Posts Tagged NZ Issues Polls
November 9, 2009 at 4:05 am
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls ·Tagged Digipoll, Marae, NZ Issues Polls, NZ Political Party Polls
Marae has published the results of a poll done by Digipoll between 18 October and 3 November 2009. It is of 1,002 voters of Maori descent – 700 on the Maori Roll, and 302 on the General Roll.
Party Vote
Maori Party 48%
Labour 26%
National 20%
Electorate Vote (Maori roll only)
Maori Party 57%
Labour 33%
National 7%
Preferred PM
John Key 30%
Helen Clark 11%
Pita Sharples 9%
Tariana Turia 6%
Phil Goff 4%
Winston Peters 4%
PM Approval
Approve 55%
Disapprove 36%
Most Favoured Maori MP
Pita Sharples 31.9%
Tariana Turia 16.7%
Hone Harawira 8.2%
Te Ururoa Flavell 3.3%
Parekura Horomia 3.2%
Most Effective Maori MP
Pita Sharples 31.9%
Tariana Turia 16.7%
Hone Harawira 8.2%
Te Ururoa Flavell 3.3%
Parekura Horomia 3.2%
Government Approval
Approve 45%
Disapprove 45%
Direction
Right 40%
Wrong 44%
Maori Party Supporters
68% support decision to join the Government and think they made right decision
Only 33% support the arrangement where Maori Party Ministers sit outside Cabinet
Top Issues
Jobs / Unemployment 22.5%
Health 12.6%
Education 10.5%
Family / Whanau 8.9%
Cost of Living 8.7%
Economy 5.6%
Housing 4.1%
Child Care 3.9%
Law and Order 3.7%
Environmental Issues 1.8%
Treaty Claims 1.2%
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November 4, 2009 at 7:46 am
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged Digipoll, Maori TV, NZ Herald, NZ Issues Polls, Rugby World Cup
A Herald-Digipoll in October 2009 finds:
- 44% approved of Maori TV leading a bid for Rugby World Cup coverage
- 45% disapproved
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October 12, 2009 at 2:40 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged flag, Maori, NZ Issues Polls, Research New Zealand
ResearchNZ polled 500 New Zealanders from 8 to 10 September 2009 on flying the Maori flag.
- 40% support flying a Maori flag alongside the New Zealand flag on all official occasions, and 51% disagree
- Women and younger NZers far more likely to support flying a Maori flag on all official occasions
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October 12, 2009 at 2:36 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged Bill English, Colmar Brunton, MPs expenses, NZ Issues Polls, One News
Colmar Brunton polled on Bill English for One News, as part of their 1,000 respondent poll in September 2009. Findings:
- 30% think Bill English has acted with integrity over his housing allowance
- 54% think he has not
- 62% think his actions have damaged his credibility as Finance Minister, while 29% disagree
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October 12, 2009 at 2:32 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged Colmar Brunton, NZ Issues Polls, One News, Wanganui
Colmar Brunton polled on the name of Wanganui for One News, as part of their 1,000 respondent poll in September 2009. Findings:
- 31% support name change to Whanganui
- 58% do not
- 12% unsure
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October 7, 2009 at 1:00 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged media, NZ Issues Polls, UMR
UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 24 to 27 September on what they think of the NZ media. Very interesting results:
- Only 35% said the NZ media are accurate in reporting the news, with 25% saying inaccurate, 37% neutral and 3% don’t know.
- Over 60s have the lowest score for accuracy – 23% compared to 43% for under 30s.
- 30% say the NZ media are balanced and 30% say they are one-sided.
- 27% say they are willing to admit mistakes, and 46% say they are not willing.
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August 12, 2009 at 12:22 am
· Filed under Curia, NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged Curia, Exceltium, mobile phones, NZ Issues Polls
Curia did a poll for Exceltium in August 2009 of 800 mobile phone owners. The full results are here: 090807 Curia Report
Key findings:
- 48% on Vodafone, 47% Telecom, 3% both and 2% other
- 33% said their choice of network was influenced by whether the people they call or text are on the same network
- 73% say mobile phone charges are higher in NZ than overseas and 3% disagree
- 81% believe Telecom and Vodafone are over-charging and only 5% disagree
- 86% say they should be able to call someone on a different network for the same cost as someone on the same network, and 88% say the same for texting
- 85% think it is wrong it often costs more to ring a mobile phone domestically than to call someone living overseas
- 37% trust companies to lower their prices voluntarily, 55% do not
- 81% want the Government to accept the Commerce Commission’s recommendation to lower the termination rate, and 14% do not
- 15% said they are more likely to vote for a party that lowered mobile phone costs through reducing the termination rates and only 1% said they are less likely
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July 26, 2009 at 1:55 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged David Bain, NZ Issues Polls, UMR
UMR polled 750 NZers in June on David Bain.
In early June a net 39% thought he was not guilty. By late June this dropped to 16%.
Of the 47% who think Bain is not guilty, 79% support compensation of $1.5 million.
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May 11, 2009 at 3:09 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged Economy, NZ Issues Polls, UMR
UMR polled 750 people from 2 to 14 April 2009. Findings include:
- 1 in 3 believe the crisis will get a lot worse or lead to a depression
- 41% of Kiwi’s believe economy will pick up within a year
- 82% blame international events for the slow down and only 11% domestic events
- 42% expect to spend less in 2009 than 2008
Full results are here.
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