PremiumOpinionUpdatedOpinion byAudrey YoungSenior Political Correspondent·NZ Herald·25 Jun, 2026 12:44 AM8 mins to readAudrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, specialises in writing about politics and power.This is a transcript of the Premium politics newsletter. To sign up, click here, select “Inside Politics with Audrey Young” and save your preferences.Welcome to Inside Politics. This is the week that showed The Opportunity Party gaining momentum.
Today’s NZ Herald-Motu
reflects a rise for Opportunity from 3.8% to 4.1%, and puts its chance of crossing the 5% threshold and getting into Parliament at 21.3%, up from 14.9% last week and before the 1News-Verian poll earlier this week.
