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The polls, the economy, the Cook Islands, and a supermarket scrap

ANALYSIS: Interest rate cuts next week might provide some hope for households and the Government.

WATCH: NBR political editor Brent Edwards speaks with Grant Walker.

Brent Edwards Sat, 15 Feb 2025

The coalition Government has been given a bit of a wake-up call in the past week, with two opinion polls revealing its support has fallen behind that of the Opposition parties.

As NBR presenter Grant Walker observed, if those polls were the election result, “this lot would be out and the others

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