RST Profile: Waitakere

In this section, comparisons between the findings for the Waitakere region and New Zealand¹³ are presented.

Popular Activities

• Football and touch were on the 10 most popular activities list for adults in the Waitakere region, but not on the list for New Zealand adults.
• The 10 most popular activities for men in the Waitakere region were the same as those for New Zealand men.
• Fishing, exercise (other) and tramping were on the 10 most popular activities list for women in the Waitakere region, but not on the list for New Zealand women.

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

• Compared with New Zealand adults, a similar percentage of adults in the Waitakere region:
• participated in at least one organised competition or event (New Zealand: 36.9%; Waitakere: 34.9%);
• were members of clubs or centres in order to take part in sport and recreation activities(New Zealand: 34.9%; Waitakere: 29.2%); and
• received instruction from a coach, instructor, teacher or trainer to help improve their performance (New Zealand: 39.9%; Waitakere: 34.9%).

Volunteering

• The level of volunteering for adults in the Waitakere region (25.7%) was similar to the level for New Zealand adults (25.3%).

Physical Activity Levels

• The percentage of adults in the Waitakere region who achieved the physical activity guideline was similar to the percentage for New Zealand adults (New Zealand: 48.2%; Waitakere: 54.3%).

13 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.