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Support for NZ First surges in latest poll

09:17 am on 12 September 2014

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is predicting support for his party will continue to increase all the way to the election. One poll out today has the party topping 8 percent.

This morning's Herald-Digi Poll puts New Zealand First support at its highest of the election campaign, at 8.1 percent. Radio New Zealand's poll of polls - an average of the four most recent surveys - has the party up slightly on 6.2 percent.

In this morning's Herald-Digi Poll, support for National is down 1.5 points to 48.6 while Labour is on 24.6 after a slight rise in support.

The Greens are steady on 11.5 percent, the Conservative Party has 3.8 and Internet-Mana has slipped to 2.3. Just over 9 percent of those polled were undecided.

The poll of 750 eligible voters was conducted between 4-10 September. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.6 percent.

The latest surveys put the four poll averages in Radio New Zealand's POLL of POLLS compiled by political analyst Colin James as follows:

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National 48.9%

Labour 25%

Greens 12.9%

New Zealand First 6.2%

Conservatives 3.7%

Internet-Mana 1.7%

Maori party 1%

ACT 0.5%

United Future 0.1%.