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Polling Company: Colmar Brunton

Subsciber to NZ Political Polling Code: Yes

Poll Method: Random Phone

Poll Size: 1,002 of whom 832 have a party preference

Undecideds: 12%

Dates: 10 to 14 October 2015

Client: One News

Report: Colmar Brunton

Party Support

  • National 47.0% (nc)
  • Labour 31.0% (-1%)
  • Green 12.0% (nc)
  • NZ First 9.0% (+2%)
  • Maori 0.8% (-0.4%)
  • United Future 0.0% (nc)
  • ACT 0.2% (+0.1%)
  • Mana 0.0% (-0.2%)
  • Conservative 0.4% (+0.3%)

Projected Seats

  • National 57
  • Labour 38
  • Green 14
  • ACT 1
  • Maori 1
  • United Future 1
  • NZ First 10
  • Total 122

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

  • CR – National 57 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 59/122 – three 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 10 + Maori 1 = 11/122

On this poll NZ First would hold the balance of power.

Preferred PM

  • John Key 40.0% (nc)
  • Andrew Little 8.0% (-2%)
  • Winston Peters 8.0% (+2%)
  • Jacinda Ardern 3.0% (nc)

Economic Outlook

  • Better 42% (+9%)
  • Worse 33% (-12%)
  • Same 25% (+3%)

Smoke free areas

  • 53% support extending smoke free areas to outside areas of bars and restaurants
  • 45% disagree

Contraception

  • 70% say government should encourage contraception for mothers who have had multiple children placed into CYF care
  • 24% disagree

Benefits in Australia

  • 67% say NZ should restrict benefit eligibility for Australians, as Australia does for NZers

Australian Deportations

  • 58% say NZ should deport Australians who have served prison sentences of 12 months or more

Smokefree Areas

January 31, 2009

A survey of 500 Rotorua residents found 85% support a ban on smoking in public playgrounds and the Redwoods forest. A third of the survey were smokers

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