Participation in physical activity

Definition: The proportion of the population aged 16 years and over who met physical activity guidelines (ie were physically active for at least 30 minutes a day on five or more days over the last week), as measured by the 2007/2008 Active New Zealand Survey.

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

Proportion (%) of population aged 16 years and over who met physical activity guidelines

Region		2007/2008
1	Northland	45
2	Auckland	44
3	Waikato	46
4	Bay of Plenty	48
5	Gisborne	49
6	Hawke’s Bay	49
7	Taranaki	47
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	44
9	Wellington	44
10	Tasman	50
11	Nelson
12	Marlborough
13	West Coast	53
14	Canterbury	53
15	Otago	51
16	Southland	53
New Zealand		48

Source: Sport and Recreation New Zealand

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