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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says it’s ‘game on’ for October’s election despite Labour continuing to drop in the polls.

Last night’s ��һ�ǿ�����hub Reid Research poll found  to 32.3 per cent, while National had bumped up 1.3 points to 36.6 per cent.

Combined with Act’s 12.1 per cent, the two right-leaning parties would get 63 seats and enough to form a majority in the 120-seat Parliament.

The Greens were up 1.5 points to 9.6 per cent. Te Pāti Māori was down 0.8 points to 2.7 per cent.

On those numbers, Labour would get 42 seats, the Green Party 12 seats and Te Pāti Māori three seats. Together this would put the left bloc on 57 seats.

NZ First, whose leader Winston Peters has ruled out working with Labour, was up 1.1 points to 4.1 per cent.

Speaking to media today at the site of a new public housing development in Auckland, Hipkins said he saw no clear winner in recent polls.

Instead, he said the country had been through a bit of a storm in recent times which was contributing to variability in the numbers.

He said Labour would be clear on its bottom lines closer to the election, and what the party would not be willing to shift on.

Winston Peters last year ruled out working with Labour in the next government. Photo / Alex Burton

Despite the drop in party polling, Hipkins himself received a 0.6-point boost to 24 per cent as preferred prime minister in last night’s poll.

In contrast, National Party leader Christopher Luxon was down 0.5 points to 15.9 per cent.

When asked why the public appeared to prefer him to Luxon, Hipkins today said “I like to think I’m a likeable guy”.

The poll was taken between July 26 and 31, starting two days after former  after being charged by police.

��һ�ǿ�����hub also asked respondents about how Hipkins had handled Allan’s resignation, with 53.5 per cent saying he handled it well and 19.5 per cent saying poorly, and 27.2 per cent saying they did not know.

The last ��һ�ǿ�����hub Reid Research poll in mid-May had a Labour/Greens/Te Pāti Māori coalition reaching 61 seats - enough to form a government.

National and Act would only muster 59 seats, according to that poll. Labour was at 35.9 per cent, down 2.1 percentage points.

National was just behind on 35.3 per cent, down 1.3 points.

Act was largely unchanged on 10.8 per cent and the Greens were unchanged at 8.1 per cent.