Luxon's Support Drops in New Zealand Poll

0:00On April 19th, a fresh poll out of New Zealand spells trouble for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his national party. Support for the party dropped 4 percentage points to 30 percent, and if an election happened today, their coalition wouldn't hold enough seats. To stay in power, Luxon's numbers as preferred Prime Minister also fell 4 points to 16 percent. This comes amid growing questions about whether Luxon can keep his party's full backing. The one news variant poll dropped late Sunday, highlighting a tough stretch for the ruling crew. Luxon hit back on Radio New Zealand Monday, saying he has solid support from all nationals members of parliament and plans to stick around his Prime Minister. Meanwhile, Labour leader Chris Hipkins saw his preferred Prime Minister support did just 1 point to 19 percent. The political he keeps building with the next general election set for November 7th. No major shifts yet, but these numbers have folks watching closely for any party drama. For now, Luxon holds in line, but polls like this keep the pressure on down under.

1:03Ender, stay tuned as this unfolds. This has been Global News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.