Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters
Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 15 October to 28 October 2008
Client: Marae
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- Labour 45.5%
- Maori Party 39.2%
- NZ First 4.9%
- National 3.1%
- Green 3.9%
Candidate Support
- Parekura Horomia, Labour 49.8%
- Derek Fox, Maori Party 44.4%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 50.8%
- Winston Peters 6.0%
- Pita Sharples 9.1%
- John Key 4.6%
- Tariana Turia 4.1%
Country Direction
- Right 64.0%
- No 23.7%
- Don’t Know 12.3%
Parekura Horomia Performance
- Very Satisfied 19.4%
- Satisfied 53.9%
- Not Satisfied 18.5%
- Don’t Know 8.3%
Most effective Maori MP
- Parekura Horomia 30.1%
- Pita Sharples 20.4%
- Hone Harawira 3.7%
- Tariana Turia 11.1%
- Winston Peters 7.1%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 15.6%
- Education 19.0%
- Law & Order 8.3%
- Health 12.9%
- Family Issues 6.5%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 83.4% support, 12.1% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 20.8% support, 73.1% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 15.4%
- Maori first 67.0%
- Both 17.4%