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Priya Kurian, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Waikato

NZ's Green Party is 'filling the void on the left' as voters grow frustrated with Labour's centrist shift

The Green Party has run a strong campaign. With a 14.2% share in the latest Newshub-Reid Research poll, up by 1.9 percentage points since the previous poll, that is more than half the Labour Party’s 26.5%.

The gain seems to have come from voters unimpressed by Labour’s centrist shift under leader Chris Hipkins, which leaves the Greens to fill a wider void on the left.

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