Election 2026 — NZ Politics — Labour Party — National Party — Polling — Opportunity — Green Party — NZ First — ACT — Chris Hipkins — Anacta Poll
He Wouldn’t Say The Number. Now We Know Why.
Hipkins sold an above-30 comfort blanket and would not read the figure. Anacta just printed Labour 31, National 30. Show me the numbers. He had them.
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Two Final Polls Say Overhangs Decide It, and the Left Is Banking on One
The final 1News Verian and Taxpayers’ Union-Curia polls both say electorate seats will decide this election and the left is counting on Te Pāti Māori winning seats its party vote cannot earn. So much for overhangs being a dirty trick.
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