Only a third of New Zealanders polled in a new survey said they trusted the Government's spy agencies - the Security Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Security Bureau.
The One News Colmar Brunton poll, which surveyed 1009 people, asked: "To what extent do you trust Government intelligence and security services?"
People were asked to rate this on a scale of one to five, with one being they do not trust them at all and five being they trust them completely.
In the poll, 32 percent of people ranked one or two with no, or very little, trust in the GCSB.
There were also 32 per cent of people who ranked four or five, meaning they trusted the intelligence agencies. The rest did not know.
Prime Minister John Key is in charge of both agencies, and has recently taken a hit in two television polls.
Support for Mr Key in One News' latest poll dropped by five points, with pollsters saying it was partly due to the Kim Dotcom saga.
The hit also comes after revelations he had contacted his school acquaintance, Ian Fletcher, to apply for a roll as head of the GCSB.
A report was then leaked showing the agency had not only illegally spied on Kim Dotcom, but on an additional 85 people, on behalf of other agencies.
The poll showed Labour and the Greens would be able to form a Government.
Mr Key's ratings as preferred Prime Minister dropped five points since February to 39 per cent, and National dropped by six points to 43 per cent - just seven points ahead of Labour, which gained three points to 36 per cent.
Mr Key told media he was taking the poll results with "a grain of salt".
The 3 News Reid Research poll showed a less dramatic drop.
