Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Dawn Chorus: National/Act edge ahead
TL;DR: National/ACT could govern alone after October 14 if last night’s 1News/Kantar poll was replicated in the election, although Christopher Luxon remains less popular than Chris Hipkins, who is honing in on trust as a weakness for National.
Elsewhere in the news in our political economy this morning
* Wayne Brown looks set to lose his bid to sell Auckland’s airport shares;
* Nicola Willis is being forced to bring forward the release date for National’s election policy costings;
* Tower is putting up car and home insurance premiums based on local flood, slip and coastal inundation risks;
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