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The Taxpayers Union says its latest poll, from Curia, shows most NZ First supporters want National to remain in government.
The right-wing lobby group last week released the headline results from its May poll. It showed neither side of Parliament had particularly strong support.
Labour maintained its lead over National, on 31.9% against 30%.
NZ First was the third largest party, with 11.7% support. All other parties polled below 10%.
On Monday, the Taxpayers Union released further results from its poll – which surveyed 1000 people between May 3 and 7. It has also asked those respondents which party, Labour or National, they wanted to lead the next government.
For the total population, the results reflected that overall middling support for both sides of Parliament. Overall, the results showed 42% support for a National-led coalition vs 40% support for a Labour-led coalition.
But taking a closer look, at how NZ First supporters answered, the Taxpayers Union said most of the NZ First supporters wanted National to stay in government.
It said 56% of NZ First supporters said they wanted a National-led government, with just 10% saying they wanted a Labour-led government. The remaining 34% said they were unsure.
NZ First leader Winston Peters has repeatedly ruled out working with Labour again.
“The answer is no. We’re not working with Chris Hipkins, fullstop,” he said, earlier this year.
These results were reported by Curia with a 3.1% margin of error.