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Ikaroa-Rawhiti poll

August 30, 2017

Newshub reports on a Reid Research poll:

Party Vote

  • Labour 50.4% (+2.3%)
  • Maori Party 21.1% (+8.7%)
  • NZ First 12.0% (+0.6%)
  • Greens 7.5% (-3.9%)
  • National 5.9% (+0.4%)

Electorate Vote

  • Meka Whaitiri (L) 55.0% (+8.7%)
  • Marama Fox (M) 39.0% (+20.7%)

The changes are from the election result.

Reid Research have done a 500 person poll of Ikaroa Rāwhiti  for Maori TV. Key results are:

Party Vote

  • Labour 45% (-5% from election)
  • Maori Party 14% (-1%)
  • National 10% (+4%)
  • Greens 8% (-1%)
  • Internet Mana 13% (+3%)
  • NZ First 10% (+2%)

Electorate Vote

  • Maori Party 18% (-2%)
  • Labour 37% (-4%)
  • Greens 6% (-5%)
  • Mana 21% (-5%)

Most important issues (rated 6/10 or higher)

  • Family violence 94%
  • Education 95%
  • Child poverty 93%
  • Cost of living 92%
  • Te Reo Maori 90%
  • Maori unemployment 90%
  • Housing 88%
  • Maori Leadership 83%
  • Mining 64%

If Maori Party balance of power

  • Prefer Labour 66%
  • Prefer National 20%

 

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone of Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters

Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)

Dates: 15 October to 28 October 2008

Client: Marae

Report: TVNZ

Party Support

  • Labour 45.5%
  • Maori Party 39.2%
  • NZ First 4.9%
  • National 3.1%
  • Green 3.9%

Candidate Support

  • Parekura Horomia, Labour 49.8%
  • Derek Fox, Maori Party 44.4%
Preferred PM
  • Helen Clark 50.8%
  • Winston Peters 6.0%
  • Pita Sharples 9.1%
  • John Key 4.6%
  • Tariana Turia 4.1%
Country Direction
  • Right 64.0%
  • No 23.7%
  • Don’t Know 12.3%
Parekura Horomia Performance
  • Very Satisfied 19.4%
  • Satisfied 53.9%
  • Not Satisfied 18.5%
  • Don’t Know 8.3%
Most effective Maori MP
  • Parekura Horomia 30.1%
  • Pita Sharples 20.4%
  • Hone Harawira 3.7%
  • Tariana Turia 11.1%
  • Winston Peters 7.1%
Most important issue
  • Maori/Treaty 15.6%
  • Education 19.0%
  • Law & Order 8.3%
  • Health 12.9%
  • Family Issues 6.5%
Coalitions
  • Maori Party coalition with Labour – 83.4% support, 12.1% do not
  • Maori Party coalition with National – 20.8% support, 73.1% do not
Identity
  • New Zealander First 15.4%
  • Maori first 67.0%
  • Both 17.4%

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone of Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters

Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)

Dates: Around two and a half weeks to 14 July 2008

Client: Marae

Report: None yet

Candidate Support

The poll was reported in two parts. Up until 8 July 2008 Derek Fox (Maori Party) had 50.5% to 41.9% for Parekura Horomia (Labour).
On 8 July stories of domestic violence in the past of Derek Fox were published. Responses after that date were 47.1% for Fox and 45.6% for Horomia.
Note that if half the sample were done before and after 8 July, the margin of error for each part is 7.1%.
The last Marae-Digipoll in 2007 in Ikaroa-Rawhiti had the Maori Party candidate (not selected at that stage) at 54% and the Labour Party candidate (Horomia) at 31%, so the race has tightened since then regardless of the domestic violence revelations.

There will be much interest is the poll done in Ikaroa-Rawhiti by Marae and presumably DigiPoll. Presumably it was done during or after the Derek Fox allegations. The results will be on Marae on TV One on 20 July.

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