Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us and has changed the way health care in New Zealand is delivered.

This month’s round-up of research and analysis from Ipsos around the world includes the latest insights on the impacts of coronavirus and how we can plan for the future, customer experience – including the emerging health and safety agenda, attitudes to work, the second world war, and public opinion from New Zealand and Australia.

The economy and unemployment have sky-rocketed as the top two issues concerning New Zealanders.

This fifth edition of our Signals digest continues to bring together Ipsos’ latest research on coronavirus, including new POVs, country insights, and the latest from the public opinion tracker.

6 May 2020 – An Ipsos survey has revealed that of the 94% of New Zealanders with a smartphone, 62% say they are likely to download a contact tracing app to aid the tracking of virus transmission, significantly higher than in Australia where the level is just 45%. Some 20% of smartphone-using New Zealanders felt they were unlikely to download a tracing app, compared to 32% of Australians.

This month’s edition of Ipsos Update brings you a round-up of the latest research and analysis from Ipsos teams around the world.

The Ipsos Global Advisor Study regularly asks respondents from around the world, including New Zealand, for their views on different topics.

Recently, Ipsos conducted a study to understand perceptions around key environmental issues facing different countries, willingness to make personal changes to combat climate change and expectations from the government the research also explored climate change as an issue in the context of a world facing the COVID-19 crisis. Over 20,000 men and women across 29 countries were surveyed.

In New Zealand, 559 people aged 18–74 participated in this survey and expressed their views on this subject.

This fourth edition sees us bring together our latest research on coronavirus and draws on our surveys, social media monitoring and the analysis of our teams around the world.

There are a lot of uncertainties facing government and businesses at the moment, but one thing we can be sure about, is that everything is changing. There are so many issues to watch and monitor over the coming weeks and months.
Governments are under pressure to lead and inform. Businesses - large and small - have to make the right decisions for their
employees and their customers.