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National is up 2.1 percent to 58.1, which gives them a commanding 72 seats in Parliament.
Labour is down 0.8 to 29.2, the Greens pick up some of that and move to 7.5 percent.
The rest make up the numbers – Act is down to 1.4 percent, the Maori party is 1.2, Winston Peters’ New Zealand First has a few diehards left at 1 percent, but Peter Dunne has even fewer – just 2 people out of 1,000 say they will vote for United Future.
In the preferred Prime Minister stakes John Key is up to 51.5, a commanding lead over New York-based Helen Clark who drops back to eight but still ahead of Phil Goff – who glides to 6.5 percent.
At 60 percent in tonight's poll, National's rating is the highest ever recorded by 3News.
So we asked voters what they thought of Key and National's performance over the first three months in Government.
64 percent say it has been strong or very strong.
Just 4 percent say has been weak.
In the crucial leadership traits, 85 percent consider Key a capable leader - that has rocketed up.
75 percent say he would be good in a crisis, up significantly.
And 77 percent back his judgement.