A 1News-Colmar Brunton poll unveiled on Thursday night has Labour on 53 per cent, well ahead of opposition National's 32 per cent in the first poll taken with new leader Judith Collins.

The survey isn't as shocking as a Newshub-Reid Research poll unveiled on Sunday which had Labour at 61 per cent, the highest result on record.

However, the result is the same; an endorsement of Ms Ardern's leadership and the opportunity for Labour to run a majority government for the first time since NZ's electoral system switch in 1996.

"It is pleasing to see that there's ongoing support from New Zealanders for the government's response to COVID-19 and our recovery," Ms Ardern said.

While Labour has shined in the poll, the same can't be said for their government partners, New Zealand First and the Greens.

Parties need five per cent to guarantee parliamentary representation.

The Greens polled five per cent, putting them on the brink of missing parliament for the first time since 1999.

The party of renegade Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, New Zealand First, did even worse, polling two per cent, in line with previous dire forecasts.

Libertarians ACT secured a bumper result with five per cent, which would grow their parliamentary representation to six.

Ms Collins, a conservative veteran, took the top job after Todd Muller's surprise resignation earlier this month.

She is the fourth opposition leader Ms Ardern has faced since Labour returned to power in 2017.

Ms Collins told 1News the party's last fortnight, which had featured several resignations and scandal, had been "tumultuous".

"People want those things sorted. They have now been sorted," she said.

After seeing National's poll numbers improve from just 25 per cent in Sunday's poll, the 61-year-old said pledged to make further inroads on Ms Ardern's popularity.

"We're going to stop that momentum. I'm possibly the train coming down the tracks at the current government," she said.

Ms Collins recorded a 20 per cent preferred prime minister result, the highest of an opposition leader since the resignation of Bill English in 2018.

Ms Ardern retains a commanding lead in that category too, scoring 54 per cent.

1NEWS-COLMAR BRUNTON POLL

Labour: 53 per cent - up 3 (67 seats)

National 32 per cent - down 6 (41 seats)

Greens 5 per cent - down 1 (6 seats)

NZ First 2 per cent - no change (0 seats)

ACT 5 per cent - up 2 (6 seats).

* Figures compared to 1News' last poll in June

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