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Labour leads in latest poll

RNZ Reid Research poll
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The latest RNZ-Reid Research poll shows Labour extending its lead to 35.6 percent while National has dropped to 30.8 percent, marking a continued decline for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, whose approval rating has hit its lowest level yet with a net score of -20.6.

Coalition dynamics remain finely balanced, with New Zealand First rising to 10.6 percent, the Greens at 10.1 percent, ACT at 7 percent, and Te Pāti Māori at 3.2 percent—numbers that would translate into a 60–60 parliamentary deadlock if replicated at an election.



The poll also reflects deteriorating public sentiment, with half of respondents believing the country is heading in the wrong direction, while both Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins have seen weakening leadership ratings despite Hipkins maintaining a marginally positive net score.

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36 COMMENTS

  1. It’s RNZ bais to labour, I would not take it seriously. Roy Morgan has shown higher accuracy in NZ elections compared to Reid Research. No way are we voting for Chippy, RNZ having a laugh. Of labour does get in we are joining the brain drain.

    • I refuse to believe a weasel like Hipkins could ever have any kind of TRUE favourability. Nobody likes that guy. He’s has never won an election, he’s been “appointed” to every position he’s ever held.

      It’s an OBVIOUS lie.

    • Why are Luxon, Peters, and Seymour polling so poorly against the most dishonest, economy ruining, self enriching, corrupt political coalition in NZ history…

      Because the current coalition hierarchy have ramped up the corrupt transfer of your taxes to their personal bank accounts!

      Kiwis need to support and vote for an honest centre right party promising to investigate and prosecute the aforementioned crooks.

      NZ Loyal is the front runner but they need more intellectual input. Academics and disgruntled National and ACT supporters need to help NZ Loyal now!

  2. Either the poll is rigged or NZ folk are stupid. Neither Labour or National or NZ first or Act will get the country out of this planned take down. And don’t even think about Greens or the Maori corrupt parties

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      In order for an alternative political party to be successful outside of the Uni-Party, this will require those who are dissatisfiwed with the current system must join NZ Loyal.
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      The polls are lying- they don’t even have NZ Loyal listed (by design??) and neither will they give NZ Loyal any consideration.
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  3. The collective statist NPC’s (hive mind) put the Red Bolsheviks in the lead because most people don’t want freedom, they want a free lunch.

  4. A chart describing a fake democracy with phoney “parties” where your vote will count for very little as the dominant incumbents in the two-horse-race trade places and perform either “for” or “against” decisions made for them by undemocratic processes and put on a display of a lawyerly debating club until the next “election” where if they win they change roles from “against” to “for”. Just like the uni debating club – what joy for the selected.
    The political party system is the problem, not the solution. It is a paradigm which seems to be ingrained in most peoples minds which have been shaped by their emersion in education and media channels such as television.

  5. This result is not kudos to the worst Govt to have bankrupted New Zealand but a major criticism of National for its lack of bravery and failing to read the room

      • If you’ve ever watched some of the older South Park seasons, they had this long running election parody of the Turd Sandwich vs the Giant Douche.

        It was meant to satirise how elections are meaningless because no matter which way you vote, you just keep ending up with an sh!tty outcome no matter what.

        Never have I seen a bigger turd sandwich or giant douche than in the case of NZ’s two Chris’s

  6. Slippery turd-head luxon and greasy scumbag hipkins, a pair of fraudulent epstein-type maggots who don’t give a fk about anyone but themselves, yet the pathetic bleating sheepflock of coward-voters still keep ticking these slimy little creeps’ boxes… Grow a spine you simpering brainwashed fools….

  7. “Give Chris A Miss” this election. Join me in not voting for National or Labour. How many times do they need to let us down before we say “enough”.

  8. Either way, their global masters will dictate how the country is run. The voters have no say. I’ts all just a stage show..

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  10. The only politicians with any balls are Winston Peters & David Seymour. Either of them would be a better pick for Prime Minister of New Zealand than any of the other useless idiots. Wake up New Zealand. Get rid of the Maori roll & vote NZ First or ACT.

    • The only balls the corrupt, australian cartel supporting, Ardern exonerating, gas terminal.money laundering; Peters and Seymour have are yours!

    • You are absolutely right, David. For proper and practical governance, experienced practical people must take an axe to this racist Maori who contribute zero. We dont care a toss about your culture and we don’t want to pay you to bless our trees before we cut them down. The greens who would have pushcarts and bicycles replace trucks, vans, cars and planes.

      It is absolutely ridiculous to expect investment in a nation who prioritises extreme special privileges for race, gender, employees. We simply do not make things here because the rules are nolonger unworkable.

      Labour wants to take a capital gains tax. Ok so if you live in a rental, do you think your rent will go up or down? Be careful what you wish for. You might find a capital gains tax hits renters in the pocket.

      I call for a massive reduction of government. Stick to the basic, pratical functions of government.

      If you are not voting Act, NZ First you will be poorer in 3 years.

      Here my special message to Luxon. You haven’t let business profit. You have diverted profits to the government. You have not reduced compliance . You have taken away the ability for business to function. Now its time for you it piss off.

      I was going to leave it there. But since I’m on a roll…….. what worthy successful man wants to allow a women to move into their home only to loose 50% after 3 summers. Its the biggest scam. It is nolonger reasonable or even possible to consider this deal. Make it so people contract in if they want this. Otherwise people own what they paid for.

  11. The only balls the corrupt, australian cartel supporting, Ardern exonerating, gas terminal.money laundering; Peters and Seymour have are yours!

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