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  Act breaks through 5% support threshold

  15 May 11 – The Act Party now has 5.3% voter support.   A new HorizonPoll conducted between Thursday and Friday shows Act is up from 3.7% in April after making Don Brash its leader.   The first result for the new Mana Party shows it has 2.3% party vote support nationwide, ahead of the Maori Party...

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  Budget unlikely to change KiwiSaver savings levels

  14 Jun 11 – Research commissioned by the Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI) shows that while few New Zealanders support the KiwiSaver changes announced in the Budget, most are likely to remain committed to the scheme.   Not surprisingly, the HorizonPoll survey found that 75% of those...

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  Capital gains tax attracts more support than opposition

  24 Jul 11 – More New Zealanders support than oppose a capital gains tax.   The first nationwide  poll conducted since the policy announcement finds 40.9% support Labour’s capital gains tax (CGT) proposal , 34.1% oppose,  17.9% are neutral  and 7.1% don’t know.   The...

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  Less than 1% separates potential coalitions

  24 Jul 11 – The two potential coalitions which could govern New Zealand after November's general election  are less than 1% apart.   The latest HorizonPoll of 1201 people on Friday (July 22) finds the current governing coalition (National, Act, Maori Party, United Future) would secure...

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  Majority back Hobbit movie deal, but don’t want a repeat

  23 Nov 10 – A majority of New Zealanders support the deal the Government did with Warner Bros to keep Hobbit film production in New Zealand. However, a majority don’t want a similar deal done again.   A new nationwide HorizonPoll finds 56.4% support for the agreement the Government made with...

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  More than half say they are worse off after major tax reform

  21 Nov 10 – Only 8.4% say they feel better off as a result of October’s major tax reforms.   Some 53.5% say they are worse off after tax cuts and rises in benefits and GST.   Some 35.6% say they are neither better nor worse off, according to a nationwide HorizonPoll survey of 1,558 people...

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  Should you be made to answer police questions?

  17 Nov 10 – This new HorizonPoll nationwide survey covers new law proposed by the Government to help police investigate serious crime.   We seek your views on some important issues: proposals to increase police powers; the deal done to keep the Hobbit films' production in New Zealand; how our main...

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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...

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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...

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  Wealth gap worries Kiwis

  23 Jan 11 – ACCUSATIONS THAT New Zealand is one of the worst performers in the developed world when it comes to the income gap between rich and poor have been validated by a Sunday Star-Times survey.   Conducted by Horizon Research, it shows the burgeoning gap between the haves and have-nots is frothing...

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  Whopping 92% say Kiwis need to save more

  25 Aug 10 – Kiwis know they need to save more.   In a current HorizonPoll on compulsory savings policy options, a  whopping 92% so far are saying that generally there is a need for New Zealanders to save more .   Only 4% disagree and 4% don’t know.   After 300 responses (margin...