NZ election poll watch: right majority possible even if Opportunity enters parliament

Key points

• The right bloc in New Zealand may win a majority without the Opportunity Party, according to the latest 1News Verian poll, two and a half weeks before the election. The poll gave National 32 per cent of the party vote, Labour 27 per cent and the Greens 16 per cent.
• Opportunity stood at 7 per cent. Other recent polls from Curia, Anacta and Freshwater also show the right leading, though by varying margins.
• Opportunity sat close to the 5 per cent threshold in those surveys, which would determine whether the right secures a majority.