National and Labour have both dipped slightly in the latest 1News Verian poll and both Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins had dropped in popularity.

Luxon is on 25% as preferred Prime Minister while Hipkins is at 15% - both down three percentage points on the last poll.

National was on 37% and Labour was on 29% - both down one point since the last poll in August.

The Green Party was at 12%, Act 8%, NZ First 5% and Te Pāti Māori 4%.

Luxon had dropped three points as preferred Prime Minister down to 25% - and Hipkins had also dropped three points to 15%.

The last 1News Verian poll in August had shown a lift in support for Luxon with a 5 point increase to 28% as preferred Prime Minister while Hipkins was steady on 18%.

In that August poll, National was on 38% and Labour was on 30%, the Green Party was at 11%, Act 7%, NZ First 6% and Te Pāti Māori 4%.

In tonight’s poll, Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was third in the preferred PM rankings, but was down 1 point to 6%.

The new 1News-Verian poll marks a year since the 2023 election, which delivered a change in government to the National Party coalition with NZ First and the Act Party.

The poll of 1000 eligible voters was taken from October 5 to 9 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1%.

The polling period coincided with protest action against the Government’s decision to re-consider plans to rebuild Dunedin Hospital, citing a cost blowout, and further progression of fast-track consenting legislation.

A Taxpayers Union Curia poll out last Friday was taken over the same period and showed National support dropping 4.1 percentage points to 34.9% – its lowest result in 15 months in the Curia polls.

Labour’s 30.3% result was up 3.6 points on the last poll in September.

In that poll, Luxon was down five percentage points to 27.7% in the preferred PM rankings and Labour leader Chris Hipkins jumped 4.3 points to 16.9%.

Earlier today, 1News also released a poll question showing 30% of people thought the country was in better shape than a year ago, while 40% thought it was in worse shape and 26% thought little had changed. Four per cent did not know or refused to say.

At the weekly post Cabinet press conference on Monday afternoon, Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis pushed the government’s progress on the cost of living front over the year since the election, noting inflation was falling, food prices were dropping and the Reserve Bank had cut the official cash rate by a further 50 basis points last week, down to 4.75%.

Willis said the economy and the Government’s books were still in a bad state, but there were signs government actions to trim spending were starting to have an impact.

The cost of living was the dominant issue during the 2023 election and continues to be the highest ranked issue for voters in polls.