New Zealand election on a knife edge as Labour fights back

Tuesday 14 March 2023

New Zealand’s election is on a knife edge with Roy Morgan’s poll for February showing support continues to increase for the governing Labour Party, up 3% points to 33%:

This follows former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing her resignation on Thursday 19 January, and Chris Hipkins taking over as Prime Minister.

Support for the governing Labour-led Government was up 3.5% to 45.5% and is now level with the National/Act NZ opposition, also on 45.5% (unchanged from January):

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.