Tom Day: National and PM nosedive to new lows, left bloc would gain power

Support for the National Party and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has crashed to new lows in the latest 1News Verian poll.

Full poll results:

Party vote

Labour – 37% (up 5% since February)

National – 30% (down 4%)

Greens – 11% (steady)

NZ First – 10% (steady)

ACT – 7% (down 2%)

Opportunity Party - 3% (up 2%)

Te Pāti Māori – 2% (steady)

Don't know / refused to say – 9% (down 2%)

Seats in the House

Labour – 47

National– 37

Greens – 13

NZ First – 13

ACT – 8

Te Pāti Māori – 6

Total: 124

Preferred prime minister

Chris Hipkins – 19% (down 1%)

Christopher Luxon – 16% (down 4%)

Winston Peters – 12% (up 2%)

Chlöe Swarbrick – 6% (up 1%)

David Seymour – 4% (steady)

Chris Bishop - 2% (up 1%)

See the full poll results here

Tom Day is the Politics Producer for 1News in the Parliamentary Gallery.