Poll shows half of voters think Government on wrong track

Half of voters believe New Zealand is on the wrong track according to a poll released this week and the centre-left bloc in our Parliament has overtaken the coalition Government’s centre-right bloc in popularity.

The Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll was conducted from February 2-4.

It shows the National Party up 2.3 points to 31.9 per cent, while Labour has risen 0.4 points from last month to 31.3 per cent.

The Greens are up 3.7 points to 13.2 per cent, while ACT is down 0.8 points to 10.0 per cent.

New Zealand First is down 1.7 points to 6.4 per cent, while Te Pāti Māori is down 0.9 per cent to 4.4 per cent.

For the minor parties, Outdoors and Freedom is down 0.8 points to 0.9 per cent, TOP is down 1.6 points to 0.5 per cent and New Conservatives are up 0.2 points to 0.2 per cent.

Based on these results, National is up one seat to 39, while Labour remains on 39.

Despite this, the centre-right bloc has dropped three seats to 59, compared to the centre-left bloc’s 61, a rise of three seats.

The Greens gain four seats to 16, while ACT drop two to 12 seats. New Zealand First is down two to 8 seats, while Te Pāti Māori drops one to six seats.

Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James Ross says: “As long as the Government keeps failing to fix the current economic bonfire, they’ll keep getting battered at the polls.

“It’s no coincidence the proportion of people who think New Zealand is heading in the right direction keeps plummeting.

“If a poll showing they’d lose power if there was an election held today isn’t a wake-up call, nothing will be.

“By burying the heads, the Government’s playing a dangerous game of chicken with the electorate.

“Managed decline has lost its appeal. With Budget 2025 around the corner, now’s the time to start laser-focusing on economic growth.”

Meanwhile, a 1News-Verian poll publicly released this week shows 39 per cent of voters believe the coalition Government is on the right track while 50 per cent think it’s on the wrong track.