Auckland Mayor Poll
December 22, 2009
UMR polled 482 Aucklanders on who they thought would be a better Mayor for the new Auckland Council.
42% said Len Brown and 31% John Banks
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UMR on MMP
December 6, 2009
UMR did a poll of 750 New Zealanders from 22 to 27 October 2009.
Favoured alternatives to MMP:
- FPP 29%
- STV 20%
- SM 9%
- Not Know enough 32%
- Unsure 9%
Retain MMP:
- Retain 48%
- Change 40%
- Unsure 11%
Hold $20 million referendum:
- Yes 32%
- No 60%
- Unsure 8%
Success of MMP (net ratings)
- More Maori MPs +31%
- More co-operation +27%
- Prlt more representative +24%
- More women MPs +22%
- Legislation consulted more +9%
- Stable Govt +7%
- Make MPs listen +1%
- Harder for parties to break word -2%
- Foster national unity -5%
- Sound economic policies -5%
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.
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
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%
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
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
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%)
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
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.