UMR on Immigration
July 13, 2017
The Spinoff reports:
- 34% positive on immigration
- 41% neutral
- 23% negative
- 61% support migrants being able to continue traditional cultural practices, 33% opposed
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Mental Health poll
May 27, 2017
Stuff reports:
Only one out of ten New Zealanders thinks the Government is adequately supporting mental health care.
That’s according to a new poll released on Wednesday for the Public Service Association.
The poll showed 13 per cent of those surveyed thought the Government was doing enough to make sure Kiwis had the mental health care they needed when they needed it.
A further 60 per cent thought the Government wasn’t doing enough and 22 per cent were neutral. Five per cent of respondents weren’t sure.
UMR poll on Scott Watson
November 27, 2016
The Herald reports:
GUILTY
2002: 59%
2016: 23%
NOT GUILTY
2002: 15%
2016: 29%
UNSURE
2002: 26%
2016: 48%
UMR poll on medicinal cannabis
September 1, 2016
Stuff reports:
Of those who responded, 76 per cent agreed New Zealand laws should be changed so patients had safe and legal access to medicinal cannabis products prescribed by licensed doctors.
Just 12 per cent answered were opposed, while another 12 per cent were undecided.
The poll showed a 4 per cent rise in support for law reform since UMR’s last poll on the issue in January.
Auckland University of Technology psychology and public health professor Max Abbott said the numbers reflected a change in national opinion.
“It’s quite remarkable that only 12 per cent were opposed – this may be the lowest level of opposition ever found in a cannabis poll in New Zealand.”
A second question about whether natural cannabis products should be treated as herbal remedies when used therapeutically was supported by 61 per cent of respondents.
A further 24 per cent opposed the idea, and 15 per cent were undecided.
UMR poll on house prices
August 23, 2016
Hive News reports:
But yesterday UMR released results of a poll that found 60% of Aucklanders and 55% of home owners would prefer that house prices either fell a bit or fell dramatically over the next year.
The poll of 1,000 New Zealanders over the age of 18 was taken from July 29 to August 17 through UMR’s online omnibus survey and found a total of 63% nationwide who would either prefer house prices to ‘fall but not too much’ (37%) or to fall dramatically (26%).
UMR, which conducts polls for the Labour, found 55% of home owners would prefer house prices to fall a bit (40%) or dramatically (15%).
The poll found 14% of respondents preferred house prices either kept rising rapidly (4%) or at a slower pace (10%), while 17% of Aucklanders wanted house prices to keep rising rapidly (4%) or at a slower pace (13%). A total of 15% of home owners wanted house prices to rise rapidly (2%) or at a slower pace (13%). There were 633 home owners and 331 Aucklanders who took the poll.
The poll also asked if there was a housing crisis at the moment and found that 81% of all respondents and 85% of Aucklanders thought there was a crisis, while 79% of home owners thought there was housing crisis. Fourteen per cent of those polled thought there was no crisis and 5% were unsure.
UMR poll on tax avoidance
April 28, 2016
The NZ Herald reports:
Pressure over the Panama Papers on the Government is rising after a poll showed a majority of New Zealanders were concerned about the country’s new reputation as a tax haven.
An announcement by international investigators said details of hundreds of thousands of entities, including many with local links, would soon be made public.
A poll by UMR Research, conducted for activist group ActionStation, showed 57 per cent of respondents were “concerned” about New Zealand being a tax haven and the misuse of our foreign trust regime for tax evasion purposes. Just 23 per cent said they were “not concerned” about the issue. …
The UMR poll, of 750 people between April 14 and 18 and with a margin of error of 3.6 per cent, also asked respondents how they thought the Government had handled the fallout from the Panama Papers and whether they thought the review of foreign trusts by former PWC chairman John Shewan, was an adequate response.
Nearly half, or 46 per cent of respondents, said the Government was handling the issue poorly, with only 21 per cent saying it was being handled well. And more than half, or 52 per cent of respondents, said the Shewan review was an inadequate response to the issue.
Cannabis poll
March 31, 2016
UMR polled 750 people on cannabis issues:
- 72% support the use of marijuana for medical purposes
- 13% oppose the use of marijuana for medical purposes
- 46% support the legalisation of small amounts of marijuana for personal use
- 46% oppose the legalisation of small amounts of marijuana for personal use
UMR flag polls Mar 2016
March 22, 2016
UMR did another poll on the flag referendum:
- 58% keep flag
- 35% change
- 7% unsure
UMR flag poll
March 7, 2016
Stuff reports:
As voting gets underway there is still overwhelming support for the current flag over a change to the silver fern design.
The latest UMR Research poll undertaken in the last week of February has 59 per cent wanting to keep the flag and 32 per cent in favour of change.
Because this poll was done over the phone, those people who were unsure which way they would vote were included and came out at 9 per cent.
UMR Flag Poll October 2015
October 19, 2015
UMR polled 1,000 people online:
1st preferences:
- Red white and blue fern 36%
- Black white and blue fern 33%
- Red Peak 18%
- Black and white fern 7%
- Koru 6%
2nd round:
- Red white and blue fern 37%
- Black white and blue fern 34%
- Red Peak 21%
- Black and white fern 8%
3rd round:
- Red white and blue fern 39%
- Black white and blue fern 38%
- Red Peak 23%
4th round:
- Red white and blue fern 51.8%
- Black white and blue fern 48.2%
Head to head matches vs current NZ Flag:
- Red white and blue fern 36%
- Black white and blue fern 35%
- Red Peak 19%
- Black and white fern 18%
- Koru 13%