Popularity of Ardern’s Labour Party Plummets According to New Poll

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a post cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on May 23, 2022. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

The New Zealand Labour Party’s popularity has fallen to the lowest level since it came into government, according to a new Newshub-Reid research poll.

Labour dropped 5.9 percentage points to 32.3 percent, while its opposition, the National party, had edged up 0.2 points to 40 percent.