Archives: Local Body Polls

Curia did a poll for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance on the number of managers at Auckland Council. The results are here.

A Curia poll for the Taxpayers’ Union on whether above inflation rates increases should require referendums is here.

TVNZ report the fundings of a poll by Talbot Mills for “It’s Our Auckland” on the Council’s ownership of Auckland Port and Airport.

Auckland rates poll

March 28, 2024

A poll by Curia for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance on Auckland rates can be found here.

The results are here. It was done by Curia for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance.

NBR reports:

DECIDED VOTERS 

  • Phil Goff: 52%
  • Vic Crone: 15%
  • John Palino: 8%
  • Cloe Swarbrick: 7%
  • Mark Thomas 5%
  • Penny Bright: 5%
  • Others: 8%

INCLUDING UNDECIDED VOTERS 

  • Phil Goff: 38%
  • Vic Crone: 11%
  • John Palino: 6%
  • Cloe Swarbrick: 5%
  • Mark Thomas 4%
  • Penny Bright: 4%
  • Others : 5%
  • No response: 4
  • Don’t know: 23%

Wellington Mayoral polls

September 16, 2016

The Dom Post reports:

LESTER’S POLL

Who would you vote for to be Mayor of Wellington?

* Justin Lester – 34.5 per cent
* Jo Coughlan – 17.5 per cent
* Nick Leggett – 17.4 per cent
* Helene Ritchie – 4.2 per cent
* Nicola Young – 3.5 per cent
* Andy Foster – 1.4 per cent
* Another candidate – 5.3 per cent
* Unsure – 16.3 per cent

Who is your second preference?

* Jo Coughlan – 19 per cent
* Nick Leggett – 17.4 per cent
* Andy Foster – 14.4 per cent
* Justin Lester – 13.1 per cent
* Nicola Young – 11.3 per cent
* Helene Ritchie – 3.9 per cent
* Another candidate – 4.5 per cent
* Unsure – 16.6 per cent

LEGGETT’S POLL

Who is your first preference to be Mayor of Wellington?

* Justin Lester – 19.6 per cent
* Nick Leggett – 19.2 per cent
* Jo Coughlan – 11.1 per cent
* Nicola Young – 3.5 per cent
* Andy Foster – 1.1 per cent
* Keith Johnson – 0.7 per cent
* Johnny Overton – 0.1 per cent
* Unsure – 43.8 per cent

Who is your second preference?

* Nick Leggett – 13 per cent
* Justin Lester – 12 per cent
* Jo Coughlan – 12 per cent
* Nicola Young – 5 per cent
* Andy Foster – 2 per cent
* Keith Johnson – 1 per cent
* Helene Ritchie – 1 per cent
* Johnny Overton – 0 per cent
* Unsure – 54 per cent

The results are here.

  1. Phil Goff 38%
  2. Vic Crone 11%
  3. John Palino 6%
  4. Chloe Swarbrick 5%
  5. Mark Thomas 4%
  6. Penny Bright 4%
  7. David Hay 2%

23% were undecided.

Auckland Mayoral preferences:

  • Phil Goff 31%
  • Vic Crone 8%
  • John Palino 4%
  • Penny Bright 2.4%
  • Mark Thomas 1.7%
  • David Hay 1.4%
  • Undecided 44%

Auckland Unitary Plan agreement:

  • Yes great idea 19%
  • Yes with some reservations 56%
  • No 12%
  • Unsure 13%

Party Vote (in Auckland)

  • National 42.6%
  • Labour 32.7%
  • Greens 11%
  • NZ First 10.4%

New Plymouth mayoralty poll

October 1, 2013

Stuff reports:

New Plymouth looks to have a true mayoral race on its hands, with challenger Andrew Judd edging ahead of incumbent Harry Duynhoven in a poll taken this week.

In the random telephone survey of 477 New Plymouth voters, 20 per cent supported Mr Duynhoven, while his main challenger, businessman and current councillor Andrew Judd, secured 23 per cent.

The poll indicated Hamilton-born businessman Craig Percy and local man Chris Wilkes, who is standing on an environmental platform, were outsiders in the race, with two per cent and one per cent of support respectively.

But it’s early days and 53 per cent of those who took part in the Taranaki Daily News poll were either undecided or ambivalent about the election.

The poll had a 70 per cent response rate and a margin of error of 4.47 per cent.

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