Labour's Chris Hipkins is closing the gap with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the preferred prime minister rankings. Photo: RNZ
The coalition would retain power with 64 seats to 58 under the latest 1News-Verian poll, with National slightly extending a lead over Labour in tonight's 1News-Verian poll.
It's a reversal of the previous poll in the series in February, which had the opposition parties with enough support to form a government.
Labour's Chris Hipkins is, however, closing the gap with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the preferred prime minister rankings.
- National: 36 percent, up 2 percentage points (44 seats)
- Labour: 32 percent, down 1 (40 seats)
- Greens: 10 percent, steady (12 seats)
- ACT: 9 percent, steady (11 seats)
- NZ First: 7 percent, up 2 (9 seats)
- Te Pāti Māori: 3 percent, down 1 (6 seats)
People saying they did not know who they would vote for, or refused to answer, accounted for 12 percent of responses.
For parties outside Parliament, The Opportunities Party (TOP) and Freedoms NZ were both steady on 2 percent and 1 percent respectively, well shy of the 5 percent threshold needed to enter Parliament without winning an electorate.
On the preferred prime minister rankings, Hipkins is making up ground on Luxon.
Preferred prime minister:
- Christopher Luxon: 23 percent - up 1 point
- Chris Hipkins: 20 percent - up 3
- Winston Peters: 7 percent, up 2
- Chlöe Swarbrick: 4 percent, down 2
- David Seymour: 3 percent, down 3
- Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke: 1 percent, steady
The poll surveyed 1000 eligible voters and was weighted for demographics, with a margin of error of 3.1 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval. It was conducted between 29 March and 2 April.
The sample for mobile phones is selected by random dialling using probability sampling, and the online sample is collected using an online panel. Undecided voters, non-voters and those who refused to answer are excluded from the data on party support.
Polls compare to the most recent poll by the same polling company, as different companies use different methologies. They are intended to track trends in voting preferences, showing a snapshot in time, rather than be a completely accurate predictor of the final election result.
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