Commentaries

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  Will you have retirement income security?

  10 Dec 11 – What age will you live and work to? Will your retirement income last and be adequate to give you a comfortable living? What should New Zealand do about providing retirement income security longer term? Have your say in this significant survey, and influence future policy....

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  Election results confirm six-way race held for Maori party vote

  27 Nov 11 – A specialist Horizon Research Maori Panel survey between November 15 and 21, 2011, found a six-way split could occur for the party votes of Maori nationwide at the November 26 general election.   The survey covered 779 Maori respondents who intended to cast a party vote.   Respondents...

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  Will it be alright on the night?

  8 Nov 11 – Political commentator Richard Long is asking if anyone else getting a queasy feeling about the constant refrain that this election is all over, bar the shouting, and that the Nats are bolting home 20 points ahead of Labour?   In an opinion piece on Stuff he says the Horizon Research polling,...

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  What do Asians prefer?

  2 Nov 11 – Which main party do the main ethnic groups pefer to lead the next coalition government?   The November 1-2 RadioLIVE-HorizonPoll, still underway, finds that across New Zealand:   37.7% of Asians would prefer a Labour-led coalition to govern after the election, 36.1%...

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  Chuffed Stuff

  5 Sep 11 – Fairfax is chuffed by the HorizonPoll which finds Stuff Number One among New Zealand’s media web sites.   In this comment, Stuff editor Mark Stevens said he was delighted with the result, which came on the back of successes at the Canon Media Awards and the People's Choice NetGuide Web...

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  Why not disclose full political poll results?

  31 Jul 11 – Ex-patriate political scientist Rob Salmond has told Radio New Zealand's Media Watch programme Horizon Research is making good moves in polling undecided voters.   On the July 31 programme Mr Salmond was discussing the large differences between DigiPoll, Colmar Brunton and Reid Research poll...

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  Sunday Star Times on deals in high places

  24 Jul 11 – Deals being done in high-profile seats such as Ohariu and Epsom will be critical to the next government, the Sunday Star Times reports.   Ohariu, in Wellington, is held by United Future's Peter Dunne, while Epsom, in Auckland, is being vacated by Act's Rodney Hide and will be contested by...

• No women at all support Act?

  28 May 11 – The Herald reports its DigiPoll finds no women at all are supporting the Act party.   It says: “Act not only has a polling issue with only 1.7 per cent, it has a major gender issue, with no women at all supporting it in the poll.”   DigiPoll’s published results are...

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  What Kiwis say on growth forecasts

  22 May 11 – Here’s what New Zealanders are saying on the economic and job growth forecasts, which underpin the 2011 Budget.   The information provided and question results are shown first, followed by responses when HorizonPoll asked “why do you say that?”   2011...

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  Comparing polls

  14 May 11 – Some bloggers supporting various political parties are asking why Horizon's party vote poll results differ from other polls.   They point out that other polls, mainly conducted by phone, have National about 20% ahead of Labour. Horizon's polls show a lesser margin, for example, 9.7% on May...

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  Star Times: National's Epsom problem

  24 Apr 11 – The Sunday Star Times says Horizon polling indicates National still faces a problem in the Epsom electorate, where it has stood down to allow Act leader Rodney Hide to win, taking his party to Wellington.   The Star Times says John Key's coalition will again need that to happen, but his...

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  BNZ: no economic quick fixes

  27 Mar 11 – BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says the results of an HorizonPoll economic outlook  survey are not at all surprising.   The March 21-25 survey of more than 2000 voters finds more people believe the economy will decline this year rather than grow. Among A majority of...

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  So how are Radio NZ listeners voting?

  18 Feb 11 – How do Radio New Zealand's National Programme listeners actually vote?   New Zealand Herald media columnist John Drinnan reported this morning Prime Minister John Key was expected to start giving interviews to Radion New Zealand's Morning Report, which he has been avoiding.   Drinnan...

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  What Kiwis say about their finances in 2011

  16 Jan 11 – Why are more New Zealanders thinking their personal finances will get worse, rather than better, during 2011?   Here is the overall result for the question posted in HorizonPoll’s Mood of The Nation survey for the Sunday Star Times, between January 7 and 15, 2011, followed by what many...

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  TV3-HorizonPoll surveys align on tax reform

  14 Dec 10 – A survey conducted for TV3 lines up with an earlier HorizonPoll one showing few think they have benefitted from major tax reforms.   The TV3 survey of 1000 voters by Read Research has shown 70 percent of voters haven't noticed any benefit from the October tax cuts, which Prime Minister John...