Govt seen as safe pair of hands – Ipsos poll

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A poll has indicated strong support for the Labour-led government’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic and shows most people perceive the party as the best to handle the majority of issues in NZ.The Ipsos New Zealand Issues Monitor uses a panel to track people’s views on issues. It does not record voting intentions. It comes ahead of the first televised leaders’ debate between Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins this evening and the release of the One News/Colmar Brunton poll, the first public survey of voting intentions to be re...

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