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Speaker 1: The poll last night, the one used Varian Pole that

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Speaker 1: had basically not a lot of change other than a

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Speaker 1: dip in the personal popularity of both the leaders of

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Speaker 1: the major parties, in Chris Luxon and in Chris Hipkins.

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Speaker 1: Nothing really major is going on, is it? And it's

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Speaker 1: been that way for a couple of poles. Now. What

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Speaker 1: I find interesting is just the vibe, the energy levels

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Speaker 1: that you're picking up off these guys. Luxon, he's like

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Speaker 1: the road Runner. You never ever watched the road Runner,

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Speaker 1: the Looney Tunes thing, and he's running around in a

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Speaker 1: cloud of dust, bumping into things. You know, get out

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Speaker 1: of my way. I'm just in a hurry to get

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Speaker 1: rid of this done and off you goes. And meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: old Hipkins, well is his hard on it? What do

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Speaker 1: you really think when you see him being interviewed. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I've interviewed him over many years now, and I just

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Speaker 1: think it must be hard to maintain a level of enthusiasm.

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Speaker 1: But I just think he's sort of outwardly showing it. Now.

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Speaker 1: You know, he'll be dusting off as CV, no doubt

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Speaker 1: he'll be thinking about what's next. He doesn't want to

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Speaker 1: be there for the next election. Does he. I mean

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Speaker 1: the problem at the moment is no one else really

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Speaker 1: wants to take the job by that, because it's a

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Speaker 1: bit of a poisoned chalice. But I look at Chris

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Speaker 1: Hipkins and I think there's a man who doesn't want

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Speaker 1: to be there. I mean, that's why you go and

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Speaker 1: spend two weeks over in London, at Liverpool actually half

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Speaker 1: the time. Anyway, we will watch these polls with interest,

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