He's not normally a fan of the polls, but Winston Peters may have cause to smile at the latest poll.
Politics
Mon, Feb 16
The results are revealed in the first 1News Verian poll of election year.
The latest 1News Verian poll has better news for National and Labour.
December 8, 2025
Rawiri Waititi said the party was working through internal processes, when asked if two MPs could be expelled from Te Pāti Māori.
November 4, 2025
"It is the dumbest thing you could possibly do. It is highly arrogant and unacceptably irresponsible," Gerry Brownlee said.
Te Ao Māori
October 22, 2025
National rises for the first time in a year in the latest 1News Verian poll, while NZ First hits highest rating since 2017.
April 7, 2025
There was better news for Labour which saw its support rise in in the 1News Verian poll.
February 10, 2025
The right bloc of National, ACT and NZ First is still in front, but Te Pāti Māori surges at the expense of the Greens in the latest 1News Verian poll.
December 9, 2024
Leaders have been quick to dismiss attempts to read deeply into the latest 1News Verian poll, which showed little movement in the party vote.
August 19, 2024
ACT's leader, who has led to charge on the Treaty Principles Bill, says the numbers ultimately reflected how people perceived the previous government.
The Greens, following their internal turmoil, are the only party in Parliament to see a fall.
National's support for the bill at first reading is part of the National - ACT coalition agreement.
August 16, 2024
ACT leader David Seymour says the results are due to poor economic conditions created by the previous government.
April 29, 2024
Chris Bishop said the Government considered the use of urgency - which speeds up a bill's process - justified.
February 27, 2024
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders spoke with reporters ahead of a pōwhiri welcoming them onto the Waitangi Treaty Grounds today.
February 4, 2024
The Te Pāti Māori co-leader said ACT's leader was speaking from a "privileged position".
January 29, 2024
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said attacking Māori is the "only thing these three men... have in common".
January 24, 2024
1News looks back on a whirlwind year of politics.
December 24, 2023
If we value personal choice and freedom, why not relax the rules on oaths, writes 1News political reporter Felix Desmarais.
December 5, 2023
Te Pāti Māori has seen big gains in the Māori electorates.
October 14, 2023
It's the birthplace of the Rātana Church, and a longtime political stronghold for the Labour Party. But is that still the case?
October 13, 2023
Well over 100,000 people have filled out TVNZ's Vote Compass, where the leaders' likeability was put to Kiwis.
October 3, 2023
1News reporters bring you the latest election updates from across the country.
September 21, 2023
Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer emphasises a "by Māori, for Māori, to Māori approach" to health in the new policy.
September 10, 2023
She says Kelvin Davis "tickled it with a feather" instead of using a "bulldozer".
Māori Issues
October 3, 2021
