Posts Tagged asset sales
April 21, 2013 at 10:18 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged asset sales, China, Colmar Brunton, Economy, GCSB, NZ Political Party Polls, One News, paid parental leave, Preferred PM, SIS, TVNZ
Polling Company: Colmar Brunton
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,009 respondents of whom 835 had a voting preference
Undecideds: Dates: 13 to 17 April 2013
Client: One News
Report: Colmar Brunton
Party Support
- National 43.0% (-6.0%)
- Labour 36.0% (+3.0%)
- Green 13.0% (+2.0%)
- ACT 0.1% (nc)
- Maori 1.3% (+0.3)
- United Future 1.0% (+0.8%)
- Mana 0.1% (-0.4%)
- NZ First 3.0% (-0.9%)
- Conservative 1.7% (+0.8%)
Projected Seats
- National 55
- Labour 46
- Green 16
- ACT 1
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Conservative 0
- Total 123
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 55 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 57/123 – five fewer than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 46 + Greens 16 + Mana 1= 63/123 – one more than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- John Key 39% (-5.0%)
- David Shearer 15% (nc)
- Winston Peters 3% (-2%)
Economic Outlook
- Better 50% (+2%)
- Same 19% (-3%)
- Worse 31% (+1%)
Partial Asset Sales
- Support 29% (+1%)
- Opposed 64% (nc)
- Unsure 8% (+2%)
Paid Parental Leave
- 62% support extension from 14 to 26 weeks
- 34% opposed
Trust in Security Services
- 32% do not trust
- 32% trust
- 33% in the middle
Relationship with China
- 41% comfortable
- 30% uncomfortable
- 28% neutral
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March 21, 2013 at 1:01 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged asset sales, Country Direction, Digipoll, Mighty River Power, NZ Herald, NZ Political Party Polls, Preferred PM, same sex marriage, Term of Parliament
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds: Unknown
Poll Size: 750 respondents
Dates: 11 to 17 March 2013
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 48.5% (+0.6%)
- Labour 36.3% (+4.4%)
- Green 9.0% (-1.7%)
- NZ First 2.5% (-3.0%)
- Maori 1.1% (-0.4%)
- United Future 0.0% (-0.3%)
- ACT 0.1% (-0.1%)
- Mana 0.5% (+0.2%)
- Conservative 1.3% (-0.1%)
Projected Seats
- National 61
- Labour 46
- Green 11
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- ACT 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Total 124
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 61 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 63/124 – the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 46 + Greens 11 + NZ First 0 + Mana 1 = 58/124 -5 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- Key 63.0% (-2.6%)
- Shearer 18.5% (+5.6%)
- Peters 4.0%
Country Direction
- Right 49.0% (+0.9%)
- Wrong 43.0% (+0.3%)
Asset Sales
- 52% opposed to sale of MRP, 32% in favour
- 30% plan to buy shares in MRP
Term of Parliament
Marriage
- Should remain between a man and a woman 48% (+8%)
- Allow same-sex couples to marry 52% (-4%)
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February 17, 2013 at 6:37 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged asset sales, Christchurch, Colmar Brunton, Economy, Hekia Parata, Jobs, NZ Political Party Polls, One News, Preferred PM, Term of Parliament, TVNZ, unemployment
Polling Company: Colmar Brunton
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,026 respondents of whom 875 have a voting preference
Undecideds: 10%
Dates: 9 to 13 February 2013
Client: One News
Report: Colmar Brunton
Party Support
- National 49.0% (+5.0%)
- Labour 33.0% (-2.0%)
- Green 11.0% (-1.0%)
- ACT 0.1% (-0.5%)
- Maori 1.0% (+0.3%)
- United Future 0.2% (-0.3%)
- Mana 0.5% (+0.2%)
- NZ First 3.9% (+0.3%)
- Conservative 0.9% (-0.4%)
Projected Seats
- National 62
- Labour 42
- Green 14
- ACT 1
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Conservative 0
- Total 124
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 62 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 64/124 – 1 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 42 + Greens 14 + Mana 1= 57/121 -6 fewer than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- John Key 44% (+5.0%)
- David Shearer 15% (nc)
- Winston Peters 5% (-1%)
Decision to keep Hekia Parata as Minister of Education
- 21% right decision
- 59% wrong decision
- 20% unsure
Economic Outlook
- Better 48% (+7%)
- Same 22% (-2%)
- Worse 30% (-4%)
Partial Asset Sales
- Support 30% (+6%)
- Oppose 64% (-5%)
- Unsure 6% (-1%)
Four Year Term
- Support 56%
- Oppose 40%
- Unsure 5%
Make unemployed apply for jobs in Christchurch
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November 21, 2012 at 2:15 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged asset sales, Colmar Brunton, Economy, NZ Political Party Polls, One News, Opposition Leader, Preferred PM, privacy, Republicanism, TVNZ
Polling Company: Colmar Brunton
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,009 of whom 856 had a party vote preference
Undecideds: 11%
Dates: 27 October to 31 October 2012
Client: One News
Report: Colmar Brunton
Party Support
- National 45.0% (nc)
- Labour 32.0% (-2.0%)
- Green 12.0% (nc)
- ACT 0.6% (-0.3%)
- Maori 2.2% (-0.7%)
- United Future 0.2% (+0.1%)
- Mana 1.0% (+0.4%)
- NZ First 4.9% (+3.1%)
- Conservative 1.0% (-1.0%)
Projected Seats
- National 58
- Labour 41
- Green 16
- ACT 1
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Conservative 0
- Total 121
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 58 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 60/121 – 1 less than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 41 + Greens 16 + Mana 1= 58/121 -3 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- John Key 42% (-2%)
- David Shearer 11% (-1%)
- Winston Peters 6% (+2%)
- Russel Norman 3% (+1%)
Economic Outlook
- Better 44% (+3%)
- Worse 34% (-2%)
- Same 22% (-1%)
Partial Asset Sales
- Support 30% (+2%)
- Oppose 64% (-1%)
- Unsure 6% (-1%)
Republic
- Become a republic 19% (-6%)
- Stay with Queen as Head of State 74% (+7%)
- Unsure 7% (-2%)
Trust in Government to protect personal details
Most effective opposition leader
- David Shearer 25%
- Winston Peters 24%
- Russel Norman 18%
- Hone Harawira 6%
- Metiria Turei 5%
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August 5, 2012 at 7:38 pm · Filed under NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged alcohol, asset sales, Colmar Brunton, minimum pricing, NZ Political Party Polls, One News, Preferred PM, shares
Polling Company: Colmar Brunton
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,005 of whom 878 had a party vote preference
Undecideds:
Dates: 28 July to 1 August 2012
Client: One News
Report: Colmar Brunton
Party Support
- National 48.0% (+1.0%)
- Labour 32.0% (-1.0%)
- Green 12.0% (-1.0%)
- ACT 0.5% (-0.2%)
- Maori 2.3% (+1.0%)
- United Future 0.1% (+0.1%)
- Mana 0.4% (-0.6%)
- NZ First 2.5% (+0.3%)
- Conservative 0.9% (-0.5%)
Projected Seats
- National 60
- Labour 40
- Green 15
- ACT 1
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Conservative 0
- Total 121
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 60 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 62/121 – 1 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 40 + Greens 15 + Mana 1= 56/122 -5 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- John Key 45% (-3%)
- David Shearer 13% (-1%)
Partial Asset Sales
- 32% in favour
- 62% against
- 59% say they could afford to buy $1,000 of shares
- 41% say they could not
- 34% say they are very or quite likely to buy shares
- 25% say not likely to buy shares and 40% not at all likely
Alcohol minimum price
- 54% support a minimum price
- 42% do not
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June 24, 2012 at 9:09 am · Filed under NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged asset sales, Herald on Sunday, Key Research, NZ Political Party Polls, Preferred PM
Polling Company: Key Research
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 700, of whom 589 had a party preference
Undecideds: 15.9%
Dates: 20 to 22 June 2012
Client: Herald on Sunday
Report: Herald on Sunday and full results on Scribd
Party Support
- National 47.9% (-8.5%)
- Labour 30.4% (+6.2%)
- Green 14.8% (+2.2%)
- ACT 0.5% (nc)
- Maori 1.7% (+1.1%)
- United Future 0.0% (-0.3%)
- Mana 0.2% (-0.1%)
- NZ First 3.2% (-0.4%)
- Conservative 0.8% (-0.6%)
Note comparisons are to a pre-election poll, done eights months ago.
Projected Seats
- National 61
- Labour 38
- Green 19
- ACT 0
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Conservative 0
- Total 123
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 61 + United Future 1 = 62/123 – the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 38 + Greens 19 + Mana 1= 58/122 -4 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- John Key 45.9%
- David Shearer 16.9%
- Winston Peters 3.2%
Asset Sales
- 25% support partial sales, 64% against
- 60% would purchase shares if they had the money, 31% would not
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September 5, 2011 at 7:31 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged 3 News, asset sales, Capital Gains Tax, CGT, Leader Ratings, privatisation, Reid Research, TV3
Polling Company: Reid Research
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: assumed 1,000 respondents (3.2% maximum margin of error)
Dates: assumed 13 August to 17 August 2011
Client: 3 News
Report:
Party Support
- National 54.0% (-1.1%)
- Labour 28.8% (-1.1%)
- Green 9.3% (+0.2%)
- ACT 2.2% (+0.5%)
- Maori 1.5% (+0.7%)
- United Future 0.0% (nc)
- Mana 0.9% (+0.2%)
- NZ First 2.2% (nc)
Projected Seats
- National 67
- Labour 36
- Green 11
- ACT 3
- Maori 4
- United Future 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Total 123
This is based on Maori Party winning four electorate seats, Mana, ACT and United Future one each and Labour winning Wigram.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 67 + ACT 3 + United Future 1 = 71/124 – 9 more than minimum 63 needed to govern
- CL – Labour 36 + Greens 11 + Mana 1 = 48/124 -14 less than minimum 63 needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- Key 53% (+2.5%)
- Goff 8% (+1.1%)
Leadership Approval
- Key – 74.9% (+2.8%) doing well vs 14.5% (+0.6%) doing poorly – net positive is 60.4% (+2.2%)
- Goff – 26.1% (+1.8%) doing well vs 52.5% (+2.7%) doing poorly – net positive is -26.4% (-0.9%)
Policy Preference
- 53% prefer a capital gains tax while 31% preferred partial asset sales
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July 31, 2011 at 8:22 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged Afghanistan, asset sales, Capital Gains Tax, Country Direction, debt, Digipoll, Maori, NZ Herald, NZ Political Party Polls, Preferred PM, privatisation, SAS, women
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds: 11.2%
Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 666 had a party vote preference
Dates: 19 to 27 July 2011
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 52.3% (+1.1%)
- Labour 33.1% (-3.0%)
- Green 8.3% (+1.7%)
- NZ First 0.9% (-0.3%)
- Maori 2.0% (+0.3%)
- United Future 0.0% (nc)
- ACT 1.4% (-0.5%)
- Mana 0.6% (+0.1%)
Projected Seats
- National 64
- Labour 41
- Green 10
- Maori 4
- United Future 1
- ACT 2
- Mana 1
- Total 123
This is based on Maori Party winning four electorate seats and ACT, United Future and Mana one each.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 64 + ACT 2 + United Future 1 = 67/124 – 5 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 41 + Greens 10 + Mana 1 = 52/124 -10 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- Key 70.3% (-0.3%)
- Goff 9.3% (-2.6%)
- Peters 2.9% (-2.5%)
- Clark 7.9% (+3.8%)
Direction
- Right 57.5%
- Wrong 33.8%
- Unsure 8.7%
Capital Gains Tax
- Strongly favour 16.5%
- Moderately favour 21.4%
- No opinion 22.8%
- Moderately against 16%
- Strongly against 21.5%
- More likely to vote Labour 22.1%
- Less likely to vote Labour 14.4%
- No difference 61.3%
Asset Sales
- Strongly favour 7.2%
- Moderately favour 19.8%
- No opinion 15.5%
- Moderately against 22.1%
- Strongly against 34.5%
Debt Repayment Preferences
- CGT 43.1%
- Asset part-sales 34.4%
SAS in Afghanistan
- Remain beyond March 2012 23.1%
- Withdraw as scheduled 63.3%
Maori
- Too much say 42.2%
- Too little say 13.2%
- About the right amount 39.8%
Women paid less because they are women
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June 20, 2010 at 7:23 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged asset sales, Economy, Leader Ratings, NZ Political Party Polls, Preferred PM, privatisation, Reid Research, TV3
Polling Company: Reid Research
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,000 respondents, of whom 880 have a party preference, (3.2% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 8 June to 15 June 2010
Client: TV3
Report: TV3
Party Support
- National 55.3% (+3.2%)
- Labour 30.5% (-3.3%)
- Green 7.5% (-0.7%)
- ACT 1.6% (nc)
- Maori 1.9% (nc)
- United Future 0.1% (-0.4%)
- Progressive 0.0% (-0.1%)
- NZ First 1.8% (+0.3%)
Projected Seats
- National 69
- Labour 38
- Green 9
- ACT 2
- Maori 5
- United Future 1
- Progressive 0
- NZ First 0
- Total 124
This is based on Maori Party winning five electorate seats, ACT and United Future one each and Labour winning Wigram.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 69 + ACT 2 + United Future 1 = 72/124 – 9 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 38 + Greens 9 = 47/124 -16 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- Key 49.6% (+0.4%)
- Clark 4.9% (+1.2%)
- Goff 5.1% (-2.4%)
- Peters ?
Leadership Approval
- Key – 69.0% (+0.2%) doing well vs 15.9% (-0.5%) doing poorly – net positive is 53.1% (+0.7%)
- Goff – 27.2% (-6.9%) doing well vs 45.4% (+3.9%) doing poorly – net positive is -18.2% (-10.8%)
Leadership Characteristics – Positive
- honest – Key by 20% (-6%)
- down to earth – Key by 12% (-5%)
- understands econ problems – Key by 23% (-2%)
- has personality – Key by 46% (+4%)
- in touch with Maori – Key by 5% (-9%)
Leadership Characteristics – Negative
- inexperienced – Key by 13% (-2%)
- out of touch – Key by 4% (+1%)
Asset Sales
- 85% say Govt should not sell Kiwibank, 9% say sell
- 53.5% believe National will try and sell Kiwibank if they win a second term, 29.5% think they won’t
- 80% say no the sale of any state assets, with only 12% supporting sale
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