Welcome to The Progress Report 2.0 - a repository of tools and data for anyone interested in New Zealand politics.
The first version of The Progress Report was a blog I ran up until 2014, with excellent contributions from James Caygill, Keir Leslie and other guest posters. If you're interested in any of that content, it has been archived by the National Library.
Following the closure of The Progress Report I built a new site, polled.co.nz to host some of the caucus calculators and other tools I had been working on.
This version of The Progress Report has been rebuilt from the ground up and should hopefully be far more flexible and robust. If you find any bugs or issues, or have any ideas for new data or features, please get in touch.
This week we added 6 new emails from Duncan Webb MP, Hon Judith Collins KC, Rt Hon Winston Peters, Shane Jones, Simeon Brown and Tory Relf.
You can see them all here.
Posted on June 27, 2025
For many years now email has been one of the main tools that politicians have used to spread their message, particularly with their members and supporters. Because emails go direct to inboxes they are often hidden from the historical record.
That's why I'm pretty excited to launch The Progress Report's NZ Political Email Archive. It contains NZ political emails going back as far as 2008. You can find it from the "Other" menu at the top.
It is a searchable, filterable archive of political emails sent by New Zealand political parties. New emails are automatically added as they arrive, and I'm gradually working to expand the historical archive.
If you have a collection of older political emails you'd be willing to share, I'd love to hear from you — please get in touch at [email protected].
Posted on June 23, 2025
A new poll by Freshwater Strategy from June 2025 has been uploaded. The details are:
You can see all our polling data, including this poll, here.
Posted on June 19, 2025
A new preferred prime minister poll by Freshwater Strategy from June 2025 has been uploaded. The details are:
You can see all our preferred PM polling data, including this poll, here.
Posted on June 19, 2025
A new poll by Curia from June 2025 has been uploaded. Notably, it sees Labour overtaking National as the largest party. The details are:
You can see all our polling data, including this poll, here.
Posted on June 12, 2025