Welcome to The Progress Report 2.0 - a repository of tools and data for anyone interested in New Zealand politics.

Latest Updates

Local government candidate nominations

I've had a quick look at some of the data for nominations for the upcoming NZ local government elections, including party affiliation and number of nominations by council/ward.

Take a look in more detail at my thread on BlueSky.

Posted on August 01, 2025

Weekly Email Digest

This week we added 5 new emails from ACTion, Duncan Webb MP, Iain Lees-Galloway - TOP General Manager, Nicola Willis and Tory Relf. The database now contains 2262 emails.

You can see them all here.

Posted on August 01, 2025

Weekly Email Digest

This week we added 10 new emails from ACTion, Chris Bishop, Chris Bishop MP, Duncan Webb MP, New Zealand First, Nicola Willis & Chris Bishop, Peeni Henare, Labour, Shane Jones, New Zealand First and Tory Relf. The database now contains 2256 emails.

You can see them all here.

Posted on July 25, 2025

New Talbot Mills poll uploaded

A new poll by Talbot Mills from July 2025 has been uploaded. The details are:

  • Labour: 35%
  • National: 32%
  • Green: 12%
  • NZ First: 7%
  • ACT: 8%
  • Te Pāti Māori: 3.8%

You can see all our polling data, including this poll, here.

Posted on July 22, 2025

New Talbot Mills preferred PM poll uploaded.

A new preferred prime minister poll by Talbot Mills from July 2025 has been uploaded. The details are:

  • Christopher Luxon: 24%
  • Chris Hipkins: 24%

You can see all our preferred PM polling data, including this poll, here.

Posted on July 22, 2025