Support has risen for the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour party for the first time in almost two years, new polling shows – but New Zealand’s right bloc would still win an election held tomorrow.
A Kantar One News Poll released on Tuesday night found that Labour had halted its steady decline in popularity: for the first time in Kantar polling since December 2020, the party had a slight rise in support, up 1% to 34% of the total vote. Even combined with likely coalition partners the Green party, on 9%, and the Māori party, on 2%, the left would fall short of being able to form a government.
