Last week a Roy Morgan poll combined with some missteps by Ardern and her Government made some centre-right hearts skip a beat, though I still poured lukewarm water on those hopes. It was one bad week for Labour, one bad notoriously erratic poll and much of the population remains in lockdown; a traditionally popular move for the Government. Today, I believe we may be sitting on the beginning of a trend that threatens Labour’s hopes of a third term.

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.