Labour’s honeymoon is over for now.
National is back in front of Labour but the three parties in the coalition are still comfortably ahead of National and Act.
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A rural perspective with a blue tint by Ele Ludemann
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Homepaddock 
Poll 6th to the 11th prior to the COL nuking themselves with their oil policy.
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Shane Jones and Ron Mark can chopper into any old ribbon cutting event but Jacinda can’t keep our rescue helicopters in the sky.
That’s < another 1%.
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