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Residents were asked: ‘Thinking of all the different things you do in your free time including
physical activity and other pastimes, what are the three main things you do in your free
time?’
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Sports and physical activity was the favourite pastime of residents in New Zealand’s eight largest cities.
This was followed by reading/ music/other hobbies, socialising with friends and undertaking gardening or DIY projects.
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Of those residents who took part in physical activity, 34% did so through a team, club or organised
group, and 78% belonged to an informal group or undertook physical activity on their own.
The tables below detail the ten most popular leisure activities that residents undertake in their free
time - by city, gender and ethnicity.
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Main Things Residents of New Zealand’s Eight Largest Cities do in their Free Time – by City
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| Activities |
Eight
Cities
(n=4,000)
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North
Shore
(n=500)
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Waitak
(n=500)
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Auck (n=500)
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Manuk
(n=500)
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Ham
(n=500)
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Wgtn
(n=500)
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ChCh
(n=500)
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Ddn
(n=500)
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| Sports/physical activity |
67
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72
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63
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71
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61
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65
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65
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67
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71
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| Reading/music/ hobbies |
31
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32
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27
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31
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30
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30
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33
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32
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34
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| Socialising |
25
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26
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22
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25
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28
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25
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23
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25
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22
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| Gardening/DIY |
24
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22
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23
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20
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25
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27
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22
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28
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32
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| Watching TV/ videos |
21
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20
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19
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21
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20
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19
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21
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22
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19
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| Working on vehicles |
19
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18
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24
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17
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23
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23
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17
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19
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16
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| Family/child related |
16
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16
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19
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14
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19
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19
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14
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14
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13
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| Creative activity |
13
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12
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14
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13
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11
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15
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15
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10
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17
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| Surfing the net |
8
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10
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7
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8
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9
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10
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7
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8
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6
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| Shopping |
8
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8
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10
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11
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9
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6
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6
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6
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4
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Auckland City residents were significantly more likely to take part in sports and physical activity in
their free time and less likely to participate in gardening/DIY projects.
Residents of Manukau City
were less likely to take part in ssports/physical activity but more likely to take part in family or child
focused activities.
Residents of both Christchurch City and Dunedin City were more likely to take
part in gardening/DIY projects.
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Main Things Residents of New Zealand’s Eight Largest Cities do in their Free Time
– by Gender & Ethnicity
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| Activities |
Eight Cities (n=4,000)
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Male
(n=1,667)
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Female
(n=2,333)
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European
(n=2,954)
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Maori
(n=348)
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Pacific
Islands
(n=206) |
Asian/
Indian
(n=358)
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| Sports/physical activity |
67
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70
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65
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69
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69
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57
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59
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| Reading/music/ hobbies |
31
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24
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38
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32
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28
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33
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34
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| Socialising |
25
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22
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28
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23
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33
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30
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27
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| Gardening/DIY |
24
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23
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18
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19
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18
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26
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29
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| Watching TV/ videos |
21
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24
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18
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19
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18
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26
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29
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| Working on vehicles |
19
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20
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19
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18
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29
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30
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15
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| Family/child related |
16
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16
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16
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15
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23
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24
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12
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| Creative activity |
13
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10
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16
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14
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8
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10
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11
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| Surfing the net |
8
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13
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4
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7
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9
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7
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16
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| Shopping |
8
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5
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11
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7
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9
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14
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15
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Females were more likely to spend their free time shopping/window-shopping, reading, socialising
and taking part in creative activity. Males on the other hand were more likely to take part in sport,
watch TV and surf the net in their free time.
Residents of European ethnicity were more likely to take part in sports, gardening or DIY projects
and creative activity. Whereas, Maori residents were more likely to spend time socialising, working
on vehicles and taking part in creative activity. The latter two were also
preferences for those of Pacific Island ethnicity, along with shopping/window shopping.
Asian/Indian residents were more likely to spend their free time watching TV/videos, surfing the net
or shopping compared with residents overall.
Residents were also asked about whether there were barriers to leisure time activities that they
considered important.
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Forty five percent of residents in New Zealand’s eight largest cities reported barriers that made it difficult for them to participate in leisure time activities they considered important.
While not significant, this was slightly higher in residents of Hamilton City.
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Those aged 26 to 64 years perceived more barriers to leisure activity than other age groups.
Residents of European and Maori ethnicity were more likely to report barriers to physical activity than other ethnic groups, particularly Asian/Indian residents.
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Females and those with a household income of under $20,000 per year were more likely to experience barriers to leisure activity they considered important.
Residents who reported experiencing barriers to important leisure activities were asked what these
barriers were.
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The most frequently mentioned barrier to taking part in leisure activities was being ‘too busy’(51%). Poor health (22%) and not being able to afford the activities (18%) were the two other key barriers.
Compared to other cities, residents of Christchurch City were more likely to state poor health as the
reason they felt there were barriers to leisure activities. Whereas, residents of Auckland City were particularly more likely to feel that the activity was too far away.
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