RNZ’s latest political poll – the first during the election campaign – came out just hours before the two major party leaders faced off in TVNZ’s debate.
National’s campaign chair Simeon Brown acknowledged little more than that the election will be a tight one off the back of its crushing poll result.
On Tuesday evening, Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins had their first opportunity to go head-to-head on the issues that matter most to New Zealanders in TVNZ’s leader debate.
See how it went down with our live coverage above.