Auckland Electorates the most confident in New Zealand – led by Auckland Central, North Shore, Epsom, Mt. Roskill, East Coast Bays, Pakuranga & Hunua, says Roy Morgan

ANZ-Roy Morgan NZ Consumer Confidence has lifted strongly since National won a second term in office at the 2011 NZ Election.

Consumer Confidence in December 2011, immediately after the election, was 108.4. It has increased by 24.3pts (+22.4%) since then.

This is a very positive sign for PM John Key and the National-led Government heading into the NZ Election.

Analysing ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence by electorate over the period since the last NZ Election (since December 2011) shows an average since the last election for New Zealand as a whole of 116.2.

The most confident NZ Electorates are all clustered around Auckland – led by Auckland Central (124.9), North Shore (123.9), the sole Act NZ electorate of Epsom (123.5), the electorate of former Labour Party Leader Phil Goff - Mt. Roskill (123.1), the electorate Conservative Party Leader Colin Craig has announced his intention to stand in - East Coast Bays (123.1), Pakuranga (123.0) and Hanua (122.1).

In terms of the current leaders – confidence has been highest in United Future Leader Peter Dunne’s electorate of Ohariu (119.6), while confidence has been very similar in Labour Leader David Cunliffe’s electorate of New Lynn (117.7) and PM John Key’s electorate of Helensville (117.4).

In contrast, confidence has been the lowest in the two northernmost New Zealand electorates of Northland (107.2, the lowest in the country) and Whangarei (110.0) while also being consistently low in the South Island Labour electorates of West Coast-Tasman (107.7) and Dunedin South (107.2).