That puts his net favourability at -5 percent, well behind Labour leader Chris Hipkins on +2 percent.
Act leader David Seymour rose 6 points to -8 percent and NZ First leader Winston Peters rose 10 points to -22 percent.
The poll was taken last Sunday, meaning it captured the fallout from revelations Luxon had been claiming a $52,000 accommodation allowance in Wellington, despite owning an apartment in the city and having the use of Premier House. Luxon dug in, but eventually u-turned.
National’s popularity has dipped, but only slightly, down 2.2 points to 37.4 percent. Labour is down 2.6 points to 25.3 percent, its lowest ever performance in the poll, which began in January 2021.
The Greens are up 2.4 points to 11.3 percent, and Act is down 3.7 points to 10 percent.
NZ First rose 2.4 points to 7.4 percent, and Te Pāti Māori was up less than a point to 2.5 percent.
Those results would give National 48 seats, down one, and Labour 23 seats, down two.
The Greens would have 15 seats, up four, and Act would have 13 seats, down 4.
NZ First would have nine seats, up three, and Te Pāti Māori would be unchanged on six seats, provided it held its electorates.
On these numbers, National and Act would require the support of NZ First to form a government due to the overhang seats increasing the size of Parliament.
The mood of the country appears to have soured on the government. After a couple of months in which more Kiwis felt the country was on the “right track”, the right track-wrong track indicator tipped into negatives again, with net 3 percent of people thinking NZ was on the wrong track.
More people disapprove of the government than approve of it.
A net 3.9 per cent of people disapprove of the Government, a shift of 8.4 points on last month’s poll.
The poll was conducted from Sunday, March 3 to Tuesday, March 5. The median response was collected on Monday, March 4. The sample size was 1000 eligible New Zealand voters
