Polling

New Zealand polls

NAT (New Zealand National Party) leads with 28.1%, 0.3 points ahead of LAB.

Checked every day · Latest data 26 October 2026

LeadingNATNew Zealand National Party

Support28.1%average of 6 pollsters

Lead0.3 ptsover LAB

Polls11in the last 30 days

Polling average

27 September 2026 to 26 October 2026

NATLABGRNNZFACT

NATNew Zealand National Party

28.1%

−0.4

LABNew Zealand Labour Party

27.9%

−0.4

GRNGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

14.7%

+1.5

NZFNew Zealand First

10.6%

+0.3

ACTACT New Zealand

10.1%

+1.1

OPPOpportunity Party (New Zealand)

5.9%

±0.0

TPMTe Pāti Māori

1.6%

−0.5

Others

−3.0

Average of the most recent poll from each pollster within 30 days of the newest poll. The change column compares with the same average 30 days earlier. Parties missing from a poll are averaged over the polls that include them.

Trend over the past yearAverage of polls in the previous three weeks, plotted weekly

NATLABGRNNZFACTOPP

0%10%20%30%40%DecFebAprJunAugOct

Latest polls

43 polls in the past year

Pollster	Fieldwork	Sample	NAT	LAB	GRN	ACT	NZF	TPM	OPP	Others
RNZ–Reid Research	20–26 Oct 2026	1,000	24.8	30.6	14.5	10.1	9.9	1.9	7.2	0.9
1 News–Verian	21–25 Oct 2026	1,000	28.9	27.3	14.8	12.4	10	0.1	6.3	0.2
1 News–Verian	15–19 Oct 2026	1,003	32	27	16	11	8	0.7	7	0.7
The Post/Freshwater Strategy	9–19 Oct 2026	1,458	27.6	28.7	14.3	9	11.8	2	5.4	1.2
1 News–Verian	8–12 Oct 2026	1,007	28	28	15	10	10	0.4	8	1.6
Anacta	6–10 Oct 2026	1,352	28	29	15	9	10	1.9	5.4	–
Taxpayers' Union–Curia	1–5 Oct 2026	1,000	28.5	28.2	13.3	9.2	12	1.4	4.8	2.7
1 News–Verian	1–5 Oct 2026	1,001	29	28	16	9	10	0.6	7	0.8
RNZ–Reid Research	24 Sep – 1 Oct 2026	1,000	25.9	30.8	14.8	9	10.6	2	5.5	0.7
1 News–Verian	23–27 Sep 2026	1,004	28	28	16	11	9	1.2	6	1
Roy Morgan	31 Aug – 27 Sep 2026	859	31	23.5	16	11	10	2	6.5	0
The Post/Freshwater Strategy	4–11 Sep 2026	1,011	26.5	28	13.6	8.7	12.6	2.2	6.3	2.1
Anacta	4–10 Sep 2026	1,701	30	31	12	8	10	2	7	–
Taxpayers' Union–Curia	1–3 Sep 2026	1,000	29	25.9	13.9	10.5	8.4	2	4.5	5.9
Roy Morgan	27 Jul – 23 Aug 2026	858	31	24	15.5	10.5	7.5	1.5	9.5	0.5
RNZ–Reid Research	14–21 Aug 2026	1,000	29.1	32.2	10.2	7.7	11.9	3	5.3	0.6
1 News–Verian	8–11 Aug 2026	847	29	30	12	9	8	1.1	8	2.7
Talbot Mills	1–11 Aug 2026	–	29	34	8	7	13	3	5.2	–
Roy Morgan	29 Jun – 26 Jul 2026	881	32	25.5	13.5	8.5	8.5	2	8	2
Talbot Mills	10–19 Jul 2026	–	31	33	9	7	12	3	4.7	–

Figures in percent. The leading party in each poll is underlined. A dash means the party was not listed.

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Sources

Voting intention polls, party names and party colours are taken from the Wikipedia page Opinion polling for the 2026 New Zealand general election, which lists each pollster's published results, and are used under CC BY-SA 4.0. We check the page every day. These polls are for the 2026 New Zealand general election.