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Claire Trevett: Ardern needs to halt the slide

Labour needs to find something to claw back ground, or at least stop the slippage.

Letters: STV is a complicated system

In STV each voter's treated differently, and many fail to elect or help elect a candidate.

Informal poll shows clear front runner in Napier mayoral race

The results from a "straw poll" at a Napier mayoral meeting are in.

School census: Parents firm against cannabis

School census - another pointer to declining support for legalising cannabis?

Beehive Diaries: polls, protests, and yoga pants

Air NZ faces its toughest critic, Shane Jones, and gets a tiny bouquet.

Claire Trevett: Building Bridges - inside the latest political poll

COMMENT: New poll delivers drops of relief to National, but no treats for NZ First.

Latest poll: National rises against Labour, as Ardern dips in preferred PM stakes

National has a two-point lead over Labour in the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.

Soper: Can Bridges survive another unfavourable poll?

COMMENT: Word has it National has slipped below 40 per cent in a new poll.

Comment: Relief for Bridges may be short-lived

It was slightly surprising that Jacinda Ardern was not higher, writes Audrey Young.

Submissions strongly oppose euthanasia bill

Euthanasia bill backers say scientific polls a better judge of opinion than submissions.

Tax heats up the battle for heartland NZ

COMMENT: Winston Peters was badly off his game in an important week.

Comment: Simon Bridges' perilous poll seesaw

Smaller parties feel the squeeze as Labour and National fight it out in polls

Audrey Young: A bizarre end to the year for National

COMMENT: Simon Bridges will be praying for a long hot summer where leaks dry up.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: PM gets tough and shows true leadership

COMMENT: Finally, Labour looks like it knows what it's doing in government.

Budget no poll winner for Labour

No bump for Labour in poll, but Ardern's favourable rating is still high.

Nats rock-solid but Jacinda not quite the rock star she was

Comment: The opinion polls are in, this is what we really think about the Government.