Monday, 10 March 2025

Hipkins overtakes Christopher Luxon as preferred PM - poll

    1. Canterbury
    2. National

    Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ
    Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ
    Labour leader Chris Hipkins has overtaken Christopher Luxon as preferred prime minister and the centre-left bloc would be able to form a government based on results in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll.

    The poll, conducted between March 2 and 4, showed National up 1.7 points to 33.6%, and Labour up 2.8 points to 34.1%.

    The Greens dropped 3.2 points to 10%, while ACT declined 2.3 points to 7.7%.

    New Zealand First was down 1.3 points to 5.1%, while Te Pāti Māori was up 2.1 points to 6.5%.

    On these numbers, the centre-right block would not be able to form a government.

    And for the first time since the election, Hipkins was ahead of Luxon as preferred prime minister in this poll.

    Luxon dropped slightly to 20.3%, while Hipkins rose 3.1 points to 20.7%.

    David Seymour fell to 5%, Winston Peters rose slightly to 8.6% and Chlöe Swarbrick fell 4.1 points to 4.8%.

    Curia is a longstanding polling company but is no longer a member of the Research Association NZ body.

    RNZ