A Roy Morgan poll showed public support for the Labour-NZ First coalition with support partner the Greens was 54.5 per cent, up 6 per cent since the previous poll in early October.

The Government's popularity has taken a leap following the formation of the new coalition, according to a new poll.

A Roy Morgan poll showed public support for the Labour-NZ First coalition with support partner the Greens was 54.5 per cent, up 6 per cent since the previous poll in early October.

A National-ACT grouping was down 5.5 per cent to 41 per cent, with minor parties outside Parliament attracting the remaining 4.5 per cent of support.

Support for the Labour-NZ First coalition was up 7 per cent from October, to 44.5 per cent.

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Based on the results of the survey, if the election was held now Labour and the Green Party would have enough support to govern without the help of NZ First.

However, it was important to note the benefits of incumbency. A party's popularity was expected to rise when it was in Government and these results reflected that.

The Labour Party on its own was up to 39.5 per cent support, with the Green Party up to 10 per cent.

While National was still ahead of Labour on 40.5 per cent, the Labour-Green paring would win.

NZ First was down to 5 per cent, according to the Roy Morgan poll.

The survey was carried out on November 12.



Of the parties outside Parliament, The Opportunities Party (TOP) which attracted the most support at the election (2.4 per cent) without winning a seat was down to 2 per cent.

And the Māori Party was at 1.5 per cent, up slightly from their election result of 1.2 per cent.

Government confidence increased substantially during November after NZ First chose to form Government with the Labour Party, installing Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand's new PM.

Meanwhile, the Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating jumped 15.5 points to 146.5 points in November - the highest in nearly eight years.

The last time the confidence rating was this high, was in January 2010, with John Key at the helm.

A total of 66.5 per cent of those surveyed said New Zealand was "heading in the right direction", up 8 per cent from the last poll in October.

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