Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Hauraki-Waikato voters
Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 8 October to 21 October 2008
Client: Marae
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- Labour 41.3%
- Maori Party 41.0%
- NZ First 4.9%
- National 6.4%
- Green 4.5%
Candidate Support
- Nanaia Mahuta, Labour 50.3%
- Angeline Greensill, Maori Party 49.7%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 47.2%
- Winston Peters 7.8%
- Pita Sharples 8.6%
- John Key 5.7%
- Tariana Turia 4.9%
Country Direction
- Right 52.0%
- No 32.6%
- Don’t Know 15.4%
Nanaia Mahuta Performance
- Very Satisfied 16.3%
- Satisfied 57.3%
- Not Satisfied 17.0%
- Don’t Know 9.5%
Most effective Maori MP
- Nanaia Mahuta 21.0%
- Pita Sharples 26.9%
- Hone Harawira 6.9%
- Tariana Turia 4.7%
- Winston Peters 10.2%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 13.2%
- Education 12.1%
- Law & Order 11.9%
- Health 10.8%
- Family Issues 9.0%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 77.6% support, 14.0% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 24.3% support, 64.0% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 13.4%
- Maori first 77.5%
- Both 16.2%