Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Waiariki 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 44.0%
- Maori Party 29.5%
- NZ First 4.9%
- National 10.9%
- Green 8.5%
Candidate Support
- Mahara Okeroa, Labour 40.4%
- Rahui Reid Katene, Maori Party 46.1%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 47.9%
- Winston Peters 7.5%
- Pita Sharples 6.9%
- John Key 7.0%
- Tariana Turia 1.1%
Country Direction
- Right 56.1%
- No 26.6%
- Don’t Know 17.3%
Mahara Okeroa Performance
- Very Satisfied 8.4%
- Satisfied 47.9%
- Not Satisfied 19.7%
- Don’t Know 24.0%
Most effective Maori MP
- Pita Sharples 23.7%
- Hone Harawira 5.9%
- Tariana Turia 10.5%
- Winston Peters 10.3%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 11.7%
- Education 15.4%
- Law & Order 5.8%
- Health 11.3%
- Family Issues 5.0%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 79.8% support, 16.5% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 29.8% support, 65.3% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 21.4%
- Maori first 63.0%
- Both 14.8%