Election 2023: Newshub-Reid Research poll results reveal if Kiwis think the left or right would be more stable Government

The campaign has been rife with accusations from both sides of coalitions of chaos. 

But Newshub can reveal which side voters think would be more stable. 

We can also answer what Christopher Luxon couldn't answer - is New Zealand First leader Winston Peters good or bad for the country? 

Signing in a special voter and feigning uncertainty in the booth, Labour leader Chris Hipkins rolled up to a Māngere voting booth to cast his vote on Thursday. 

But there are no prizes for guessing where his two ticks went - and he's now pleading for yours.  

"Every vote cast is going to make a difference," he said.  

And he's ramping up his race rhetoric against the right. 

"I will continue to speak out against racism," Hipkins said. 

"A lot of the rhetoric around co-governance is thinly veiled racism… there is at least one candidate from NZ First who has been saying very racist things." 

In the Newshub leaders debate both leaders were asked: is Winston Peters good or bad for the country? 

Hipkins said he was bad for the country, while Luxon claimed to not know him.  

So, we put it to the people in our latest Newshub-Reid Research poll. The results show 46.9 percent of people believe Peters was bad for the country, while 34.1 percent thought he was good.  

There were 19 percent who picked Luxon's answer and didn't know.   

On Thursday, Luxon said: "I am very confident I will be able to do business with him." He wouldn't say if Peters is good or bad. 

The man himself wouldn't answer on Thursday. 

Hipkins has focused on fear in the final weeks of the campaign; fear of the other side, fear of chaos. 

"I believe a Government involving Christopher Luxon, David Seymour and Winston Peters would be dysfunctional and would take New Zealand backwards," said Hipkins.  

"We've got a proven track record of delivering stable Government." 

But Newshub's poll reveals he's not winning that argument with voters. 

We asked: Which option do you think would be a more stable Government? 

The results show 48.8 percent said National and its lot would be more stable, while 41.4 percent picked Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori. 

Luxon said the right could be stable as he backed himself "to be able to make that work and be very stable". 

ACT is dead keen to get in the driver's seat. But there's concern the three-headed right machine won't last a full lap. 

But Seymour is confident they will last the whole term.  

"Ultimately I am committed to better policy and that requires stable Government," he said.  

Peters said they can "hold it together".  

It could be up to Luxon to build a multi-coloured Government that lasts.