The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has the Labour Party up 4.0 points at 30.9%, while National sinks 4.6 points to 29.6%.

Although dropping 2.2 points, ACT is still ahead of the Greens, at 10.8% and 9.5% respectively.

Perhaps the most concerning for the National Party, 39% said the country was moving in the right direction, while 53% said it was moving in the wrong direction.

Regardless, Christopher Luxon still leads significantly as preferred prime minister.

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2024 marks this coalition Government's first year in power, and will be one to remember.

They got straight to work repealing and introducing legislation, some being so controversial they triggered unprecedented responses in the way of protests.

Gang patches were banned, the first youth offender bootcamp trial was completed; this year truly had a bit of everything.

Former Speaker of the House and National MP, Lockwood Smith, and former Prime Minister Helen Clark join Tim Beveridge to wrap the year in politics.

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This week on Politics Central, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts opens up about the Government's new action plan set to increase the use of hydrogen energy

Later, Fleur Fitzsimmons from the PSA addresses the backlash towards the Government's new working-from-home policies.

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