Housing importance poll
June 8, 2017
Curia did a poll for the Property Institute. It asked how important is housing policy in determining your vote:
- Will determine 8%
- Very important 29%
- Important 29%
- Not an issue 32%
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Mental Health poll
May 27, 2017
Stuff reports:
Only one out of ten New Zealanders thinks the Government is adequately supporting mental health care.
That’s according to a new poll released on Wednesday for the Public Service Association.
The poll showed 13 per cent of those surveyed thought the Government was doing enough to make sure Kiwis had the mental health care they needed when they needed it.
A further 60 per cent thought the Government wasn’t doing enough and 22 per cent were neutral. Five per cent of respondents weren’t sure.
Property Prices Poll April 2017
May 15, 2017
The Property Institute released:
“The number of people predicting an increase in property prices over the next six months is up 5% to 55% since March. Those expecting prices to decrease has dropped 5% from 12% to just 7%”.
“This means that expectations have rebounded to figures that closely match our November poll (56% increase & 8% decrease) – except in Auckland where there has been a big slump in expectations. Back in November 58% of Aucklanders were expecting house prices to rise – but last month that figure was down 12% to 46%, unchanged from our March poll”.
Pornography poll
May 1, 2017
A poll by Curia for Family First found:
- 71% of respondents think pornography overall is bad for society and only 4% good.
- 68% say online depictions of sexual violence are very harmful to society and 90% say moderately or very harmful.
- 72% says there is a fair bit or a lot of connection and 42% say there is a lot of connection between online pornography and public issues such as ‘rape culture’ and sexting.
- 62% of adults say they have come across pornography online, when not seeking it out. 13% say this has happened often and 48% at least occasionally.
- 91% say that it is too easy for under 18s to access online pornography.
- 81% say that Internet Providers should be required by the Government to offer filters to block pornographic material.
- 70% say that Internet Providers should automatically block pornography unless the customer opts out by turning off a filter.
One News Colmar Brunton poll March 2017
March 28, 2017
Polling Company: Colmar Brunton
Subsciber to NZ Political Polling Code: Yes
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,000 voters
Undecideds:
Dates: 18 March to 22 March 2017
Client: One News
Report: Colmar Brunton
Party Support
- National 46.0% (nc)
- Labour 30.0% (nc)
- Green 11.0% (nc)
- NZ First 8.0% (-3.0%)
- Maori 4.0% (+3.3%)
- United Future 0.0% (-0.3%)
- ACT 0.4% (-0.4%)
- Mana 0.2% (-0.6%)
- Conservative 0.3% (+0.1%)
- Opportunities 0.4% (+0.4%)
Projected Seats
- National 56
- Labour 36
- Green 14
- ACT 1
- Maori 5
- United Future 1
- NZ First 9
- Total 122
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 56 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 58/122 – four fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 36 + Greens 14 = 50/122 – 12 fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 9 + Maori 5 = 14/122
On this poll the Maori Party would hold the balance of power.
Preferred PM
- Bill English 26.0% (-5%)
- Andrew Little 7% (nc)
- Winston Peters 9% (+1%)
- Jacinda Ardern 9% (+5%)
Economic Outlook
- Better 46% (-2%)
- Same 28% (-2%)
- Worse 26% (+4%)
Superannuation
- Support increase in eligibility age to 67 – 52%
- Opposed 40%
Freedom Camping
- 69% think more needs to be done to control behaviour of freedom campers
- 23% disagree
Vaccinations
- 48% support banning unvaccinated children from early childhood centres
- 43% disagree
Newshub Reid Research poll March 2017
March 21, 2017
Polling Company: Reid Research
Subsciber to NZ Political Polling Code: Yes
Poll Method: Random Phone 750 and Internet Panel 250
Poll Size: 1,000
Undecideds: Unknown
Dates: 10 to 19 March 2017
Client: Newshub
Report: Newshub
Party Support
- National 47.1% (+2.0%)
- Labour 30.8% (-1.9%)
- Green 11.2% (-0.3%)
- NZ First 7.6% (-0.5%)
- Maori 0.7% (-0.6%)
- United Future 0.4% (+0.3%)
- ACT 0.4% (+0.2%)
- Mana 0.0% (-0.4%)
- Conservative 0.4% (-0.1%)
- Opportunities 0.8%
Projected Seats
- National 58
- Labour 38
- Green 14
- ACT 1
- Maori 1
- United Future 1
- NZ First 9
- Total 122
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 58 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 60/122 – two 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 9 + Maori 1 = 10/122
On this poll NZ First would hold the balance of power.
Preferred PM
- Bill English 25.0% (-11.7% from Key)
- Andrew Little 8.3% (-2.2%)
- Winston Peters 8.9% (-2.0%)
- Jacinda Ardern 10.5%
Labour Leader
- Andrew Little 46%
- Jacinda Ardern 38%
Housing
- Is Government doing enough to control housing market – yes 19%
- No 19%
Immigration
- 51% support a cut in immigration
- 39% do not
Superannuation
- 52% support increase in entitlement age to 67
- 42% do not
Abortion poll
March 13, 2017
Curia did polling for ALRANZ on views of legality of abortion in different scenarios.
The net level of support (those saying legal less those saying illegal for each circumstance was:
– Pregnant woman likely to die +72%
– Foetus has no chance of survival +70%
– Pregnant woman likely to be permanently harmed +70%
– Pregnancy is a result of rape +65%
– Pregnancy is a result of birth control failure +31%
– Pregnant mother can’t afford to have another child +27%
– Pregnant woman doesn’t want to be a mother +22%
Property prices poll
March 13, 2017
The Herald reports:
Half of all surveyed in the Property Institute’s February poll expressed an expectation prices would continue to go up in the next six months, with Wellingtonians and those aged 18 – 30 most likely to expect it to do so.
Of the 1006 people in the phone survey, 12 per cent thought the prices would drop, compared to 34 per cent who thought prices would go unchanged.
The poll also found the public ranked foreign investment as a strong influence in the market – on average 6.7/10, compared to 6.1/10 for tradespeople and developers and 6/10 for local investors.
Property Institute Chief executive Ashley Church said there had been a noticeable shift in public expectation since the last poll.
“Back in November 56 per cent of people thought property prices would keep rising in the next six months.
Roy Morgan poll February 2017
February 28, 2017
Polling Company: Roy Morgan Research
Subsciber to NZ Political Polling Code: No
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 852 of whom 805 have a party preference
Undecideds: 5.5%
Dates: 30 January to 12 February 2017
Client: Self Published
Report: Roy Morgan
Party Support
- National 48.0% (+2.0%)
- Labour 26.0% (-1.0%)
- Green 13.0% (+0.5%)
- NZ First 8.0% (-1.0%)
- Maori 2.0% (nc)
- United Future 0.0% (-0.5%)
- ACT 1.0% (+0.5%)
- Mana/Internet 0.0% (nc)
- Conservative 0.0% (-0.5%)
Projected Seats
- National 59
- Labour 32
- Green 16
- ACT 1
- Maori 2
- United Future 1
- NZ First 10
- Total 121
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 59 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 61/121 – the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 32 + Greens 16 = 48/121 – thirteen fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 10 + Maori 2 = 12/121
On this poll National would govern with ACT and United Future.
Country Direction
- Right 63.5% (+0.5%)
- Wrong 23.5% (+0.5%)
- Can’t Say 13.0% (-1.0%)
Most Important Issues
- Housing 26% (-1%)
- Poverty 17% (+1%)
Stay at home parenting poll
January 20, 2017
A poll by Curia for Family First found:
In the independent poll of 846 people undertaken by Curia Market Research, 74% of respondents agreed with the statement; “It is generally better for children when one of the parents can stay home as a full-time parent”. Only 19% disagreed. Strongest support came from Green Party supporters (86%) followed by NZ First supporters (76%). Lowest was from Labour supporters (69%). Stronger support was from males than females.
60% of respondents also agreed with the statement; “As the Government presently subsidises Early Childhood Education, the Government should also subsidise a parent who stays at home to care for a young child.” 30% disagreed, with 11% unsure or refusing to say.