Waiariki Marae-Digipoll October 2008
October 20, 2008
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Waiariki voters
Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 24 September to 14 October 2008
Client: Marae
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- Labour 33.8%
- Maori Party 48.9%
- NZ First 6.3%
- National 6.3%
- Green 1.4%
Candidate Support
- Mita Ririnui, Labour 22.2%
- Te Ururoa Flavell, Maori Party 72.8%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 48.2%
- Winston Peters 5.2%
- Pita Sharples 3.5%
- John Key 6.1%
- Tariana Turia 7.6%
Country Direction
- Right 46.9%
- No 35.3%
- Don’t Know 17.8%
Te Ururoa Flavell Performance
- Very Satisfied 28.3%
- Satisfied 56.3%
- Not Satisfied 5.4%
- Don’t Know 9.8%
Most effective Maori MP
- Te Ururoa Flavell 27.9%
- Pita Sharples 20.1%
- Hone Harawira 5.6%
- Tariana Turia 6.8%
- Winston Peters 7.3%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 21.7%
- Education 14.7%
- Law & Order 7.2%
- Health 10.4%
- Family Issues 6.8%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 74.3% support, 19.4% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 24.2% support, 65.8% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 10.5%
- Maori first 73.0%
- Both 16.2%