Attention is turning to policy, with the two main parties neck and neck just over six months out from the election.
A new Taxpayers' Union Curia Poll puts Labour on 36.9 percent, and National just behind on 36.5 percent.
National leader Chris Luxon says the polls will bounce around a bit, but he doesn't get too caught up in that.
He says it's about the arc of where they need to get to, and they know what they've got to do, which is be a party which talks to all New Zealanders.
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