3 Aug 2023

Labour down 3.3 percent in latest poll

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 3 August 2023
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to media following in his first major foreign policy speech.

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

Three Ministers gone - and three percentage points gone from their support base.

That's the tale of the Labour Party's past two months, in which Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has dealt with scandal after scandal.

According to the latest Newshub - Reid Research poll, released last night, National and ACT could comfortably govern with a projected 63 combined seats.

Labour were down 3.6 points to 32.3 percent, and National were up 1.3 points to 36.6.

The minor parties were in good shape, with ACT up 1.3 points to 12.1 percent, the Greens up 1.5 to 9.6 percent, and New Zealand First up 1.1 points to 4.1 percent.

RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Corin Dann.