Poll finds Government suffers poor performance ratings on Auckland issues
Nearly 47 out of 100 Aucklanders rated the Government’s performance on the Central Rail Link project as poor in the
fortnight before it announced it would support a 2020 start date for the project.
46.9% rated performance on the issue has poor to very poor and 19.9% said it was good to very good. Others were neutral
or not sure, according to a June 13 to 26 Horizon Research poll of 1026 Aucklanders aged 18+. Weighted to represent the
Auckland adult population the poll has a maximum margin of error of +/- 3.1%.
The issue is among a number on which the Government is perceived to be performing poorly.
Top of the list is affordable housing (64.7% poor, 9.7% good), followed by traffic congestion (60.2% poor, 10.2% good).
It is also rated as listening poorly to Aucklanders (55.9% poor, 14,5% good) and scores poorly on trustworthiness (49%
poor, 18.1% good) and inspiration (47,2% poor, 13.9% good) and leadership overall (45% poor, 19.7% good).
Aucklanders also perceived the Government had managed relationships with Auckland Mayor Len Brown poorly (44.1% poor,
14.7% good), though it fared slightly better on managing relationship s with Auckland Council (43.5% poor, 26.6% poor).
The Government got its best performance score for building new roads (28.9% good) though 35.7% rated this poor. Major
investments in new motorways, electric passenger trains and electrifying rail do not appear to have been recognised by
Aucklanders.
Issue (excludes Neutral or Not Sure)
Good
Poor
Affordable housing
9.7
64.7
Traffic congestion
10.2
60.2
Listening to Aucklanders
14.5
55.9
Rates
7.3
52.3
Trustworthiness
18.1
49
Public transport (buses, ferries, rail, cycling)
22.5
48.9
Inspiration
13.9
47.2
Central Rail Link project
19.9
46.9
Leadership overall
19.7
45
Passenger rail development
21.9
44.4
Managing relationships with Mayor Len Brown
14.7
44.1
Managing relationships with Auckland Council
26.6
43.5
Knowledge
20.7
41.6
Planning for the future overall
24.5
40.2
Economic development
25.9
38.3
Developing new infrastructure
18.7
36.8
Making Auckland a good place to live
23.2
36.5
Services in your street
19.9
36.3
Building new roads
28.9
35.7
Maintaining existing infrastructure
20.2
32.3
Understanding
16.1
27.6
The Central Rail Link (CRL) announcement may go some way to improving the Government's performance ratings on the CRL
and traffic congestion issues.
Several polls, including one by Horizon, have consistently found about 63% of Aucklanders support building the CRL.
Details on are here:
https://www.horizonpoll.co.nz/page/267/64-of-auckla
Respondents to this survey are members of the HorizonPoll national online panel, selected to represent the adult
population who live in the Auckland Council area. Results are weighted by age, gender, ethnicity, personal income and
employment status) to provide a representative sample of the 18+ population within the Auckland Council area. The
maximum margin of error at a 95% confidence level on the overall sample is +/- 3.1%.
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