New Labour leader Chris Hipkins has helped give his party a bump in the latest 1 News Kantar Public Poll.
Labour has risen five percent up to 38, while National is on 37 percent. ACT is on 10 percent, while the Greens sit on 7.
In the preferred Prime Minister stakes, Hipkins is on 23 percent while Luxon is on 22.
The poll covers the period of Chris Hipkins' first five days since officially taking office, from January the 25 to the 29.
Labour is also now ahead of National in the latest Reid Research poll.
RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch talks to Lisa Owen.
