Max Rashbrooke: Victoria University expert on Essential Research poll claiming 77 percent of Kiwis think the nation is more divided

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Questions over divisions within New Zealand. An Essential Research poll shows 77 percent of Kiwis believe the country is either a little more - or much more - divided, depending on their political stance. Labour and Green voters think there's less division, and National and ACT supporters say we are more so. Those aged 55-plus are the most concerned. Victoria University's Max Rashbrooke says he's unsure he agrees. He says the poll doesn't clarify what people mean by division. "But particularly with older people- they may just be expressing concern about the pace of change, about social change, about things they find destabilising."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.