Maori Party up, Labour down in poll
Maori Party up, Labour down in poll
The Maori Party appears to have an almost unbreakable grip on two more of the Maori Seats.
A Marae Digi-Poll shows Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell scoring almost 73% support in the Waiariki seat he currently holds.
His Labour rival Mita Ririnui's polling just over 22%.
There's a similar picture in the Te Tai Hauauru seat held by Maori Party Co-leader Tariana Turia.
She's on almost 78% support compared to Labour's Errol Mason who's polling just above 15%.
The Maori Party is also ahead of Labour on the Party vote in both electorates.
Meanwhile, support for the government has taken a dive among Maori voters according to the latest Marae-Digipoll survey.
The poll reveals 39% of Maori questioned would vote Labour if an election were to be held today.
That's down from 52% in the survey at the start of the year.
Helen Clark remains the front-runner in the preferred Prime Minister stakes with more than 30% support, down from 45%, and even if Maori are less satisfied with Labour than they were at the year's start, there are yet more signs Maori Party supporters would prefer a post-election deal with Labour and strongly oppose cutting a National deal.
The poll of the Wairiki and Te Tai Hauauru seats revealed similar trends to a previous survey of Te Tai Tokerau and Tamaki Makaurau - in Wairiki, almost three quarters of those polled supported the Maori party going with Labour, compared to just 25% who favoured National.
Te Tai Hauauru has a similar pattern, with a trend three to one in favour of the Maori Party going with Labour over National.
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