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Speaker 1: Chris Luxon has something to smile about this morning. Two

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Speaker 1: sets of data to cheer about, you could say. The

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Speaker 1: first is the pole. He seems to be, at least

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Speaker 1: from what I've seen, shaking off that slightly cringe Ceo

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Speaker 1: Monica that people had been labeling him as, cementing himself

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Speaker 1: as a man with a plan in charge across most

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Speaker 1: of the issues and not allowing himself to become distracted

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Speaker 1: by the inevitable noise that comes with running the ninth floor.

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Speaker 1: So this latest taxpayer's union carrier pole. The Nats are

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Speaker 1: up one point four to thirty nine percent. That's an

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Speaker 1: extra seat for them, no change for act in New

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Speaker 1: Zealand first grabbing an extra seat that is safe across

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Speaker 1: the line. The preferred PM numbers are interesting. Chippy's gone

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Speaker 1: off a cliff. The trend is down, and that's this

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Speaker 1: result in particular as a shocker. He's down six point

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Speaker 1: one points to twelve point six percent, Luxen thirty two

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Speaker 1: point seven percent, So Chippy is now almost within margin

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Speaker 1: of era, with not Luxen but Chloe on seven point

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Speaker 1: two percent. The other numbers, the NZII quarterly consensus start

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Speaker 1: we've been talking about not so great for us, at

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Speaker 1: least in the short term, a big fat zero GDP

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Speaker 1: growth in the year to March, which is depressing because

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Speaker 1: we've had almost two years of recession or close to

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Speaker 1: it now, and people just want to see the country

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Speaker 1: firing again. We want to see it spark, and that's

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Speaker 1: where Luxon will be happy to see this projection two

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Speaker 1: point two percent, that is growth expected in the year

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Speaker 1: to March twenty twenty six. And we know what else

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Speaker 1: is happening in twenty twenty six right an election, it's

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Speaker 1: humble two point two percent. It's not run away, but

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Speaker 1: after these past few years, it's like electoral fairy dust.

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Speaker 1: People don't generally vote on race relations, the politics of envy,

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Speaker 1: climate change. They vote basically on how rich they feel

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Speaker 1: and who might make them richer, and Luxeon, at least

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Speaker 1: on these numbers, would appear to have the upper hand

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