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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he has received the “message” provided by voters in a poll showing Labour has reached a four-year low in support.
"Any poll result like that is disappointing, but it is real, and I take it seriously,” Hipkins said while in Lithuania, overnight Wednesday.
“It is an indication that New Zealanders don't feel like we've been focused on the issues that they want us to be focused on, and I think that's a message that the whole of the Labour Party will hear.”
Labour returned its lowest result since 2019 in the poll, which showed its support had slumped five points to 31% of voters, placing it five points below the National Party, at 36%.