Ardern return hint, NZ Labour suffers election setback

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Polls put National on track to win the election, with the shape of their coalition in the balance.
52% : Most recent polls have National and its preferred campaign partner ACT falling short of a majority, polling around 59 or 60 seats, and reliant on populists New Zealand First to get it.
45% : National countered this attack with a recreation of Labour's own fiscal plan.
40% : As National has doggedly refused to release costings behind those pledges, Labour has offered up an alternative alternative budget.
38% : National has also rolled out a former prime minister to support its election bid, with John Key telling voters not to vote for NZ First leader Winston Peters.

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