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The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand’s Labour coalition sees best poll result in a year after ‘policy bonfire’

New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins in parliament in Wellington.
New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins in parliament in Wellington. He has surged in the preferred prime minister rankings according to a new poll. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

New Zealand’s governing Labour coalition has pulled ahead in a new poll, putting it closer to staying in government after the upcoming election than it has been in a year.

It is the second poll this month to show strong results for Labour or the Greens, with support for the coalition parties rallying after the government coordinated national disaster responses, grappled with extreme weather events, and announced that it would be abandoning parts of its policy agenda to focus on economic issues.

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