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The Greens have received a surge of support in a new poll, with the party nearly doubling its vote since April and nudging the left bloc into a position to govern if an election was held on Wednesday.

The latest Talbot Mills poll, commissioned by Anacta, shows the Green Party on 13 percent - up four percentage points since May. In April, the party was at 7 percent.

Talbot Mills is the traditional pollster for the Labour Party. The poll has Labour on 34 percent, down two points since May. National is steady on 29 percent, as it has been for the past three months.

New Zealand First has dropped two points since May and is now at 12 percent, just below the Greens.