Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/060

This is edition 2026/060 of the Ten@10 newsletter.

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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.

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1. Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll: April 2026

Taxpayers' Union

• 📉 Labour drops by 1.0% to 33.4%
• 📈 National rises by 1.4% to 29.8%
• 🔼 New Zealand First up by 3.9% to 13.6%
• 📊 ACT increases by 1.5% to 9.0%
• 📉 Greens fall by 2.7% to 7.8%
• 📉 Te Pāti Māori drops by 0.6% to 2.6%
• 🔺 TOP rises by 0.7% to 2.6%
• 🔴 Other parties total 3.9%
• 🏛️ Labour loses 2 seats, now with 42
• 🔼 National gains 1 seat, now with 37
• 🔼 NZ First gains 4 seats, now with 17
• 🔼 ACT gains 1 seat, now with 11
• 📉 Greens drop by 3 seats, now with 10
• 📉 Te Pāti Māori loses 1 seat, now with 3
• 💥 Government bloc gains 6 seats, now with 65
• ⚖️ Opposition bloc loses 6 seats, now with 55
• ✊ Left bloc (Labour + Greens) has 52 seats, down 5
• ➕ Right bloc (National + ACT) has 48 seats, up 2
• 🔁 Majority without support partners last seen in December 2024
• 📉 Chris Hipkins drops 1.0% to 21.7%
• 📉 Christopher Luxon drops 0.5% to 20.5%
• 🔼 Winston Peters rises 1.7% to 12.1%
• 🔼 Chlöe Swarbrick rises 2.8% to 7.4%
• 📉 David Seymour drops 0.6% to 4.6%
• 🗳️ Polling details : 1,000 respondents, margin of error +/- 3.1%
• 📞 Method : Phone and online, weighted for gender, age, and area

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