As for the party vote, National remains steady on 34%, two points higher than Labour, down 1% to 32%.
The Green Party is up 1% to 11%.
NZ First and Act both remain steady on 9% and 8%, respectively. Meanwhile, Te Pāti Māori is on 3%, down one point.
Based on these numbers, National would score 42 seats – down seven – while Labour would have 40 seats in Parliament, up six.
The Green Party would get 14, NZ First would have 12 seats and Act would have nine.
Te Pāti Māori would retain their six MPs.
The 1News Verian poll surveyed 1014 eligible voters from October 4 to October 8.
It comes after a Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll last week put National below 30% and Opposition parties able to form a government.
The previous 1News Verian poll in August had National leading at 34% with Labour close behind on 33%. The Green Party was third with 10%, NZ First at 9%, Act on 8% and Te Pāti Māori on 4%.
In last week’s Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll conducted between October 1-5, National came in at 29.6, having dropped 3.5 points on the polling outfit’s previous poll.
Labour held the biggest share of support with 31.2%, even after dropping 2.6 points.
NZ First gained 2.5 points to reach 10.6%. Act dropped slightly, by 0.1, to 6.6%.
The Green Party jumped 1.3 points to reach 12%, and Te Pāti Māori moved up by 0.1 to 4.4%.
Translating these results into seats in the House, the centre-left bloc would have 61 seats, enough to govern, while the centre-right would have 59.
Julia Gabel is a Wellington-based political reporter. She joined the Herald in 2020 and has most recently focused on data journalism.