Smacking Referendum Poll
August 1, 2009
Research NZ polled 481 people from 17 to 19 June:
- Only 18% think the referendum is a good use of taxpayers money as the PM has said the Government is unlikely to change the law
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Superannuation poll
August 1, 2009
Research NZ polled 505 people from 4 to 11 June:
- 72% aware that Govt has suspended contributions to NZ Super Fund
- 73% concerned about whether future Governments can provide for retired NZers
Cell phones in cars poll
August 1, 2009
Research NZ surveyed 505 people from 4 to 11 June:
- 86% agree it should be illegal to use a cellphone when driving
- However only 42% say this should apply to hands free phones
ACT Telelink poll on Three Strikes Bill
August 1, 2009
The ACT Party commission Telelink to do poll of 500 respondents. The report is here.
- 55% have heard of the Three Strikes policy
- 35% strongly agree with it and 45% agree with it (note exact details were not given to respondents)
- 73% want the ACT policy adopted by National as government policy
NZ Herald Digipoll on Smacking July 2009
July 27, 2009
Digipoll did a survey of 200 parents of 4-year-olds. The results are here.
- 61% of mothers smack their child occassionally
- 67% of fathers smack their child occassionally
- Most common punishment for mothers is sending to room at 71% and smacking is most common punishment for only 2% of mothers
- Most common punishment for fathers is sending to room at 63% and smacking is most common punishment for only 6% of fathers
- 95% of mothers reward good behaviour
- Onlu 9% of mothers breastfeed for over a year – down from 42% in 1997
- 40% of mothers never spent a night apart from their child for the first two years
Waitakere City Phoenix Research Poll on Auckland
July 26, 2009
Phoenix Research did a poll for Waitakere City Council on Auckland Governance. 400 Waitakere residents were polled:
- 34% favour a super city and 48% are oppossed
- 78% agreed with the statement “All of the councillors on the new Auckland Council should be elected by people in their local area (that is by Ward) rather than elected by people across the whole region (that is At Large)”. As with the NSCC poll I regard this question as misleading as it does not include the clear option of a mixture of at large and wards despite this being what is proposed.
- 42% support Maori seats and 44% do not
North Shore City Colmar Brunton Poll on Auckland
July 26, 2009
Colmar Brunton did a poll for North Shore City Council on Auckland Governance. It was from 2 to 8 July 2009, and polled 801 ratepayers of North Shore, taken from the White Pages, with a minimum 250 per ward.
The results are weighted by ward population. They have asked for ratepayers only, so residents who do not pay rates may have been excluded.
- 47% favour a super city and 36% are oppossed
- 11% said their democratic representation would be better off, 48% much the same and 40% worse off
- 80% agreed with the statement “All of the councillors on the new Auckland Council should be elected by people in their local area (that is ‘by Ward’) rather than elected by people across the whole region (that is ‘At Large’)”. Note in my opinion that question is faulty as it does not give the option of there being a mixture of wards and at large – as recommended by the Royal Commission and the Government.
UMR on David Bain
July 26, 2009
UMR polled 750 NZers in June on David Bain.
In early June a net 39% thought he was not guilty. By late June this dropped to 16%.
Of the 47% who think Bain is not guilty, 79% support compensation of $1.5 million.
UMR on Business Leaders
July 26, 2009
UMR polled 750 NZers in June 2009 on favourability ratings of 11 business leaders. Their net favourability ratings were:
- Peter Jackson +81%
- Stephen Tindall +58%
- Mike Pero +48%
- Graeme Hart + 32%
- Rob Fyfe +22%
- Mark Weldon +13%
- Craig Norgate +11%
- Paul Reynolds +8%
- Jonathan Ling +5%
- Eric Watson -4%
Global Finance Crisis poll by UMR
May 11, 2009
UMR polled 750 people from 2 to 14 April 2009. Findings include:
- 1 in 3 believe the crisis will get a lot worse or lead to a depression
- 41% of Kiwi’s believe economy will pick up within a year
- 82% blame international events for the slow down and only 11% domestic events
- 42% expect to spend less in 2009 than 2008
Full results are here.