Fresh poll good news for Govt

The Government has been given a reprieve in the latest Taxpayers Union-Curia Poll, which shows it would stay in office if an election were held today.

It follows two other polls, showing support for the coalition falling to the point there would be a change in Government.

National was up by 0.2 points to 37.3 per cent. Labour has charged ahead by 4.3 points to 30 per cent. The Greens plummeted 4.3 points to

10.2 per cent, while Act was up 2.2 points to 9.4 per cent.

NZ First fell 0.8 points to

5.5 per cent, and Te Pa¯ti Ma¯ori fell 1.5 points to 3.1 per cent.

That would give National 47 seats, Act 12 seats and NZ First 7 seats - enough to govern. Labour would have just 37 seats, with the Greens getting 13 seats. The result assumes Te Pa¯ti Ma¯ori holds its six electorates.

National leader Christopher Luxon’s net favourability was up 15 points to +8 per cent. Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ support also increased this month, rising 5 points to -1 per cent. Act leader David Seymour was up 4 points to -7 per cent and NZ

First leader Winston Peters was up 13 points to -5 per cent.

The rising cost of living continued to be the most important issue for voters, polling 35 per cent, followed by the economy on 13 per cent.

A net 2.5 per cent of voters think the country is heading in the right direction. That figure has been negative in recent months. The number of people who think the country is going in the right direction rose 6.2 points to 45.1 per cent, while the number of people who thought the country was heading in the wrong direction fell 5.3 points to 42.6 per cent.

The poll was conducted from May 5 to May 7.

The median response was collected on May 6 and has a margin of error of 3.1 per cent.