Ipsos NZ Issues Monitor – February 2022
Inflation is now the biggest issue facing New Zealanders and housing hasn’t gone away.
- Inflation / cost of living has increased significantly as an issue facing New Zealanders in the latest Ipsos New Zealand Issues Monitor, overtaking housing to take the top spot for the first time since tracking began in 2018.
- Inflation / cost of living (53%) and housing (51%) are by far the biggest issues facing the country with almost twice as many concerned New Zealanders when compared to the other top-5 issues: healthcare (27%), petrol prices / fuel (25%) and the economy (24%).
- In addition, New Zealanders’ ratings of the Government’s performance has declined since peaking at an average of 7.6 during New Zealand’s first major lockdown in May 2020 to 5.7 in February ‘22. Ratings have now dropped to pre-COVID-19 levels.
