Post-Secondary School Sport Participation, Transition & Withdrawal Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 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…
Young Women’s Views and Experiences of Sport Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This factsheet provides a summary of the findings of a study Sport NZ funded looking at young women’s engagement with sport, with a focus on 15 to…
Asian Aucklanders and the arts: Attitudes, attendance and participation in 2014 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Auckland’s Asian population is increasing very rapidly, with one-quarter of Aucklanders identifying with an Asian ethnicity. Two-thirds of New Zealand’s Asia population lives in the Auckland…
Use of Equity Funding in Early Childhood Services Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2013 This national report dicusses how effectively 147 early childhood services used Equity Funding and the extent to which the Equity Funding objectives of participation and quality…
Use of Equity Funding in Pacific Early Childhood Services Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2013 This national report is about how effectively 15 Pacific early childhood services used Equity Funding to increase Pacific children's participation and support them to develop their…
Sport New Zealand’s Young People’s Survey 2011 Last Publication Date: 28 Aug 2013 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…
Value and culture: An economic framework Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 This paper seeks to clarify the understanding of value in the cultural context, using economics concepts. We develop an economic framework for thinking about value in…
The culture of alcohol promotion and consumption at major sports events in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 The report presents findings from four case studies, each of a large alcohol-sponsored sporting event in New Zealand. Data was collected via ethnographic observation, in situ…
Survey of Selected Samples of Tattoo Inks for the Presence of Heavy Metals 2013 Last Publication Date: 04 Jul 2013 The Ministry of Health surveyed tattoo inks to assess whether the tattoo inks supplied by established (mainstream) manufacturers or suppliers of tattoo ink supplies complied with…
Health and wellbeing benefits of conservation in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2013 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…