Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Te Tai Hauauru voters
Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 24 September to 14 October 2008
Client: Marae
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- Labour 42.5%
- Maori Party 44.0%
- NZ First 1.9%
- National 7.7%
- Green 2.1%
Candidate Support
- Errol Mason, Labour 15.1%
- Tariana Turia, Maori Party 77.7%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 46.8%
- Tariana Turia 10.5%
- Pita Sharples 8.5%
- John Key 6.1%
- Winston Peters 3.7%
Country Direction
- Right 50.9%
- No 32.8%
- Don’t Know 16.2%
Tariana Turia Performance
- Very Satisfied 29.7%
- Satisfied 50.8%
- Not Satisfied 8.1%
- Don’t Know 11.3%
Most effective Maori MP
- Tariana Turia 26.8%
- Pita Sharples 23.2%
- Hone Harawira 6.8%
- Winston Peters 5.7%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 16.9%
- Health 13.0%
- Family Issues 11.2%
- Education 9.5%
- Law & Order 6.6%
- Unemployment 5.8%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 77.4% support, 15.0% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 28.7% support, 60.4% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 9.0%
- Maori first 72.8%
- Both 17.7%
