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Barry Soper: Both main parties lose ground in new poll

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Publish Date
Tue, 6 Oct 2026, 5:29pm
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

Support for the biggest parties continues to slide, with their combined support in a new RNZ-Reid Research Poll now below 57 percent.

Since the August poll, National has fallen 3.2 points to 25.9 percent, and Labour 1.4 points, to 30.8.

The left bloc is ahead, and Opportunity holds the balance of power.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper explained further.

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