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Crunch time as leaders head to first debate
Morning Report
English - September 18, 2023 19:08 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It's crunch time for Chris Hipkins heading into the first leaders' debate of the election campaign.
Labour is languishing in the polls. Last week's Newshub Reid Research poll had Labour on 26.8 percent support - well below a resurgent National Party on 40.9 percent.
Hipkins spoke to Corin Dann.