The government is amending new lending rules to make it easier to grant mortgages, National has jumped ahead of Labour in TVNZ's ColmarBrunton poll and oil prices dipped again overnight.
Oil prices fell more than 10% this morning on hopes the US had convinced OPEC+ and Venezuela to increase oil supplies.
Oil prices rose again overnight as the US and UK announced embargoes on Russian oil imports.
Oil prices retreated this morning from their 14-year highs set yesterday as Germany downplayed US talk of an immediate and total embargo on Russian oil and gas exports.