This study is part of a bigger body of work that Sport NZ is undertaking to understand social value and contribution to wellbeing, including the Sport NZ Outcomes Framework, the Māori Outcomes Framework – Te Pākē, the Subjective wellbeing work and the Social Value Bank.

Local government has a unique and critical role in the play, active recreation, and sport ecosystem, providing vital community assets that are part of the fabric of our communities along with grants and opportunities that support local communities to participate in play, active recreation, and sport.

Social Return on Investment (SROI) of Recreational Physical Activity in Aotearoa New Zealand study. Case studies about the SROI from specific programmes are expected to be available shortly.

This study measures the sector’s economic value in its broadest sense (for example, it includes consumer spending on sport and recreation as well as the employment that sport and recreation provides). This study was commissioned to complement an earlier study on the Social Return on Investment (SROI) of recreational physical activity.