The New Zealand opposition party National has opened up its biggest lead over the ruling Labour party, the latest poll showing it 23 points ahead with 55 percent support.
The Fairfax Media-Nielsen poll of 1,088 voters, released on Saturday, showed National gaining 10 points on the same poll last November, while Labour lost 8 points.
It is the biggest lead National has held since Labour has been in government. New Zealand is expected to hold general elections this year.
Support for Prime Minister Helen Clark has dropped to 29 percent, down 9 points in three months, while National leader John Key is 15 points ahead on 44 percent, up 8 points.
The Greens had 6 percent support, New Zealand First had 3 percent, and the Maori Party 2 percent.
The telephone poll, taken between Feb. 13 and 19, had a margin of error of 3 percent.
Source: Xinhua
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