Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Luxon’s economy focus at odds with voters
Long stories shortest in Aotearoa’s political economy this morning:
* National’s pollster finds Christopher Luxon has fallen behind Chris Hipkins as preferred PM for the first time, with Labour’s support high enough to govern with the Greens & Te Pāti Māori.
* Asked about the polls, Luxon says fixing the economy will improve support for the Government, but a new survey shows voters, including National, ACT and NZ First voters, want the health system’s crisis resolved as a priority.
* Luxon has also announced another foreign trip from this Sunday, this time to India in the hopes of securing a…
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