But they don't get any better for Labour's fortunes and National will need more than ACT if it wants to form the next government. That's according to the latest TVNZ Verian poll released just a few minutes ago. In the past week, Labour's slide has continiued. It's dropped one to just 26 percent. National is also down one to 36 percent. The drop in support for the major parties has gone to the Greens.. they're up one to 13 percent. And to NZ First. The party is also up one from last week.. it's cracked six percent.. ACT remains steady on 12 percent And Te Pati Maori is also down one to 2 percent. As for preferred Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins are steady on 23 percent. David Seymour is on five per cent and Winston Peters on four percent. Marama Davidson is up one per cent to 2 percent. Nicola Willis and Chloe Swarbrick are both down one to one per cent each. On those numbers, National would bring 45 MPs to Parliament, Labour would have 33, ACT 15 MPs and the Greens 17. NZ First would bring in eight MPs and Te Pati Maori just two. It would give National and ACT a combined 60 seats. Not enough to govern alone. The latest poll comes less than an hour before the second televised leaders debate. Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch joins Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6337901188112