This factsheet shows participation levels for various sport and recreation activities undertaken by New Zealand adults aged 16 years and over.
The findings are based on data from the 2007/08 Active NZ Survey. Data were collected from 4,443 New Zealand adults aged 16 years and over through face-to-face interviews. The interviews were completed over a 12-month period beginning March 2007. Participants were asked to report all sport and recreation activities participated in, at least once, during the 12 months preceding the interview. The numbers provided in this factsheet, therefore, reflect the proportion of adults in New Zealand who participated in a specific activity, at least once, over a 12-month period.
Participation levels are provided for the sport and recreation activities listed below. For some activities, a combined percentage has been provided. For example, cycling and mountain biking were assessed individually. A combined percentage, however, is presented by the activity ‘cycling (total)’ which estimates the percentage of people who participated in cycling and/or mountain biking.
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Aerobics
Aquarobics (aqua/water jogging)
Archery
Athletics (track and field)
Australian rules football
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball (total)1
Billiards/pool/snooker
BMX/FMX
Bowls (indoor)
Bowls (outdoor/lawn)
Boxing
Callisthenics/stretch
Canoeing/kayaking
Cricket (indoors)
Cricket (outdoors)
Cricket (total)2
Croquet
Cycling (cycling/biking)
Cycling (mountain biking)
Cycling (total)3
Dance (various) 4
Dance (total)5
Darts
Diving (springboard)
Diving/scuba diving
Equipment-based exercise
Fencing
Fishing (freshwater)
Fishing (marine/saltwater)
Fishing (total)6
Football (indoor)
Football (outdoor)
Football (total)7 |
Gaelic football
Gardening
Gliding
Golf
Gymnastics
Hockey (indoor)
Hockey (outdoor)
Hockey (total)8
Horse riding/equestrian
Hunting (other)
Hunting (Deer stalking/pig hunting)
Hunting (total)9
Ice hockey (indoor)
Ice skating
In-line skating
Jogging/running
Kapa Haka (poi, waiata-a-ringa)
Kilikiti
Korfball
Lacrosse
Marching
Martial arts (judo)
Martial arts (karate)
Martial arts (other)
Martial arts (taekwondo)
Martial arts (total)10
Mau rakau/taiaha
Motorsports (cars)
Motorsports (karts)
Motorsports (motorcycles)
Motorsports (total)11
Mountaineering/mountain climbing
Multisport/triathlon/duathlons
Netball (indoor)
Netball (outdoor) |
Netball (total)12
Orienteering/rogaining
Pilates/yoga
Polo
Rock climbing (indoor)
Rock climbing/bouldering (outdoor)
Rollerblading
Rowing
Rugby
Rugby league
Sailing/yachting
Shooting (rifle & pistol)
Skateboarding
Skiing (snow, grass)
Snow boarding
Snow sports (total)13
Softball
Squash
Surf life saving
Surfing/body boarding
Swimming
Table tennis
Tai chi
Ten pin bowling
Tennis
Touch rugby
Tramping
Volleyball (indoor)
Volleyball (outdoor)
Volleyball (total)14
Waka ama
Walking
Water polo
Water skiing
Windsurfing |
1 Basketball (total) includes indoor basketball and outdoor basketball.
2 Cricket (total) includes indoor cricket and outdoor cricket.
3 Cycling (total) includes cycling/biking and mountain biking.
4 Dance (various) includes all dance genres (e.g. ballet, ballroom, contemporary/modern, country/folk/line, cultural/national, hip-hop/break/krump, jazz/tap, latin, ceroc,) but excludes dance (club, rave, disco).
5 Dance (total) includes dance (various) and dance (club, rave, disco).
6 Fishing (total) includes fresh water and marine/salt water fishing.
7 Football (total) includes indoor football and outdoor football.
8 Hockey (total) includes indoor hockey and outdoor hockey.
9 Hunting (total) includes hunting ( deerstalking and pig hunting) and hunting (other).
10 Martial arts (total) include judo, karate, tae kwon do and other forms of martial arts.
11 Motorsports (total) include car, kart and motorcycle motorsports.
12 Netball (total) includes indoor netball and outdoor netball.
13 Snow sports (total) include snowboarding and skiing.
14 Volleyball (total) includes indoor volleyball and outdoor volleyball .