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What is AkActive?
New Zealand Sport and Physical Activity Survey results from 1997-2001 show
that:
- Auckland city's physical activity levels are declining
- Auckland city's physical activity rates are lower across all groups than
the national average.
Only 34 per cent of Auckland adults do more than 30 minutes per day on at
least five days per week, compared with 39 per cent nationally.
Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) has a vision of New Zealand
being the most active nation. SPARC are working with local authorities to invest
in a physical activity programme for each local authority region.
Changing work and travel patterns could mean that free leisure time will be
harder to come by for some people. Increasing urbanisation means we need to make
more effort to promote the outdoors as our most valuable recreational facility.
Auckland City, SPARC, Sport Auckland, Procare Network Auckland and YMCA
(Auckland) have partnered on the Active Communities, AkActive project with the
common purpose of increasing physical activity levels.
Updated February 2008
