NZ Herald Digipoll June 2011

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Poll Size: 750 respondents (3.5% maximum margin of error)

Dates: assumed 22 to 28 June 2011

Client: NZ Herald

Report: NZ Herald and NZ Herald

Party Support

• National 51.2% (-3.2%)
• Labour 36.1% (+2.4%)
• Green 6.6% (+1.1%)
• NZ First 1.2% (-1.5%)
• Maori 1.7% (+0.2%)
• United Future 0.0% (nc)
• ACT 1.9% (+0.2%)
• Mana 0.5% (+0.5%)

Projected Seats

• National 63
• Labour 44
• Green 8
• Maori 4
• United Future 1
• ACT 2
• Mana 1
• Total 123

This is based on Maori Party winning four electorate seats and ACT, United Future and Mana one each.

Coalition Options

• CR – National 63 + ACT 2 + United Future 1 = 66/124 – 4 more than minimum needed to govern
• CL – Labour 44 + Greens 8 + Mana 1 = 53/124 -9 less than minimum needed to govern

The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.

Preferred PM

• Key 70.6% (+2.9%)
• Goff
• Peters
• Clark

Drinking Age

• 58.6% want a 20/20 age for on and off-licenses
• 25.7% want an 18 age for on-licenses and 20 for off-licenses
• 14.5% want an 18/18 age for on and off-licenses
• 80% support making it an offence to supply alcohol to an under 18 year old without the consent of their parents, with 18.5% against

Rugby World Cup

• 59.2% say most important thing is visitors have a great time in NZ
• 36.6% say most important thing is the All Blacks win

• 10% support sole parents on welfare having to seek work when youngest child is three
• 32% support work testing at age five
• 54% support work testing at age six