Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Te Tai Tokerau voters
Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 15 September to 7 October 2008
Client: Marae
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- Labour 34.5%
- Maori Party 46.8%
- NZ First 5.6%
- National 6.4%
- Green 2.5%
Candidate Support
- Kelvin Davis, Labour 25.8%
- Hone Harawira, Maori Party 69.0%
- Greens 3.4%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 41.4%
- Winston Peters 9.9%
- Pita Sharples 5.5%
- John Key 4.7%
- Tariana Turia 5.7%
Country Direction
- Right 49.3%
- No 36.8%
- Don’t Know 13.8%
Hone Harawira Performance
- Very Satisfied 28.0%
- Satisfied 50.1%
- Not Satisfied 14.3%
- Don’t Know 7.6%
Most effective Maori MP
- Pita Sharples 15.2%
- Hone Harawira 31.2%
- Tariana Turia 7.4%
- Winston Peters 6.3%
- Shane Jones 5.6%
- Parekura Horomia 1.8%
- Dover Samuels 1.4%
- Nanaia Mahuta 1.2%
- Te Ururoa Flavell 1.2%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 19.3%
- Education 13.5%
- Law & Order 5.9%
- Health 11.2%
- Family Issues 6.8%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 70.9% support, 17.3% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 25.4% support, 60.3% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 10.5%
- Maori first 76.3%
- Both 12.4%