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ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕚𝕡 𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝟙ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕝, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣. T he poll also found 40% of voters think New Zealand is in "worse shape" and 30% "better shape" than before the election, one year ago today. The poll, which surveyed 1000 eligible voters and ran from October 5 to 9, would see the coalition returned to power with 63 seats if an election were to be held today - the one-year anniversary of the 2023 general election. National, on 37% of the party vote in the poll, was down 1% on the last poll, which was held in August. Labour was also down 1% on 29%, the Greens up 1% on 12%, ACT up 1% on 8% and New Zealand First on 5%, down 1%. Te Pāti Māori ...

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: 𝟜𝟘% 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕟 '𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖' 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔸𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕨𝕠-𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕒 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝟙ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝. H owever, almost a third believe the country is in better shape than before, a year since Labour was evicted from the Beehive by voters. The poll, which surveyed 1000 eligible voters and ran from October 5 to 9, asked them if they thought, a year on from the election, if the country is in a better shape or worse shape or no different than it was before the election. Of the 1000 people surveyed, 40% said the country was in a worse shape, and 26% said there was no difference. . . Those who thought the country was in better shape was 30% of respondents, while 4% didn’t know or pr...

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤, ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕕 ℙ𝕄 𝔸 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤, ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕕 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 A new poll presents a rosier picture of Kiwis’ views of Labour leader Chris Hipkins than the Taxpayer Union-Curia results earlier this week that showed his popularity plummeting. The Herald has obtained a Talbot Mills poll which shows Hipkins sitting at 22% (down 1 point) in the Preferred Prime Minister stakes. That’s significantly better than the 12.6%, he received in the Curia poll, down 6 points from its previous poll. In the Talbot Mills poll, National leader Christopher Luxon is at 26% (down 1 point), compared to 32.7% in the Curia poll. . . The Talbot Mills survey, which isn’t normally released publicly, was carried out between September 1 and 10. Talbot Mi...

ℙ𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪, 𝕒𝕤 𝔾𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝-𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔾𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝, 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔’𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘. A poll by Labour’s pollster, Talbot Mills Research, for the firm’s corporate clients that has been obtained by The Post shows the coalition parties — National, ACT, and NZ First — lacking sufficient public support to form a Government, if an election were held today. The next election is in 2026. The poll showed Labour-Greens-Te Pāti Māori together would have a one seat edge in the House, presuming Te Pāti Māori once again won six electorate seats, and NZ First remained aligned with the centre-right parties. It was the first such outcome for the centre-left bl...

𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 ℙ𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤. T he lines write themselves: "Just one poll", "not focussed on poll numbers", "focused on Kiwis" etc, etc. One poll is easy to dismiss. A trend is not so. Newshub has learned Labour's internal poll also has the coalition falling short of cobbling the numbers to keep the Treasury benches. In its internals, undertaken by Talbot Mills, Labour is neck-and-neck with the Nats - the red team on 33 percent and the blue on 34 percent. . . Where the Talbot Mills differs from  last night's 1 News Verian poll  is New Zealand First on 6 percent - keeping their heads above the 5 percent threshold needed to score a place in the Parliament. Commentator Metiria Turei says this coalition of chaos gover...

ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕦𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕋𝕒𝕩𝕡𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟-ℂ𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕋𝕒𝕩𝕡𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤. T he coalition parties still had 64 seats between them on the numbers, easily enough to govern, with a greater vote percentage for Te Pāti Māori pointing to a 120-seat Parliament with no overhang seats, under the assumption electorate seats remain the same. National: 37.1 percent, down 0.3 points (47 seats) Labour: 25.7 percent, up 0.4 points (32 seats) Greens: 14.6 percent, up 3.3 points (18 seats) ACT: 7.2 percent, down 2.8 points (9 seats) NZ First: 6.3 percent, down 1.1 points (8 seats) Te Pāti Māori: 4.6 percent, up 2.1 points (6 seats) . . All non-...