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NZ Herald DigiPoll March 2013

March 21, 2013

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Undecideds: Unknown

Poll Size: 750 respondents

Dates: 11 to 17 March 2013

Client: NZ Herald

Report: NZ Herald

Party Support

National 48.5% (+0.6%)
Labour 36.3% (+4.4%)
Green 9.0% (-1.7%)
NZ First 2.5% (-3.0%)
Maori 1.1% (-0.4%)
United Future 0.0% (-0.3%)
ACT 0.1% (-0.1%)
Mana 0.5% (+0.2%)
Conservative 1.3% (-0.1%)

Projected Seats

National 61
Labour 46
Green 11
Maori 3
United Future 1
ACT 1
Mana 1
NZ First 0
Total 124

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

CR – National 61 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 63/124 – the minimum needed to govern
CL – Labour 46 + Greens 11 + NZ First 0 + Mana 1 = 58/124 -5 less than minimum needed to govern

The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.

Preferred PM

Key 63.0% (-2.6%)
Shearer 18.5% (+5.6%)
Peters 4.0%

Country Direction

Right 49.0% (+0.9%)
Wrong 43.0% (+0.3%)

Asset Sales

52% opposed to sale of MRP, 32% in favour
30% plan to buy shares in MRP

Term of Parliament

51% 3 years
48% 4 years

Marriage

Should remain between a man and a woman 48% (+8%)
Allow same-sex couples to marry 52% (-4%)

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Curia Moral Issues poll

February 26, 2013

A Curia poll of 1,000 adults for Family First was done in February 2011 on a variety of moral issues. The full report is here and here. Major findings include:

47% say the definition of marriage should change to allow same-sex couples to marry and 43% say civil unions are sufficient for same-sex couples
49% say any changes to the Marriage Act should be subject to a binding referendum
80% say marriage celebrants should not be forced to perform same-sex weddings
73% say churches should not be forced to allow same-sex weddings in their buildings
55% say faith-based schools should not have to teach that same-sex marriage is equal to traditional marriage
53% say teachers in state schools should not have to each that same-sex marriage is equal to traditional marriage
52% say a family with a mum and dad should have priority for adoptions
73% say Councils should be able to restrict the locations of brothels
87% say Councils should be able to restrict the number of pokie machines in areas thought to be particularly harmful
72% says public billboards should be g-rated

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Moral Issues

January 20, 2013

A Herald on Sunday Key Research poll found:

54% favour marriage equality, 38% against
60% support euthanasia, 18% are against, 16% say depends on situation

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