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Barry Soper: Why can't Luxon get political traction?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 10 Mar 2025, 5:14pm
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(Photo / NZ Herald)

Barry Soper: Why can't Luxon get political traction?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 10 Mar 2025, 5:14pm

Labour has overtaken National - and Chris Hipkins has leap-frogged Chris Luxon as preferred Prime Minister in a new poll.

The Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has Labour on 34.1 percent and National on 33.6 percent - leaving the coalition unable to form a Government.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Luxon doesn't appear to be bothered by this data - and he's focused on getting the economy sorted ahead of the 2026 election.

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