Conflicting polls for National

Two political polls are registering conflicting results for National. 

Last night's TV3-TNS poll has seen support for the party rise by six per cent to 38, following leader Don Brash's second Orewa speech. 

That puts the two main parties just eight points apart. 

But the NBR's first Phillips Fox poll of the year shows National has lost two points since December, putting it on 34 per cent, 10 points behind Labour. 

The poll was conducted before National's welfare spokeswoman Katherine Rich was sacked. 

The NBR poll also shows NZ First has lost a point, but is still within the five per cent threshold. 

Act is up half a per cent and the Maori Party is up one to 2.7 per cent.

- Newstalk ZB