Photo: Getty ImagesLabour's Jacinda Ardern has leapfrogged over her leader Andrew Little to get 10.5% as preferred Prime Minister in the first poll since she became deputy leader. The Three News Reid-Research poll has Mr Little on 8.3% - down two points since the last Reid Research poll last year while Ms Ardern was up by almost 8 points to 10.5%. That compared to 35% who said Mr Little was performing well while 36% said he was performing badly. The poll was taken from March 10 - 19 - a period in which Ms Ardern was getting significant attention after being appointed deputy to replace Annette King. At the time she was elected deputy, Ms Ardern insisted she would not overtake Mr Little in the polls - repeatedly saying "it's not going to happen."

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2017 06:33 UTC