Electors were asked: “Generally speaking, do you feel that things in NZ are heading in the right direction or would you say things are seriously heading in the wrong direction?” #Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (The Roy Morgan GCR is 100 plus the difference between the percentage of Kiwis who say the country is “heading in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “seriously heading in the wrong direction”).

2023
	Right direction	Wrong direction	NZ Roy Morgan GCR*	Can't say	Total
	%	%	Pts	%	%
March 27 - April 23, 2023	35	55	80	10	100
February 27 - March 26, 2023	38.5	52.5	86	9	100
January 30 - February 26, 2023	42.5	47.5	95	10	100
January 9 - January 29, 2023	40	49	91	11	100
2022
November 28 - December, 2022	32	57	75	11	100
October 31 - November 27, 2022	35	55	80	10	100
September 26 - October 23, 2022	42	50	92	8	100
August 29 - September 25, 2022	37.5	51.5	86	11	100
July 25 - August 21, 2022	37.5	53	84.5	9.5	100
June 27 - July 24, 2022	40.5	51	89.5	8.5	100
May 30 - June 26, 2022	39	51.5	87.5	9.5	100
April 26 - May 22, 2022	40	50	90	10	100
March 28 - April 24, 2022	43	49.5	93.5	7.5	100
February 28 - March 27, 2022	39	51.5	87.5	9.5	100
January 31 - February 27, 2022	42.5	47.5	95	10	100
January 4-30, 2022	48.5	42	106.5	9.5	100
2021
November 22 - December 19, 2021	42.5	44.5	98	13	100
October 25 - November 21, 2021	46	44.5	101.5	9.5	100
September 27 - October 24, 2021	48	38.5	109.5	13.5	100
August 30 - September 26, 2021	57	32	125	11	100
July 26 - August 22, 2021	52.5	37.5	115	10	100
June 28 - July 25, 2021	55.5	34.5	121	10	100
May 31 - June 27, 2021	57	33	124	10	100
April 26 - May 23, 2021	62.5	28.5	134	9	100
March 29 - April 25, 2021	62.5	26.5	136	11	100
March 1-28, 2021	61.5	26	135.5	12.5	100
January 25 - February 21, 2021	69.5	20	149.5	10.5	100
January 4-24, 2021	71.5	18.5	153	10	100
2020
Nov. 23 - Dec. 13, 2020	71.5	18	153.5	10.5	100
Oct. 26 - Nov. 22, 2020	69.5	20	149.5	10.5	100
September 28 - October 25, 2020	68.5	21	147.5	10.5	100
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is re-elected easily with a majority of seats - October 17, 2020
August 31 - September 27, 2020	70.5	19.5	151	10	100
July 27 - August 23, 2020	71	19	152	10	100
June 29 - July 26, 2020	71.5	19	152.5	9.5	100
National elects new leader Judith Collins to replace Todd Muller - July 14, 2020
May 25 - June 21, 2020	72	18.5	153.5	9.5	100
April 27 - May 24, 2020	76	17.5	158.5	6.5	100
National elects new leader Todd Muller to replace Simon Bridges - May 22, 2020
March 30 - April 26, 2020	77	14	163	9	100
February 24 - March 22, 2020	60.5	25.5	135	14	100
January 27 - February 23, 2020	59	27	132	14	100
January 6-26, 2020	58	29.5	128.5	12.5	100
Series Break (2018-2019).....
2017
November 27 - December 10, 2017	68	18	150	14	100
October 30 - November 12, 2017	66.5	20	146.5	13.5	100
NZ First Leader Winston Peters decides to support Jacinda Ardern for Prime Minister - October 19, 2017
October 2-15, 2017	58.5	27.5	131	14	100
New Zealand Election results in a hung Parliament with an uncertain result - September 23, 2017
August 28 - September 10, 2017	62	25	137	13	100
July 31 - August 13, 2017	62.5	23.5	139	14	100
June 26 - July 9, 2017	63	23.5	139.5	13.5	100
May 29 - June 11, 2017	61.5	27	134.5	11.5	100
May 1-14, 2017	60.5	27	133.5	12.5	100
April 3-16, 2017	58	29	129	13	100
February 27 - March 12, 2017	61.5	25.5	136	13	100
January 30 - February 12, 2017	63.5	23.5	140	13	100
January 3-16, 2017	63	23	140	14	100
2016
November 28 - December 11, 2016	58.5	27.5	131	14	100
November 7-20, 2016	65	24	141	11	100
October 10-23, 2016	55.5	29	126.5	15.5	100
September 5-18, 2016	52	35	117	13	100
August 8-21, 2016	58	30.5	127.5	11.5	100
July 4-17, 2016	57.5	30.5	127	12	100
May 30 - June 12, 2016	54.5	34	120.5	11.5	100
May 2-15, 2016	59	29	130	12	100
April 4-17, 2016	57.5	30.5	127	12	100
February 29 - March 13, 2016	61	29	132	10	100
February 1-14, 2016	56.5	28.5	128	15	100
January 4-17, 2016	59.5	28	131.5	12.5	100
2015
October 26 - November 8, 2015	60	28.5	131.5	11.5	100
September 28 - October 11, 2015	53	31	122	16	100
August 31 - September 13, 2015	58	29.5	128.5	12.5	100
August 3-16, 2015	54	34	120	12	100
June 29 - July 12, 2015	51	33	118	16	100
June 8-21, 2015	62.5	27	135.5	10.5	100
May 4-17, 2015	63	26.5	136.5	10.5	100
April 6-19, 2015	62	27	135	11	100
March 2-15, 2015	64.5	24	140.5	11.5	100
February 2-15, 2015	55	31	124	14	100
January 5-18, 2015	67	23	144	10	100
2014
November 24 - December 7, 2014	62.5	24.5	138	13	100
Andrew Little is elected the new Labour Leader after narrowly winning a ballot - November 18, 2014
October 27-November 9, 2014	56	30	126	14	100
September 29 - October 12, 2014	61.5	24.5	137	14	100
John Key of National is re-elected as Prime Minister at the 2014 NZ Election - September 20, 2014
September 1-14, 2014	62	24	138	14	100
August 18-31, 2014	61	25	136	14	100
August 4-17, 2014	63.5	24.5	139	12	100
July 14-27, 2014	60	25	135	15	100
June 30-July 13, 2014	65.5	23	142.5	11.5	100
June 16-29, 2014	65	23.5	141.5	11.5	100
June 2-15, 2014	63.5	24	139.5	12.5	100
May 19-June 1, 2014	64.5	24	140.5	11.5	100
May 5-18, 2014	60	28	132	12	100
April 21 - May 4, 2014	62	26.5	135.5	11.5	100
March 31 - April 13, 2014	65	22	143	13	100
March 17-30, 2014	61	28	133	11	100
March 3-16, 2014	61	25.5	135.5	13.5	100
February 17 - March 2, 2014	65	23.5	141.5	11.5	100
February 3-16, 2014	63.5	23.5	140	13	100
January 25 - February 2, 2014	63.5	24.5	139	12	100
January 6-19, 2014	63	23.5	139.5	13.5	100
2013
November 25 - December 8, 2013	58.5	28.5	130	13	100
November 11-24, 2013	59	29	130	12	100
October 28 - November 10, 2013	61	27.5	133.5	11.5	100
October 14-27, 2013	57.5	28.5	129	14	100
September 30 - October 13, 2013	55	31	124	14	100
September 16-29, 2013	59	29.5	129.5	11.5	100
David Cunliffe becomes the new leader of the Opposition Labour Party taking over from David Shearer
August 26 - September 8, 2013	52.5	35.5	117	12	100
August 12-25, 2013	58	30.5	127.5	11.5	100
July 29-August 11, 2013	58	30	128	12	100
July 15-28, 2013	58.5	30	128.5	11.5	100
July 1-14, 2013	58	29.5	128.5	12.5	100
June 17-30, 2013	57	32	125	11	100
June 3-16, 2013	54	33.5	120.5	12.5	100
May 13-26, 2013	55.5	32.5	123	12	100
April 29 - May 12, 2013	56.5	30.5	126	13	100
April 15-28, 2013	54.5	34	120.5	11.5	100
April 1-14, 2013	51.5	35.5	116	13	100
March 11-24, 2013	53.5	34	119.5	12.5	100
February 25 - March 10, 2013	51.5	37.5	114	11	100
February 11-24, 2013	54	32.5	121.5	13.5	100
January 28 - February 10, 2013	55	30.5	124.5	14.5	100
January 14-27, 2013	57	30.5	126.5	12.5	100
January 2-13, 2013	53.5	33.5	120	13	100
2012
November 26 - December 9, 2012	53	34	119	13	100
November 12-25, 2012	48.5	37.5	111	14	100
October 29 - November 11, 2012	51.5	34	117.5	14.5	100
October 8-21, 2012	49	39	110	12	100
September 24 - October 7, 2012	44	38	106	18	100
September 10-23, 2012	47.5	37.5	110	15	100
August 27 - September 9, 2012	51	34.5	116.5	14.5	100
August 13-26, 2012	49.5	34.5	115	16	100
July 23 - August 5, 2012	49	34.5	114.5	16.5	100
July 9-22, 2012	50	36.5	113.5	13.5	100
June 25 - July 8, 2012	51.5	34	117.5	14.5	100
June 8-24, 2012	52	34.5	117.5	13.5	100
May 28 - June 7, 2012	48	37.5	110.5	14.5	100
May 14-27, 2012	49	38	111	13	100
April 30 - May 13, 2012	51	35.5	115.5	13.5	100
April 16-29, 2012	55	32.5	122.5	12.5	100
April 2-15, 2012	55.5	31	124.5	13.5	100
March 12 - April 1, 2012	53.5	29.5	124	17	100
February 27 - March 11, 2012	52.5	34	118.5	13.5	100
February 13-26, 2012	53.5	32.5	121	14	100
January 30 - February 12, 2012	57	30	127	13	100
January 16-29, 2012	61	28	133	11	100
January 3-15, 2012	60.5	28	132.5	11.5	100
John Key of National is re-elected as Prime Minister at the 2011 NZ Election - November 26, 2011
2011
November 22-24, 2011	49.5	31	118.5	19.5	100
November 7-18, 2011	60.5	24	136.5	15.5	100
October 24 - November 6, 2011	58.5	27.5	131	14	100
October 10-23, 2011	61	24.5	136.5	14.5	100
September 26 - October 9, 2011	62	24.5	137.5	13.5	100
September 12-25, 2011	61.5	24.5	137	14	100
August 29 - September 11, 2011	60	28	132	12	100
August 15-28, 2011	59	27.5	131.5	13.5	100
July 25 - August 7, 2011	57	29	128	14	100
July 11-24, 2011	56.5	29	127.5	14.5	100
June 27 - July 10, 2011	56	29.5	126.5	14.5	100
June 13-26, 2011	53.5	31.5	122	15	100
May 30 - June 12, 2011	55.5	29.5	126	15	100
May 16-29, 2011	55	28	127	17	100
May 2-15, 2011	56.5	30	126.5	13.5	100
April 18 - May 1, 2011	53.5	34.5	119	12	100
April 4-17, 2011	53.5	32.5	121	14	100
March 21 - April 3, 2011	54.5	29.5	125	16	100
February 28 - March 13, 2011	59.5	26	133.5	14.5	100
February 14-27, 2011	49.5	35	114.5	15.5	100
January 31 - February 13, 2011	60	24.5	135.5	15.5	100
January 17-30, 2011	57	27.5	129.5	15.5	100
January 4-16, 2011	59.5	27	132.5	13.5	100
2010
November 29 - December 12, 2010	58.5	27	131.5	14.5	100
November 15-28, 2010	59	27	132	14	100
November 1-14, 2010	63.5	24	139.5	12.5	100
October 18-31, 2010	55	30	125	15	100
October 4-17, 2010	60.5	24	136.5	15.5	100
September 20 - October 3, 2010	61.5	22	139.5	16.5	100
August 30 - September 12, 2010	58	28	130	14	100
August 16-29, 2010	55	28	127	17	100
August 2-15, 2010	58.5	27.5	131	14	100
July 19 - August 1, 2010	57.5	28	129.5	14.5	100
July 5-18, 2010	58	27.5	130.5	14.5	100
June 20 - July 4, 2010	65	21	144	14	100
May 31 - June 13, 2010	60.5	24	136.5	15.5	100
May 17-30, 2010	63.5	26	137.5	10.5	100
May 3-16, 2010	59.5	28.5	131	12	100
April 19 - May 2, 2010	55.5	30	125.5	14.5	100
April 5-18, 2010	61	29	132	10	100
March 22 - April 4, 2010	57	31.5	125.5	11.5	100
March 1-14, 2010	64	27	137	9	100
February 15-28, 2010	65	24.5	140.5	10.5	100
February 1-14, 2010	64	25	139	11	100
January 18-31, 2010	71	20	151	9	100
January 4-17, 2010	68.5	21	147.5	10.5	100
2009
November 30 - December 13, 2009	62.5	26	136.5	11.5	100
November 16-29, 2009	66	22	144	12	100
November 2-15, 2009	64.5	22.5	142	13	100
October 19 - November 1, 2009	66.5	20.5	146	13	100
October 5-18, 2009	67.5	21.5	146	11	100
September 21 - October 4, 2009	72	16.5	155.5	11.5	100
August 31 - September 13, 2009	67.5	24.5	143	8	100
August 17-30, 2009	65.5	22	143.5	12.5	100
August 3-16, 2009	66.5	21.5	145	12	100
July 20 - August 2, 2009	66	18.5	147.5	15.5	100
July 6-19, 2009	66.5	20.5	146	13	100
June 22 - July 5, 2009	63	23	140	14	100
June 1-14, 2009	69	18.5	150.5	12.5	100
May 18-31, 2009	65.5	20	145.5	14.5	100
May 4-17, 2009	67.5	19.5	148	13	100
April 20 - May 3, 2009	66.5	20	146.5	13.5	100
April 6-19, 2009	68.5	17	151.5	14.5	100
March 23 - April 5, 2009	65	22	143	13	100
March 2-15, 2009	67.5	20	147.5	12.5	100
February 16 - March 1, 2009	69	18.5	150.5	12.5	100
February 2-15, 2009	63.5	20.5	143	16	100
January 19 - February 1, 2009	65	20	145	15	100
January 2-18, 2009	67	19	148	14	100
2008
December 1-14, 2008	63	20	143	17	100
November 17-30, 2008	66	19	147	15	100
November 3-16, 2008	54	31	123	15	100
John Key of National becomes the new Prime Minister after winning the 2008 NZ Election - November 8, 2008
October 20 - November 2, 2008	51.5	35	116.5	13.5	100
October 6-19, 2008	53	34.5	118.5	12.5	100
September 22 - October 5, 2008	48	39.5	108.5	12.5	100
September 1-14, 2008	44	41	103	15	100
August 18-31, 2008	50.5	35.5	115	14	100
July 28 - August 10, 2008	44.5	41	103.5	14.5	100
July 14-27, 2008	38.5	47	91.5	14.5	100
June 30 - July 13, 2008	36.5	49.5	87	14	100
June 16-29, 2008	37	49	88	14	100
June 2-15, 2008	42.5	40.5	102	17	100
May 19 - June 1, 2008	38	44.5	93.5	17.5	100
May 5-18, 2008	38	44.5	93.5	17.5	100
April 21 - May 4, 2008	44.5	40	104.5	15.5	100
March 24 - April 6, 2008	47.5	37.5	110	15	100
March 3-16, 2008	45.5	37.5	108	17	100
February 18 - March 2, 2008	52.5	34	118.5	13.5	100
February 4-17, 2008	47	41	106	12	100
January 21 - February 3, 2008	46	38.5	107.5	15.5	100
January 3-20, 2008	46.5	39	107.5	14.5	100
2007
November 26 - December 9, 2007	47.5	38	109.5	14.5	100
November 12-25, 2007	47	37	110	16	100
October 29 - November 11, 2007	43.5	37.5	106	19	100
October 15-28, 2007	50.5	33	117.5	16.5	100
October 1-14, 2007	53	32	121	15	100
September 17-30, 2007	49.5	34.5	115	16	100
September 3-16, 2007	54	32.5	121.5	13.5	100
August 20 - September 2, 2007	51.5	35.5	116	13	100
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