Chris Hipkins

Rule Changes

Campaigning to lead a Labour-led government; the Curia poll put Labour at 28.2% and his preferred-PM rating at 21%, up 4.1 points

New Zealand's Parliament dissolved on October 1, opening a campaign whose polls point different ways. The latest, a Taxpayers' Union Curia survey, put National at 28.5% and Labour at 28.2%, with New Zealand First surging to 12% - enough for the coalition to hold 65 seats.

Updated Oct 9