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In early April support for John Key’s National Party-led Government is 59% (down 0.5%) with National Party support 50.5% (down 4%), Maori Party 3.5% (up 1.5%), ACT NZ 4% (up 1.5%), and United Future 1% (up 0.5%) according to the Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll conducted March 23 — April 5, 2009.

Support for Opposition Parties is 41% (up 0.5%) — Labour Party support is 28% (down 1%), Greens 9.5% (up 1.5%), NZ First 2.5% (up 0.5%), Progressive Party 0% (down 0.5%) and Others 1% (unchanged).

The Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating is at 143 (down 4.5 points) with 65% (down 2.5%) of New Zealanders saying New Zealand is ‘heading in the right direction’ compared to just 22% (up 2%) that say New Zealand is ‘heading in the wrong direction.’

During the same period, the Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence Rating rose 4.2 points to 97.6.

Gary Morgan says:

“Although support for Prime Minister John Key’s National Party has fallen significantly (49.5%, down 5%), most of this support has gone to Key’s partners in Government. The Maori Party 4% (up 2%), ACT NZ 4% (up 1.5%) and United Future 1% (up 0.5%) all had rises in support.

“The rise in the Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence Rating, up 4.2 points to 97.6 has been driven by increasing confidence amongst New Zealanders about the national economy over the next 12 months and next five years — this confidence reflects well on Key’s ability to lead New Zealand out of the more than year-long recession.

“A sustainable increase in the Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence Rating will give Key a great amount of strength to continue implementing the policies he was elected on at last year’s election — cutting red tape and increasing New Zealand’s productivity and competitiveness.”

Electors were asked: “If an election were held today which party would receive your party vote?”

This latest New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll on voting intention was conducted by telephone with a New Zealand-wide cross-section of 910 electors from March 23 — April 5, 2009. Of all electors surveyed, 3.5% did not name a party.

VOTING INTENTION SUMMARY

The following table compares the latest NZ Morgan Polls on Voting Intention with the result from the November 8, 2008 General Election:

PRIMARY VOTE	National	Labour	Green Party	ACT NZ	Maori Party*	United Future	NZ First	Progressive Party	Other
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
General Election, July 27, 2002	20.9	41.3	7	7.1	n/a	6.7	10.4	1.7	4.9
General Election, September 17, 2005	39.1	41.1	5.3	1.51	2.12	2.67	5.72	1.16	1.32
General Election, November 8, 2008	44.93	33.99	6.72	3.65	2.39	0.87	4.07	0.91	2.47
MORGAN POLL
November 17-30, 2008	44	32.5	9.5	4	3.5	1	3.5	0.5	1.5
December 1-14, 2008	47	31.5	9.5	4	2	1	3	0.5	1.5
January 2-18, 2009	48	33	8	3	3.5	1	2.5	0.5	0.5
January 19 - February 1, 2009	48	31	9	3.5	3.5	1	3	0.5	0.5
February 2-15, 2009	48.5	32	8.5	2.5	3.5	0.5	1.5	1	2
February 16 - March 1, 2009	56	26	8.5	1.5	3.5	0.5	2.5	^	1.5
March 2-15, 2009	54.5	29	8	2.5	2	0.5	2	0.5	1
March 23 - April 5, 2009	50.5	28	9.5	4	3.5	1	2.5	^	1

*The Maori Party was launched in July 2004; ^ Result less than 0.5%

TWO-PARTY PREFERRED VOTE	National Party-led Government*	Opposition Parties#
	%	%
General Election, November 8, 2008	51.84	48.16
MORGAN POLL
November 17-30, 2008	52.5	47.5
December 1-14, 2008	54	46
January 2-18, 2009	55.5	44.5
January 19 - February 1, 2009	56	44
February 2-15, 2009	55	45
February 16 - March 1, 2009	61.5	38.5
March 2-15, 2009	59.5	40.5
March 23 - April 5, 2009	59	41

NEW ZEALAND: HEADING IN “RIGHT” OR “WRONG” DIRECTION?

Electors were asked: “Generally speaking, do you feel that things in New Zealand are heading in the right direction or would you say things are seriously heading in the wrong direction?”

	New Zealand Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (Government of Helen Clark): Interviewing Dates
	Aug 20-Sep 2, 2007	Sep 3-16, 2007	Sep 17-30, 2007	Oct 1-14, 2007	Oct 15-28, 2007	Oct 29-Nov 11, 2007	Nov 12-25, 2007	Nov 26-Dec 9, 2007	Jan 3-20, 2008	Jan 21-Feb 3, 2008	Feb 4-17, 2008	Feb 18-Mar 2, 2008	Mar 3-16, 2008	Mar 24- Apr 6, 2008
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Right direction	51.5	54	49.5	53	50.5	43.5	47	47.5	46.5	46	47	52.5	45.5	47.5
Wrong direction	35.5	32.5	34.5	32	33	37.5	37	38	39	38.5	41	34	37.5	37.5
Roy Morgan GCR#	116	121.5	115	121	117.5	106	110	109.5	107.5	107.5	106	118.5	108	110
Can’t say	13	13.5	16	15	16.5	19	16	14.5	14.5	15.5	12	13.5	17	15
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

# Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (The Roy Morgan GCR is 100 plus the difference between the percentage of New Zealanders who say the country is “heading in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “seriously heading in the wrong direction”).

	New Zealand Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (Government of Helen Clark): Interviewing Dates
	Apr 7-20, 2008	April 21-May 4, 2008	May 5-18, 2008	May 19-June 1, 2008	June 2-15, 2008	June 16-29, 2008	June 30-July 13, 2008	July 14-27, 2008	July 28-Aug 10, 2008	Aug 18-31, 2008	Sep 1-14, 2008	Sep 15-Oct 5, 2008	Oct 6-19, 2008	Oct 20-Nov 2, 2008
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Right direction	50.5	44.5	38	38	42.5	37	36.5	38.5	44.5	50.5	44	48	53	51.5
Wrong direction	34.5	40.5	44.5	44.5	40.5	49	49.5	47	41	35.5	41	39.5	34.5	35
Roy Morgan GCR#	116	104.5	93.5	93.5	102	88	87	91.5	103.5	115	103	108.5	118.5	116.5
Can’t say	15	15	17.5	17.5	17	14	14	14.5	14.5	14	15	12.5	12.5	13.5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

# Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (The Roy Morgan GCR is 100 plus the difference between the percentage of New Zealanders who say the country is “heading in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “seriously heading in the wrong direction”).

	New Zealand Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (Government of John Key): Interviewing Dates
	Nov 3-16, 2008	Nov 17-30, 2008	Dec 1-14, 2008	Jan 2-18, 2009	Jan 19-Feb 1, 2009	Feb 2-15, 2009	Feb 16-Mar 1, 2009	Mar 2-15, 2009	Mar 23-Apr 5, 2009
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Right direction	54	66	63	67	65	63.5	69	67.5	65
Wrong direction	31	19	20	19	20	20.5	18.5	20	22
Roy Morgan GCR#	123	147	143	148	145	143	150.5	147.5	143
Can’t say	15	15	17	14	15	16	12.5	12.5	13
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

# Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (The Roy Morgan GCR is 100 plus the difference between the percentage of New Zealanders who say the country is “heading in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “seriously heading in the wrong direction”).

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Margin of Error

The margin of error to be allowed for in any estimate depends mainly on the number of interviews on which it is based. The following table gives indications of the likely range within which estimates would be 95% likely to fall, expressed as the number of percentage points above or below the actual estimate. The figures are approximate and for general guidance only, and assume a simple random sample.

Sample Size	Percentage Estimate
	40%-60%	25% or 75%	10% or 90%	5% or 95%
500	±4.5	±3.9	±2.7	±1.9
1,000	±3.2	±2.7	±1.9	±1.4

Finding No. 4371 is taken from Computer Report No. 2282

The Morgan Poll is conducted by the ONLY Australian and New Zealand member of the Gallup International Association.

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