work that you and I did together over the last decade or so to make this great little country the country that it is."
English was yesterday re-elected National leader at a caucus meeting, and afterwards told media he is committed to remaining in that position through until the 2020 election.
Jacinda Ardern will be sworn in as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand tomorrow, before returning to Parliament to chair her Government's first Cabinet meeting.