Photo: RNZNeither the right or left bloc would be able to govern if an election were held today, according to the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll. The Labour Party has dropped 0.3 points to 34.1 percent, while National dropped 0.2 points to 31.3 percent. New Zealand First dropped 1.4 points to 10.5 percent, while the Greens jumped 2.6 points to 10.3 percent. The ACT Party dropped 0.3 points to 6.7 percent, while Te Pāti Māori dropped 0.1 points to 2.9 percent. For parties outside of Parliament, TOP was on 1.4 percent (+0.7 points), NZ Outdoors and Freedom was on 1.2 percent (+0.6 points), Vision NZ was on 0.4 percent (+0.1 points), and New Conservatives were on 0.1 percent (-0.2 points).

Source: Otago Daily Times February 09, 2026 04:09 UTC