Opportunity Party Approaches Parliament Threshold

The Opportunity Party polled at 4.7 percent in RNZ-Reid Research's latest survey—its highest ever and within margin of error of the 5 percent threshold to enter Parliament. A 1News-Verian poll showed 4.6 percent. Clearing 5 percent on election night would give the party enough seats to decide which major party forms government, a position neither Labour nor National can rely on.