National is down but with Act can still form a government between them while Labour is at its lowest since 2017, according to the latest political poll.
The 1 News-Kantar Poll also registers for the first time a party with links to the occupation at Parliament.
National and Labour have each slipped two points to 37 per cent and 33 per cent respectively.
Benefiting from the falls from the two major parties is Act, which is up four points to 11 per cent. That brings the right bloc to 48 per cent and 62 seats – enough to form a government.
Both Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Christopher Luxon have also dropped in popularity, each down three points to 30 and 22 per cent respectively compared to the last such poll run over May 21 to 25.
Tonight's poll was conducted between July 30 and August 3.
Recent co-leadership issues in the Greens do not appear to have hurt the party too much, dropping just one point to 9 per cent. Te Pāti Māori is steady on 2 per cent.
On those figures, Labour would receive 44 seats and the Green Party 11 adding up to 55 - well short of the 60 needed, even with the potential three seats from Te Pāti Māori.
Among the parties outside Parliament, NZ First is up two points to three per cent and the Opportunities Party remains steady on 2 per cent.
The poll also has the first appearance, at 1 per cent, of Vision NZ.
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