NZ Herald poll June 2013

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Undecideds: 11.9%

Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 661 had a party preference

Dates: 12 to 23 June 2013

Client: NZ Herald

Report: NZ Herald

Party Support

• National 48.8% (+0.3%)
• Labour 30.9% (-5.5%)
• Green 10.5% (+1.5%)
• NZ First 5.1% (+2.6%)
• Maori 1.8% (+0.7%)
• United Future 0.3% (+0.3%)
• ACT 0.2% (+0.1%)
• Mana 0.5% (nc)
• Conservative 1.5% (+0.2%)

Projected Seats

• National 60
• Labour 38
• Green 13
• Maori 3
• United Future 1
• ACT 1
• Mana 1
• NZ First 6
• Total 123

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

• CR – National 60 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 62/123 – the minimum needed to govern
• CL – Labour 38 + Greens 13 + Mana 1 = 52/123 -10 less than minimum needed to govern
• C – NZ First 6 + Maori 3 = 9/123

Preferred PM

• Key 65.2% (+2.2%)
• Shearer 12.4% (-6.1%)
• Peters 6.4% (+2.4%)
• Norman 3.6%

Labour Leadership successors if Shearer goes

• David Cunliffe 31.8%
• Grant Robertson 16.7%
• Andrew Little 13.5%
• Other 11.0%
• Unsure 27.0%

Inquiry into GCSB

• Agree 52.1%
• Disagree 36.9%
• Don’t Know 11.0%

Peter Dunne

• 22% believe he did not leak GCSB report
• 59% do not believe his denial

Sky City deal

• 34% approve
• 62% disapprove

Fluoride

• 48% support fluoride being added to drinking water
• 25% opposed
• 24% up to local council

Fiordland transport projects

• 46.2% back a tunnel and/or monorail track
• 46.2% oppose

National leadership when Key goes

• Bill English 29.7%
• Steven Joyce 25.4%
• Judith Collin 13.0%

Student Loans

• 57% agree with arresting loan defaulters at the border
• 40% disagree

Sir Douglas Graham

• 55% say he should lose knighthood
• 33% disagree

Working for Families Tax Credits

• 51% support extending to parents on welfare
• 41% opposed

Housing developments

• 43% back Govt having power to override councils’ planning and consent processes
• 51% opposed