National Party leader Judith Collins. Photo: NZ HeraldNational leader Judith Collins has hit back following a damning political poll, saying she was getting positive feedback over National holding the Government to account on its "radical interpretations". Collins told Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB that she didn't believe the numbers in the poll and that it contradicted positive feedback she was getting. Her comments come after the poll showed Labour at 52.7 percent (up 2.7 percentage points from election night), and National at 27 percent (up 1.4 percentage points). This was a slightly narrower gap between the major parties than on election night in 2020, when Labour won 50 percent of the vote and National won 25.6 percent.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 16, 2021 20:25 UTC