An Overview - Sport New Zealand

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16 The money earned by people employed in sport and recreation occupations adds $400 million to the economy Five per cent of the National Curriculum is devoted to sport and recreation A five per cent share of teachers’ salaries – to deliver this sport and recreation education – adds $172 million to the economy In 2008/09, council spending on sport and recreation facilities added $100 million to the value of the construction sector Census data record the personal income earned by people employed in sport and recreation occupations. Using these data, the study estimated that the total annual personal income for people in the sport and recreation occupations was $875 million (2006 data adjusted to 2009 values). For those employed in sport and recreation industries, these incomes are already counted in section 3. However, 45.7 per cent of people (11,532) were employed outside the 17 industries, and so their income share, $400 million, must be added in a broader definition of the sector. The contribution of spending on sport and recreation education The New Zealand Government makes a substantial investment in sport and recreation education in schools. The New Zealand Curriculum specifies eight learning areas: English, the arts, health and physical education, learning languages, mathematics and statistics, science, social sciences, and technology. The third of these areas, ‘health and physical education’, includes seven items of which the last three are physical activity, sport studies and outdoor education. Hence, based on a count of these items, just over five per cent (i.e. three-sevenths of one-eighth) of The New Zealand Curriculum is related to sport and recreation. The study uses this figure to estimate the share of salaries in primary and secondary schools used to cover the sport and recreation items of the national curriculum. This produces an estimate of $172 million in the Government’s 2008/09 fiscal year. The contribution of local government Statistics New Zealand undertakes a Local Authority Census to collect financial information on the activities of all New Zealand’s councils (regional councils and territorial authorities). This includes spending on new sport and recreation facilities, as shown in Figure 6. There was a sharp increase in 2008/09 to $345 million, as some regions upgraded or developed a range of sport and recreation facilities, from pools to multipurpose centres. The study estimates the value added by this spending in the construction sector would have been $100 million. Figure 6 Local government net spending on sport and recreation facilities, 2003-2009 400 345.4 300 $ millions 200 222.4 147.7 172.8 100 106.9 74.0 91.6 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Financial Years Source: Statistics New Zealand Local Authority Census.
THE VALUE OF SPORT 17 The contribution to GDP from the sport and recreation sector - broadly defined Table 3 shows that including these three additional amounts increases the contribution to GDP in 2008/09 of the sport and recreation sector to $4.5 billion. Thus, the share of the sector broadly defined is 2.4 per cent of GDP. Table 3 Contribution to GDP of the sport and recreation sector - broadly defined, 2008/09 Industry Contribution of the sport and recreation sector – narrowly defined (see section 3) Contribution to GDP ($ millions) 3,844 Broadening the definition of the sector increases sport and recreation’s contribution to the New Zealand economy to $4.5 billion or 2.4% of GDP Sport and recreation incomes outside the sport and recreation industries Central government investment in sport and recreation education Local government value added to the construction sector from spending on new sport and recreation facilities 400 172 100 TOTAL ($ millions) 4,516 Gross Domestic Product (2008/09) 184,987 TOTAL (percentage of GDP) 2.4% Source: Statistics New Zealand and New Zealand Treasury data.
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