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14:48, March 10, 2008 |
New Zealand's Labor-led government has regained some lost ground and the opposition National's support has slipped slightly in the latest opinion poll.
The New Zealand Morgan poll released on Monday showed Labor up 2.5 points to 35 percent support and National down two points to 49.5 percent compared with a month ago.
The gap of 14.5 points between the two parties was the best opinion poll news the government has had for some time.
Roy Morgan Research attributed the change in ratings to increased consumer confidence shown in other surveys it has conducted.
It said confidence picked up after the Reserve Bank indicated its cycle of interest rate rises was unlikely to continue.
The government has been hammered in recent polls, the worst being the Feb. 23 Fairfax-Neilsen survey which showed National on 55 percent and Labor on 32 percent - a huge 23 point gap between the main parties.
The opinion poll released Monday questioned 816 voters and had a margin error of plus or minus 3.2 percent.
Source:Xinhua
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