Act leader David Seymour's putting the latest poll result down to telling hard truths not everyone wants to hear.

Both the Tax Payer Curia poll and the Talbot Mills Research poll both have the party on nine percent.

In one of those polls Act has fallen by 5 percent.

Seymour told Heather du-Plessis Allan he won't shrink from taking on the challenges the country faces.



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Act leader David Seymour's putting the latest poll result down to telling hard truths not everyone wants to hear.
Both the Tax Payer Curia poll and the Talbot Mills Research poll both have the party on nine percent.
In one of those polls Act has fallen by 5 percent.
Seymour told Heather du-Plessis Allan he won't shrink from taking on the challenges the country faces.
 
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With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.