Three months ahead of New Zealand’s election, a new poll suggests an incredibly tight contest between the two major parties, and lukewarm support for both, with the latest figures granting the centre-right bloc a wafer-thin victory.
National, the main opposition party, and its supporters took 61 seats in this week’s 1News Verian poll, with the centre-left bloc – led by Labour, the current ruling party – on 59. A party or coalition of parties must win at least 60 of parliament’s 120 seats to form a government.
