The survey was sent to 21,500 homes in Invercargill and asked questions on issues from health to a passenger train service.
Almost 12,000 responses had come back and random sampling had been used to come up with statistics, Mr Roy said.
A total of 83 percent of people responding to the survey wanted to repeal the "anti-smacking" legislation removing a legal defence for parents to hit their children.
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12,000 responses out of 21,500 surveys is a very high response rate, and so the result of 83% will be extremely close to reality. And surprise surprise, it also backs up what we have been saying for a long time now: "83% of Kiwis don't want the Anti-Smacking Law". Read the rest of the article here at The Southland Times
