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A Colmar Brunton poll for Q+A found:

Most concerning issues in order:

  1. Wages
  2. Housing affordability
  3. Unemployment
  4. Foreign property ownership
  5. Immigration
  6. Climate change

Poverty

  • Government should be doing more about poverty 66%
  • Government is doing about right amount 27%
  • Government should be doing less 1%

Social Housing

  • Government should be doing more for social housing 55%
  • Government is doing about right amount 36%
  • Government should be doing less 3%

Republic

  • NZ should become a republic 19%
  • Stay with monarchy 73%

Australian deportations

  • NZ should deport non citizens who serve more than a year in prison 74%
  • Disagree 18%

Polling Company: Colmar Brunton

Subsciber to NZ Political Polling Code: Yes

Poll Method: Random Phone

Poll Size: 1,002 of whom 832 have a party preference

Undecideds: 12%

Dates: 10 to 14 October 2015

Client: One News

Report: Colmar Brunton

Party Support

  • National 47.0% (nc)
  • Labour 31.0% (-1%)
  • Green 12.0% (nc)
  • NZ First 9.0% (+2%)
  • Maori 0.8% (-0.4%)
  • United Future 0.0% (nc)
  • ACT 0.2% (+0.1%)
  • Mana 0.0% (-0.2%)
  • Conservative 0.4% (+0.3%)

Projected Seats

  • National 57
  • Labour 38
  • Green 14
  • ACT 1
  • Maori 1
  • United Future 1
  • NZ First 10
  • Total 122

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

  • CR – National 57 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 59/122 – three fewer than the minimum needed to govern
  • CL – Labour 38 + Greens 14 = 52/122 – ten fewer than the minimum needed to govern
  • C – NZ First 10 + Maori 1 = 11/122

On this poll NZ First would hold the balance of power.

Preferred PM

  • John Key 40.0% (nc)
  • Andrew Little 8.0% (-2%)
  • Winston Peters 8.0% (+2%)
  • Jacinda Ardern 3.0% (nc)

Economic Outlook

  • Better 42% (+9%)
  • Worse 33% (-12%)
  • Same 25% (+3%)

Smoke free areas

  • 53% support extending smoke free areas to outside areas of bars and restaurants
  • 45% disagree

Contraception

  • 70% say government should encourage contraception for mothers who have had multiple children placed into CYF care
  • 24% disagree

Benefits in Australia

  • 67% say NZ should restrict benefit eligibility for Australians, as Australia does for NZers

Australian Deportations

  • 58% say NZ should deport Australians who have served prison sentences of 12 months or more

NZ view of other countries

October 24, 2011

UMR polled 750 NZers on their views of other countries.

The net positive ratings for each country were:

  1. Australia +66%
  2. Scotland +45%
  3. Wales +37%
  4. England +36%
  5. Japan +33%
  6. Germaany +33%
  7. Ireland +32%
  8. France +24%
  9. China +10%
  10. Brazil +9%
  11. India +6%
  12. USA +1%
  13. South Africa -8%
  14. Russia – 10%
  15. Greece -30%
  16. Pakistan -50%

Australia

  • If Australia not playing NZ, 46% support Australia
  • 33% support other country
  • If RWC Final had been Australia v South Africa 63% support Australia and 25% South Africa
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