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UMR poll on NZ media

October 7, 2009

UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 24 to 27 September on what they think of the NZ media. Very interesting results:

  • Only 35% said the NZ media are accurate in reporting the news, with 25% saying inaccurate, 37% neutral and 3% don’t know.
  • Over 60s have the lowest score for accuracy – 23% compared to 43% for under 30s.
  • 30% say the NZ media are balanced and 30% say they are one-sided.
  • 27% say they are willing to admit mistakes, and 46% say they are not willing.
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Wanganui vs Whanganui

October 1, 2009

UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 24 to 27 September 2009 on what Wanganui should be called:

  • 62% support Wanganui
  • 25% Whanganui
  • 13% unsure
  • 37% of Maori support Wanganui and 50% Whanganui
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World Leaders

October 1, 2009

UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 27 to 30 August 2009 on their views of world leaders:

The net favourable ratings were:

  • Barack Obama +82%
  • Kevin Rudd +45%
  • Angela Merkel +15%
  • Nicolas Sarkozy +2%
  • Gordon Brown -1%
  • Silvio Berlusconi – 16%
  • Vladimir Putin -19%
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Auckland Council Services

September 14, 2009

UMR did a poll of 240 Aucklanders from 13 to 17 August 2009 on the role of the new Auckland Council. Findings:

  • 26% want Council to do core services only, while 67% want other services provided.
  • Strong opposition to asset sales, specifically 78% against transport facilities such as the port and airport being sold, 82% against parks, libraries, rec facilities being sold, 85% against water supplies being sold
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Global Economic Crisis

September 14, 2009

UMR polled 750 NZers from 27 to 30 August 2009.

Findings:

  • 36% think the worst of the recession is over -more so amongst men and higher income earners
  • Concern about the crisis for the NZ economy has dropped from 72% in June to 61% in August
  • Concern about the crisis for people personally has dropped from 54% in June to 48% in August
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Morality of New Zealanders

September 14, 2009

UMR polled 750 NZers from 30 July to 2 August 2009. Findings:

  • The most morally acceptable activities were divorce (81%), sex before marriage (77%), birth outside marriage (71%)
  • Homosexual relations deemed acceptable by 61%, euthanasia by 55%, abortion by 55% and gambling by 52%
  • Least acceptable are human cloning (7%), polygamy (11%), affairs (13%), suicide (20%), animal cloning (27%) and the death penalty (41%)
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MMP

September 14, 2009

ResearchNZ did a poll of 500 respondents from 8 to 10 September. Findings:

  • 45% want to retain MMP, 42% do not
  • 58% of under 25s want to retain MMP but only around 40% of over 55s
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MMP Poll

August 23, 2009

UMR did a poll from 2 to 6 July 2009 of 750 New Zealanders. Findings include:

  • 41% support MMP, 40% FPP, 19% unsure or no preference
  • 32% say MMP has had a positive impact, 37% were neutral and 24% said it had a negative impact
  • 64% want a referendum on MMP, 26% do not
  • 74% support reducing MPs from 120 to 100, 18% do not
  • 69% of the 74% support a reduction, even if it means House is no longer fully proportional
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Curia poll on mobile phones

August 12, 2009

Curia did a poll for Exceltium in August 2009 of 800 mobile phone owners. The full results are here: 090807 Curia Report

Key findings:

  • 48% on Vodafone, 47% Telecom, 3% both and 2% other
  • 33% said their choice of network was influenced by whether the people they call or text are on the same network
  • 73% say mobile phone charges are higher in NZ than overseas and 3% disagree
  • 81% believe Telecom and Vodafone are over-charging and only 5% disagree
  • 86% say they should be able to call someone on a different network for the same cost as someone on the same network, and 88% say the same for texting
  • 85% think it is wrong it often costs more to ring a mobile phone domestically than to call someone living overseas
  • 37% trust companies to lower their prices voluntarily, 55% do not
  • 81% want the Government to accept the Commerce Commission’s recommendation to lower the termination rate, and 14% do not
  • 15% said they are more likely to vote for a party that lowered mobile phone costs through reducing the termination rates and only 1% said they are less likely
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Colmar Brunton on Smacking

August 3, 2009

The One News Colmar Brunton Poll of 1,001 respondents from 25 to 29 July asked several questions on smacking:

  • 70% say they intend to vote in the referendum and 24% do not.
  • 20% say the referendum is a good use of public money and 76% do not.
  • 25% say the current law as it relates to smacking and child discipline is working and 63% say it is not.
  • 13% say they intend to vote yes in the referendum, and 83% vote no
  • 2% say it is ok to smack children under any circumstance, 83% say ok to smack under some circumstances and14% say not okay under any circumstances.
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