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Outdoor Recreation: Research Series

This new research series page contains research on Sport New Zealand commissioned research on outdoor recreation. It includes the outdoor recreation research agenda 2011, and research stocktake/synthesis…

Sport and Recreation in the Lives of 15 to 18-year-old Girls

This report provides a profile of 15 to 18-year-old girls’ involvement and interest in sport and recreation. The report also compares these girls’ participation and interest with that of:…

Post-Secondary School Sport Participation, Transition & Withdrawal

The general perception and anecdotal evidence suggests that upon leaving secondary school, people participate less in sports. The decline in physical activity and participation in sport…

Sport New Zealand’s Young People’s Survey 2011

This report provides more comprehensive results from the 2011 Young People’s Survey than the initial report – Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young New…

Health and wellbeing benefits of conservation in New Zealand

Despite a long-held popular belief that nature is ‘healthy’ for people, exactly how or even whether this is true has only recently been subject to scientific…

National Survey of New Zealanders 2013

Find out about New Zealanders' attitudes toward conservation and the Department of Conservation, and their recreation activities on public conservation land, as surveyed in 2013. In…

He Oranga Poutama: What have we learned? A report on the developmental evaluation of He Oranga Poutama

He Oranga Poutama (HOP) is a Sport NZ (formerly SPARC) initiative that supports Māori wellbeing through sport and recreation. In 2009, the programme evolved from a…

Territorial Authority Community Sport and Recreation Facility Management Choices in New Zealand: Research Report

Sport New Zealand commissioned this research into the full range of sport and recreation facility management choices available to TAs. The aim was to produce a comprehensive and independent…

Talent Development in the New Zealand Sporting Context

The purpose of this project was to gain an in-depth understanding of the performance factors necessary for talent development in the New Zealand (NZ) sporting context…

Physical Education in Primary Schools

This  project  was  designed as  a  scoping  study  focusing  on  the  provision  of  physical  education, sport and recreation opportunities within and beyond the curriculum in the…