Public Interest Polling in New Zealand, 2022- 2023

Abstract

Results of public-facing public opinion surveys are presented, for the post-Covid period. Obtaining access to results or even the existence of a survey was difficult and methodological details are sparsely reported. The period covered in this compilation has been marked by the shadow of Covid. The studies vary in form from one-offs, to dribbles one question at a time over a series to large scale reports. Both Stuff and the NZ Herald have (rather intermittent) series of surveys. Many of the major issues of the day have been touched on:

Covid and its aftermaths, The floods and their consequences, Trust, Cost of Living, Ethnic relations and migration, Housing, Monarchy, Taxes.

But there is much more that could have been covered and the methodological standards reached could have been higher. Nevertheless, many of the studies included are of widespread interest and some of direct policy relevance.