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There’s bad news for the National and Labour parties as they’ve both seen their support fall in this month’s Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll.
The poll shows Labour retain its position as the country’s most popular political party, dropping 2.6 points to 31.2 per cent. National dropped 3.5 points to 29.6 per cent.
The Greens gain 1.3 points to 12.0 per cent, while New Zealand First gains 2.5 points to 10.6 per cent. ACT drops 0.1 points to 6.6 per cent, while Te Pāti Māori gains 0.1 points to 4.4 per cent.
For the minor parties, Freedoms NZ is on 2.3 per cent (+1.5 points), TOP is on 1.6 per cent (+0.5 points), NZ Loyal is on 1.0 per cent (+1.0 points), and Vision NZ is on 0.6 per cent (+0.6%).
The combined projected seats for the centre-left remains 61 seats. The combined seats for the centre-right drops one to 59.
On these numbers, the centre-left bloc could form a Government.
Labour drops two seats to 40, while National drops four seats to 38. The Greens gain two seats to 15, while New Zealand First gains three seats to 13.
ACT remains on eight, while Te Pāti Māori remain unchanged on six.
Cost of living remains voters’ top issue on 26.4 per cent, followed by the economy more generally at 17.4 per cent.
Health is the next largest at 10.3 per cent, followed by employment on 5.1 per cent and poverty on 4.1 per cent.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has taken the lead as voters’ preferred prime minister, rising 3.2 points to 20.9 per cent. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon fell 1.9 points to 19.8 per cent.
