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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

Stuff reports:

The public is right behind the Government’s plans to stop beneficiaries having babies.

Although critics have attacked the decision to provide free contraception for beneficiaries, two polls show the public loves the idea.

Nearly 80 per cent of respondents in a Sunday Star-Times reader poll supported funding long-term reversible contraception for female beneficiaries and their 16 to 19-year-old daughters. More than half wanted the Government to go further.

And a Research New Zealand poll found 65 per cent support, and that while those on low incomes were less likely to favour the proposal, there was still 54 per cent support among those earning less than $40,000.

Note the SST readers poll is not a scientific random poll.

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