NBR: National has retained a healthy lead over Labour in a new poll but NZ First appears to have benefited from recent publicity with a 1.5 point increase.
The latest New Zealand Morgan Poll surveyed 834 voters during July 28 to August 10.
National Party support was up half a point on the last Morgan Poll at 48 percent. The poll showed no reaction to publicity around secretly recorded conversations of National MPs at their recent party conference.
Labour had a fillip, up 1.5 points to 34 percent.
NZ First, which has been in the news over questions relating to donations, was up 1.5 points to 6.5 percent -- which sees the party clear the 5 percent party threshold that a party needs, if it does not have an electorate seat, to be in Parliament.
The Green Party lost half a point to sit on 7.5 percent, the Maori Party and ACT lost a point each to hold 2 and 1.5 percent support respectively.
The poll also found more New Zealanders 44.5 percent (up 6 points) believed the country was heading in the right direction compared to 41 percent (down 6 percent) that said the opposite.
Consumer confidence was also stronger, up 7.1 points to 94.9, and up 12.9 points since early July.
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