{"id":517628,"date":"2026-07-09T13:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517628\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:48:16","slug":"election-2026-poll-chris-hipkins-christopher-luxon-neck-and-neck-in-preferred-prime-minister-rankings-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517628\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2026 poll: Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon neck and neck in preferred Prime Minister rankings &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxPNGRfamRiZ05uR0ZuU2hFZlN5UUctb1Njc3R2MU9KT0RBT2JQR2YzXzhnQjhEaWNQWkFRQjNQUUtGNkVtN2V6VDB1cENOdzdKcWVPd1I2aVBJQ2RqWXNsUEdCZTlsbDNxODhSNE9mMnpES3ltaFZBbjRvR3hwQUpob1Nyb21ZSjhXclJWREdlbDZxMzJVMFhmblVnMjE0YU42a1NFQlJ6ejM2REo3dzFGV1ZYYW5yRURjOWpoRUlLbDdZVjZFS2xPR1M1N255LTdWSWhGUjUtZl96bnBMak80aU80dEI4X0poUzVkc3RPX1RXdDFjWmx2eFdnTno?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Election 2026 poll: Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon neck and neck in preferred Prime Minister rankings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOaENWNERoZWlwNE9vNE1yQl9VdU5fcTRwN2xHczRUZ0Q1SFVBdzNEVnhKTnV6UndDQVZCRVdBUUlGZU5lN3RTeHdyWmltMzBKNXFmaVd5eEJZdGo4Q0IyOUpGdHhWRnBTeWhnQTB1UFJTUWxmN3BjNmZiT1hwd193QklyRjRxUjhoOHllZTA1M3prZ3Q2ZkdVWlcxR21ESGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coalition holds majority in latest Taxpayers&#8217; Union Poll<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNMVVzTkNmNEpHMnl3WDJHNEIwWW5OQ1hlak5XUGZSTDR6c0EtaWZmcmRMR2U0RWNXY1FOYUFtbGotWW5HYlVBaDZnSGhvU0VtRmcyLXlQUElibm9fZS1QcVFtTnVpTEZhOWVOZ3BxcFppdjVJMUZQZzJnVGM3QklsWFFFT290ZUtqQUJGbENJS1E5MDJCaWF0UmVreGhtQUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No KiwiSaver bounce, but coalition still ahead in latest poll<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOTkZ4SDVPY2dRa2hGS19JVFB0VVNXS19sWXRqLUZLd0dVOEwzUmU0Y180cTlGc2pUWWdTZW8tYURvNmRrVFNadkdPdzRBSVRHdWRfMzhZal82YzBxSUNsSVBVNlJfdHpSX3RNNVA2V0t1djRVR2F4alNsbUU5WFdfeXVzSW9aX01vZFZfZ1JEOVA2X1ZNNENpTjRvc0dqZUJF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hipkins overtakes Luxon but Coalition hangs on by a hair in latest poll<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxQWE9ENGtzLWg1RUVkbkllLXJhb2dsbHNpSFdINVYtZEg1aFJTeGZIbWNRWWZ3N1hwUUZ5UDRXNERIZW44YnY0YW9HcnV3WUQ5TEtCNkRHd3pnYmxLN3lxeGlTN2lQcWJCSFRQSTRJcG50TWVDeEM4dTNMd0NYSXJoTEh0VngzaEZjWUxtYVFnT3FZVWp1blRkUTdYS3V0Mk92RzhUR0pnNkg3aTJTLXEwRnpIM0xqTWJjQ1NvS2tGYVVHWjlF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Latest poll shows gap between National and Labour narrows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest.co.nz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Election 2026 poll: Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon neck and neck in preferred Prime Minister rankings&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldCoalition holds majority&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-517628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}