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# Chris Hipkins overtakes Luxon as preferred PM in latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll
- URL: https://goodoil.news/chris-hipkins-overtakes-luxon-as-preferred-pm-in-latest-taxpayers-union-curia-poll/
- Published: 2025-03-10T22:47:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-11T00:17:58.000Z
- Description: “More bad news.”
- Author: Centrist
- Tags: News

Summarised by [Centrist](http://centrist.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)

**Labour leader Chris Hipkins has overtaken Christopher Luxon as New Zealand’s preferred prime minister, according to the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll.** 

**The Taxpayers’ Union called the results “more bad news” for the coalition government, warning that unless it delivers meaningful economic growth, support will continue to slide.**

The poll, conducted 2–4 March, shows Labour up 2.8 points to 34.1%, surpassing National, which rose 1.7 points to 33.6%. The results indicate a leftist government could be formed, with Labour, the Greens, and Te Pāti Māori projected to secure 62 seats, while the centre-right bloc lags at 58 seats.

Among smaller parties:

- The Greens dropped 3.2 points to 10% (losing four seats).
- ACT fell 2.3 points to 7.7% (down two seats).
- NZ First slipped 1.3 points to 5.1% (down two seats).
- Te Pāti Māori gained 2.1 points to 6.5% (up two seats).

This marks the first time since the election that Hipkins has led Luxon in the preferred prime minister rankings. Hipkins rose 3.1 points to 20.7%, while Luxon dropped slightly to 20.3%. Winston Peters ticked up to 8.6%, David Seymour slipped to 5%, and Chlöe Swarbrick fell to 4.8%.

![Chris Hipkins overtakes Luxon as preferred PM in latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll - Centrist](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcWTqcKjt3T5T6vcEOvmhwQNYiEpLlGzXxQzKANMWwk66Aio2VZXp8mVou3yJWJcPO7K5xqy55M-FOmoh8HGvSo4T4xhv8ma0HBKB1epADQYg0TH5Ibfva8uyEmAVmOWfBUdd3j8A?key=HKaUk0HLmzMVDycMuu5MXlJj "Chris Hipkins overtakes Luxon as preferred PM in latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll 1")

Luxon’s net favourability fell to -10%, while Hipkins sits at +4%. Seymour’s -28% rating is the worst among party leaders, while Peters sits at -1%.

The public’s mood remains pessimistic, with 48.9% believing New Zealand is heading in the wrong direction, despite a slight improvement.

**Read more over at** [**The NZ Herald**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-speaks-at-post-cabinet-press-conference-following-bad-poll/VN6P5KXWAZAZBCZU54IDM5LDAM/?ref=goodoil.news) **and** [**RNZ**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544327/chris-hipkins-overtakes-christopher-luxon-as-preferred-prime-minister-in-taxpayers-union-curia-poll?ref=goodoil.news)

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