RST Profile: Greater Auckland Region

In this section, comparisons between the findings for the Greater Auckland region and New Zealand¹¹ are presented.

Popular Activities

• Tennis was on the 10 most popular activities list for adults in the Greater Auckland region, but not on the list for New Zealand adults.

• Rugby was on the 10 most popular activities list for men in the Greater Auckland region, but not on the list for New Zealand men.

• The 10 most popular activities for women in the Greater Auckland region were the same as those for all New Zealand women.

Organised Competition/Event Participation, Club/Centre Involvement and Instruction

• Compared with New Zealand adults, a similar percentage of adults in the Greater Auckland region:
  • participated in at least one organised competition or event (New Zealand: 36.9%; Greater Auckland 33.7%);
  • were members of clubs or centres in order to take part in sport and recreation activities (New Zealand: 34.9%; Greater Auckland: 35.3%); and
  • received instruction from a coach, instructor, teacher or trainer to help improve their performance (New Zealand: 39.9%; Greater Auckland: 38.7%).

Volunteering

• The level of volunteering for all adults in the Greater Auckland region (21.6%) was similar to the level for New Zealand adults (25.3%).

Physical Activity Levels

• The percentage of adults in the Greater Auckland region who achieved the physical activity guideline was similar to the percentage for New Zealand adults (New Zealand: 48.2%; Greater Auckland: 47.3%).

11 Findings for New Zealand adults can be found in the SPARC (2008) report titled Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Participation Among New Zealand Adults: Key Results of the 2007/08 Active New Zealand Survey. This report is available at www.sparc.org.nz.