Posts Tagged drinking age
July 3, 2012 at 8:13 am · Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged alcohol, Digipoll, drinking age, NZ Herald
The Herald reports:
A Herald DigiPoll found that 56.5 percent of New Zealanders opposed a minimum price for alcohol, while 40.6 percent supported it.
Also the Herald reports:
Asked which purchase age they preferred in Parliament’s review of liquor laws, 54.4 per cent of respondents said 20 years old, and 25 per cent said 20 for off-licensed stores.
Just 19.4 per cent wanted the age kept at 18 for both on-licences (bars and restaurants) and off-licences (supermarkets and bottle stores).
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July 3, 2011 at 10:13 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged Country Direction, Digipoll, drinking age, NZ Herald, NZ Political Party Polls, Preferred PM, Rugby World Cup, welfare
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 750 respondents (3.5% maximum margin of error)
Dates: assumed 22 to 28 June 2011
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald and NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 51.2% (-3.2%)
- Labour 36.1% (+2.4%)
- Green 6.6% (+1.1%)
- NZ First 1.2% (-1.5%)
- Maori 1.7% (+0.2%)
- United Future 0.0% (nc)
- ACT 1.9% (+0.2%)
- Mana 0.5% (+0.5%)
Projected Seats
- National 63
- Labour 44
- Green 8
- 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 63 + ACT 2 + United Future 1 = 66/124 – 4 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 44 + Greens 8 + Mana 1 = 53/124 -9 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- Key 70.6% (+2.9%)
- Goff
- Peters
- Clark
Drinking Age
- 58.6% want a 20/20 age for on and off-licenses
- 25.7% want an 18 age for on-licenses and 20 for off-licenses
- 14.5% want an 18/18 age for on and off-licenses
- 80% support making it an offence to supply alcohol to an under 18 year old without the consent of their parents, with 18.5% against
Rugby World Cup
- 59.2% say most important thing is visitors have a great time in NZ
- 36.6% say most important thing is the All Blacks win
Welfare
- 10% support sole parents on welfare having to seek work when youngest child is three
- 32% support work testing at age five
- 54% support work testing at age six
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May 30, 2010 at 7:26 pm · Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged alcohol, Budget, Colmar Brunton, drinking age, Economy, NZ Political Party Polls, One News
Polling Company: Colmar Brunton
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,009 adults, 843 of whom had a party vote preference
Dates: 22 to 26 May 2010
Client: One News
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- National 49.0% (-5.0%)
- Labour 33.0% (nc)
- Green 7.0% (+2.3%)
- ACT 2.2% (-1.0%)
- Maori 3.6% (+1.5%)
- United Future 0.5% (+0.3%)
Progressive 0.5% (+0.3%)
- NZ First 1.3% (-0.4%)
Projected Seats
- National 62
- Labour 41
- Green 9
- ACT 3
- Maori 5
- United Future 1
- Progressive 0
- NZ First 0
- Total 121
This is based on Maori Party winning five electorate seats, ACT, United Future one seat each and Labour winning Wigram.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 62 + ACT 3 + United Future 1 = 66/121 – 5 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 41 + Greens 9 = 50/121 -11 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Economic Outlook
- 56% economy over next 12 months will be better (-9.0%)
- 18% same (+2.0%)
- 26% worse (+7.0%)
Preferred PM
- John Key 46% (-2.0%)
- Phil Goff 6% (-2%)
- Helen Clark not yet known
2010 Budget
- 37% say makes them better off, 53% say it does not
- 61% say budget good for economy, 25% disagree
- 50% say it was fair, and 41% disagree
Drinking Age
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