The Newshub-Reid Research poll reflects National's recent issues, even if it's rogue.
The poll has Labour support up 4.4 points to 60.9 percent, with National's down 5.5 points on 25.1 percent.
National says it doesn't line up with the party's internal polling.
Stephen Mills from UMR Research told Heather Du Plessis Allan National could have caught the full flood tide of the covid-patient details leak.
He says there's no way it can be interpreted as anything other than Judith Collins failing to deliver the instant popularity the party was looking for.
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