Support for NZ's Labour Party improves position as frontrunner in election raceWELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand s Labour Party on Thursday promised no surprise new taxes until 2020 and improved its position as frontrunner in a national election, with a poll showing its support edging up, threatening the National Party s ten-year grip on power. The result was at odds with a shock survey by another pollster this week that put the centre-right National in the lead and underscored the unusually volatile nature of the race to the vote on Sept. 23. Backing for the Labour Party rose 1 point to 44 percent, the One News-Colmar Brunton poll showed, while support for the National Party also gained 1 point, putting it at 40 percent. In another positive sign for Labour, its potential coalition partner, the Green Party, recovered, rising 2 points to 7 percent, comfortably above the 5 percent threshold needed to gain seats in Parliament.  The nationalist New Zealand First Party fell 3 points to 6 percent, making it less likely that Labour would need the populist party to form a coalition government after the election. Poll results have been swinging wildly and a separate Newshub-Reid poll on Tuesday had shown a surprise surge for National, giving it a robust lead of almost ten points. The National Party has vowed to support free trade as global protectionism rises, in particular, by championing the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, which Labour has said it would renegotiate. An average of polls released by Radio New Zealand on Wednesday, which included the results of Newshub s shock poll, put the two parties at almost even support. Thursday s poll was published on the same day Labour moved to stem criticism of a plan to set up an expert panel to consider new levies, such as a capital gains tax.  To avoid any doubt, no one will be affected by any tax changes arising from the outcomes of the Working Group until 2021,  said Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson, in a statement. As rivalry has heated up, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called National  desperate liars  in response to an advertisement saying the centre-left party would bring in new taxes and subverting its slogan,  Let s Do This  into  Let s Tax This .  Investors have been made jittery by the uncertainty over who will govern, but currency reaction to the latest poll was muted.  The New Zealand dollar - the word s 11th most traded currency in 2016 - softened slightly to $0.7240 from $0.7250 shortly before the poll results. worldnews
support nz labour party improves position frontrunner election racewellington reuters new zealand labour party thursday promised surprise new taxes improved position frontrunner national election poll showing support edging threatening national party grip power the result odds shock survey another poster week put national lead underscores unusually volatile nature race vote backing labour party rose point percent one button poll showed support national party also gained point putting percent in another positive sign labour potential coalition partner green party recovered rising points percent comfortably percent threshold needed gain seats parliament the nationalist new zealand first party fell points percent making less likely labour would need populist party form coalition government election poll results swinging wildly separate poll tuesday shown surprise surge national giving robust lead almost ten points the national party vowed support free trade global protections rises particular championing partnership pact labour said would negotiate an average polls released radio new zealand wednesday included results newstub shock poll put two parties almost even support thursday poll published day labour moved stem criticism plan set expert panel consider new levies capital gains tax to avoid doubt one affected tax changes arising outcomes working group said labour finance spokesman grant robertson statement as rivalry heated labour leader jacinda order wednesday called national desperate liars response advertisement saying party would bring new taxes subverting slogan let do this let tax this investors made battery uncertainty govern currency reaction latest poll muted the new zealand dollar word traded currency softened slightly shortly poll results worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Support for NZ's Labour Party improves position as frontrunner in election raceWELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand s Labour Party on Thursday promised no surprise new taxes until 2020 and improved its position as frontrunner in a national election, with a poll showing its support edging up, threatening the National Party s ten-year grip on power. The result was at odds with a shock survey by another pollster this week that put the centre-right National in the lead and underscored the unusually volatile nature of the race to the vote on Sept. 23. Backing for the Labour Party rose 1 point to 44 percent, the One News-Colmar Brunton poll showed, while support for the National Party also gained 1 point, putting it at 40 percent. In another positive sign for Labour, its potential coalition partner, the Green Party, recovered, rising 2 points to 7 percent, comfortably above the 5 percent threshold needed to gain seats in Parliament.  The nationalist New Zealand First Party fell 3 points to 6 percent, making it less likely that Labour would need the populist party to form a coalition government after the election. Poll results have been swinging wildly and a separate Newshub-Reid poll on Tuesday had shown a surprise surge for National, giving it a robust lead of almost ten points. The National Party has vowed to support free trade as global protectionism rises, in particular, by championing the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, which Labour has said it would renegotiate. An average of polls released by Radio New Zealand on Wednesday, which included the results of Newshub s shock poll, put the two parties at almost even support. Thursday s poll was published on the same day Labour moved to stem criticism of a plan to set up an expert panel to consider new levies, such as a capital gains tax.  To avoid any doubt, no one will be affected by any tax changes arising from the outcomes of the Working Group until 2021,  said Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson, in a statement. As rivalry has heated up, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called National  desperate liars  in response to an advertisement saying the centre-left party would bring in new taxes and subverting its slogan,  Let s Do This  into  Let s Tax This .  Investors have been made jittery by the uncertainty over who will govern, but currency reaction to the latest poll was muted.  The New Zealand dollar - the word s 11th most traded currency in 2016 - softened slightly to $0.7240 from $0.7250 shortly before the poll results. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: support nz labour party improves position frontrunner election racewellington reuters new zealand labour party thursday promised surprise new taxes improved position frontrunner national election poll showing support edging threatening national party grip power the result odds shock survey another poster week put national lead underscores unusually volatile nature race vote backing labour party rose point percent one button poll showed support national party also gained point putting percent in another positive sign labour potential coalition partner green party recovered rising points percent comfortably percent threshold needed gain seats parliament the nationalist new zealand first party fell points percent making less likely labour would need populist party form coalition government election poll results swinging wildly separate poll tuesday shown surprise surge national giving robust lead almost ten points the national party vowed support free trade global protections rises particular championing partnership pact labour said would negotiate an average polls released radio new zealand wednesday included results newstub shock poll put two parties almost even support thursday poll published day labour moved stem criticism plan set expert panel consider new levies capital gains tax to avoid doubt one affected tax changes arising outcomes working group said labour finance spokesman grant robertson statement as rivalry heated labour leader jacinda order wednesday called national desperate liars response advertisement saying party would bring new taxes subverting slogan let do this let tax this investors made battery uncertainty govern currency reaction latest poll muted the new zealand dollar word traded currency softened slightly shortly poll results worldnews