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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand Labour’s support sinks to worst level in six years, poll finds

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins. The Labour party dropped four points to 29% in the latest TVNZ-Verian poll. Photograph: Ben Mckay/EPA

New Zealand’s Labour party is polling at its worst levels in 6 years, with prime minister Chris Hipkins saying they are now “underdogs” in the upcoming election.

If the results of the poll were repeated at the election, the left block would lose its large electoral majority, while also reducing the diversity of New Zealand’s parliament and replacing the gender parity currently held with a male majority.

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