New prime minister Chris Hipkins and the governing Labour party have had a boost in the polls. They've drawn level with the opposition National party and their leader Chris Luxon.
NZ Herald: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ ... NQX7ONVD4/
Time will tell if this poll boost will last. Hipkins and his government have some tough decisions to make ahead of the election in October.
_________________
It is easy to go down into Hell;
Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide;
But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air –
There's the rub, the task.
– Virgil, The Aeneid (Book VI)