Photo: NZ HeraldThe Labour Party has lost some support in the first political poll of the year - but its leader Jacinda Ardern has been dealt a significant, personal blow. She is down 15 percentage points in the preferred prime minister rankings in tonight's 1News/Colmar Brunton poll. Ardern is sitting at 43 percent - which is still significantly higher than her main rival, National's Judith Collins, who's at 8 percent - down 4 percentage points on the last poll. The Labour Party is down 4 percentage points to 49 percent - that's far ahead of National's 27 percent, which is up 2 percentage points. Tonight's poll is the first 1News/ Colmar Brunton poll not to use landlines.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 15, 2021 05:45 UTC