Govt and Labour/Greens in pre-Xmas holding pattern: poll

Govt and Labour/Greens in pre-Xmas holding pattern: poll
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Dec. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Support for the main political parties has barely changed in the last month, according to the latest Roy Morgan New Zealand opinion poll. The governing National Party's rating in a poll of 882 people in the first few days of this month stood at 49 percent, unchanged from the poll a month ago, while the combined support for the Labour and Green parties remains static at 41.5 percent. However, the Greens gained a percentage point on Labour, which lost one, to stand at 28.5 percent and 13 percent...