An Overview - Sport New Zealand

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12 3. The Sport and Recreation Sector - Narrowly Defined New Zealanders value sport and recreation Over 36,000 people work in sport and recreation industries – more than work in construction and on dairy farms Note: The list in Table 1 is conservative. Although some industries include activities that are not within the scope of this study (for example, some people employed in some amusement parks), this is balanced by the exclusion of other industries that have a large sport and recreation component (such as sports journalists or people employed in the broadcasting industry who broadcast and present sport events and commentary on free-to-air or subscription television). Viewed in economic terms, businesses producing goods and services directly for sport and recreation are at the heart of the sector. These businesses include manufacturers and retailers of sports and recreation equipment, as well as individuals involved in sports coaching, recreation guiding and related activities. Taking this economic view of the sector, we have identified 17 industries that cater in some way for sport and recreation. This is a narrow definition of the sector. Table 1 shows how many people are employed in each of these 17 industries (using data from the 2006 Census). The total of 36,831 represents 2.0 per cent of all people employed. This is more employees than were recorded in the Census for the house construction sector (36,093) and for the dairy cattle farming sector (33,510). Table 1 Employment in sport and recreation industries, 2006 Industry Number Amusement and Other Recreation Activities (not elsewhere classified) 1,959 Amusement Parks and Centres Operation 936 Boatbuilding and Repair Services 3,963 Health and Fitness Centres and Gymnasia Operation 3,054 Horse and Dog Racing Administration and Track Operation 702 Horse Farming 1,404 Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks Operation 2,853 Other Horse and Dog Racing Activities 1,392 Physiotherapy Services 2,175 Sport and Camping Equipment Retailing 3,777 Sport and Physical Recreation Administrative Service 1,698 Sport and Physical Recreation Clubs and Sports Professionals 4,320 Sports and Physical Recreation Instruction 2,136 Sports and Physical Recreation Venues, Grounds & Facilities Operation 4,377 Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling 1,299 Toy, Sporting and Recreational Product Manufacturing 738 Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census 2006 data, ANZSIC06 V1.0. Turf Growing 48 TOTAL 36,831
THE VALUE OF SPORT 13 Using the data in Table 1 and official estimates by Statistics New Zealand of contributions to GDP, it is possible to estimate the value added by these 17 industries. This estimate is shown in Table 2. The Statistics New Zealand data are for the financial year 2006/07 (the most recent data available), and so the last two rows of the table convert the estimate into 2008/09 values. This produces an estimate of $3.8 billion, which was 2.1 per cent of GDP in 2008/09. This contribution of the sport and recreation sector (narrowly defined) was very close to that of the machinery and equipment manufacturing sector ($3.9 billion in 2006/07 values) and larger than that of the accommodation, restaurants and bars sector ($3.6 billion). Table 2 Contribution to GDP of sport and recreation industries, 2006/07 The most conservative estimate puts sport and recreation’s contribution to the New Zealand economy at $3.8 billion or 2.1% of GDP This is almost on a par with the machinery and equipment manufacturing sector Industry Contribution to GDP ($ millions) Amusement and Other Recreation Activities (not elsewhere classified) 220.0 Amusement Parks and Centres Operation 105.0 Boatbuilding and Repair Services 297.8 Health and Fitness Centres and Gymnasia Operation 343.1 Horse and Dog Racing Administration and Track Operation 79.0 Horse Farming 35.6 Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks Operation 320.7 Other Horse and Dog Racing Activities 156.5 Physiotherapy Services 129.9 Sport and Camping Equipment Retailing 185.0 Sport and Physical Recreation Administrative Service 190.6 Sport and Physical Recreation Clubs and Sports Professionals 485.2 Sports and Physical Recreation Instruction 103.3 Sports and Physical Recreation Venues, Grounds & Facilities Operation 491.8 Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling 144.8 Toy, Sporting and Recreational Product Manufacturing 46.6 Turf Growing 2.2 TOTAL (measured in 2006/07 values) 3,337.0 TOTAL (measured in 2008/09 values) 3,844.4 Contribution to GDP (per cent) 2.1% Source: Statistics New Zealand, National Accounts data and Census 2006 data.
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