Labour and Chris Hipkins took a significant tumble in a recent political poll.

The 1News Verian poll puts the incumbent party down 4 points to 29 percent, while National gained 2 points to 37 percent.

National could now form a winning coalition with ACT's 13 percent.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this is part of a wider trend, as Labour has descended in the last several political polls.

"Polling at 29 percent- it's a follow on from a number of political polls. Roy Morgan put them on 26 percent, the Guardian Essential poll had them on 29, the Curia poll had them on 27 percent."

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Labour and Chris Hipkins took a significant tumble in a recent political poll.
The 1News Verian poll puts the incumbent party down 4 points to 29 percent, while National gained 2 points to 37 percent.
National could now form a winning coalition with ACT's 13 percent.
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this is part of a wider trend, as Labour has descended in the last several political polls.
"Polling at 29 percent- it's a follow on from a number of political polls. Roy Morgan put them on 26 percent, the Guardian Essential poll had them on 29, the Curia poll had them on 27 percent."
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