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The Maori Party appears to have an almost unbreakable grip on two more of the Maori Seats.
A Marae Digi-Poll shows Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell scoring almost 73% support in the Waiariki seat he currently holds.
His Labour rival Mita Ririnui's polling just over 22%.
There's a similar picture in the Te Tai Hauauru seat held by Maori Party Co-leader Tariana Turia.
She's on almost 78% support compared to Labour's Errol Mason who's polling just above 15%.
The Maori Party is also ahead of Labour on the Party vote in both electorates.
Meanwhile, support for the government has taken a dive among Maori voters according to the latest Marae-Digipoll survey.
The poll reveals 39% of Maori questioned would vote Labour if an election were to be held today.
That's down from 52% in the survey at the start of the year.
Helen Clark remains the front-runner in the preferred Prime Minister stakes with more than 30% support, down from 45%, and even if Maori are less satisfied with Labour than they were at the year's start, there are yet more signs Maori Party supporters would prefer a post-election deal with Labour and strongly oppose cutting a National deal.
The poll of the Wairiki and Te Tai Hauauru seats revealed similar trends to a previous survey of Te Tai Tokerau and Tamaki Makaurau - in Wairiki, almost three quarters of those polled supported the Maori party going with Labour, compared to just 25% who favoured National.
Te Tai Hauauru has a similar pattern, with a trend three to one in favour of the Maori Party going with Labour over National.
