Photo: RNZ / Marika KhabaziBy Jo Moir of RNZPressure is mounting on the Prime Minister with a poll result putting National in the 20s. A new Taxpayers' Union Curia poll has National on 28.4 - down nearly 3 points from its poll last month. Luxon trips up on IranThe poll comes at the end of a week where Christopher Luxon struggled to communicate clearly on the Iran conflict. But those of us who are not in the National Party, on this matter, on the outside, it is not good, no," he told Ryan Bridge TODAY. "If that was the number National got on the actual election, that would not be an acceptable result.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 06, 2026 21:23 UTC