Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

So a new poll shows the Nats nudging past Labour to form a government with Act. No Māori Party needed as Kingmaker, which has been the current narrative of course.. how close the race is, how powerful Te Pāti Māori could end up. If this poll becomes a trend, not powerful at all. But I still think Luxon did the right thing ruling them out and not a moment too soon. He's dead right when he says they're not the party they were, they grandstanders. But he's also right to do it because it makes him look decisive, like he stands for something, principled, and like a leader. And he desperately needs that right now. Because this latest poll also showed that his personal popularity is still floundering. He got his lowest favourability rating since becoming the leader in November 2021. Now the likes of Richard Prebble will argue women are the problem for Luxon - as in, they don't like him. He wrote a column yesterday saying ‘Polling indicates that women like Chris Hipkins’ “I am just a boy from the Hutt”, and dislike C