Wellington, Dec 13 NZPA - Labour leader Phil Goff has finally managed to take a small chunk out of National's sky high political popularity, but there is still a large chasm between the two major parties.

Wellington, Nov 2 NZPA - Nearly half of voters want to ditch the MMP, according to a new poll. The Herald-Digi Poll survey found 49 percent would vote to ditch the proportional voting system; 35.8 percent wanted to retain it and 15.2 percent were undecided.

Auckland, Oct 31 NZPA - A year after the elections, the popularity of Prime Minister John Key and his National Government remains high.

Wellington, Oct 19 NZPA - Labour leader Phil Goff says National is still enjoying a honeymoon with the public after a new poll showed it had double the support of his party.

Wellington, Oct 18 NZPA - National has double the support of Labour nearly a year after it won the election. TV3's poll of 1000 voters tonight put the National Government's support at an exceptionally high 59.9 percent compared to Labour's 27.2 percent.

Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - The latest opinion poll has shown National bouncing back to record its highest levels of support in years. The NZ Morgan poll showed support for National running at 57.5 percent.

Wellington, Sept 27 NZPA - The Green Party would be out of Parliament in the event of a snap election, according to the latest television poll figures released tonight.

Wellington, Sept 21 NZPA - National has seen its biggest drop in popularity since the election, but is still polling over 50 percent. The latest New Zealand Morgan poll showed National fell five points to 51.5 percent, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Rotorua, Sept 12 NZPA - Labour leader Phil Goff says he isn't worried by National's big lead in the opinion polls. National is ahead by up to 30 percentage points in some surveys and so far since the election Labour hasn't been able to make much of an impact with voters.

Wellington, Sept 6 NZPA - The latest opinion poll shows the Government is still more popular than it was on election night. The New Zealand Morgan poll released on Friday night puts National on 56.5 percent, up three points, and Labour down three points to 29.5 percent.