Sport NZ's latest Active NZ survey found just 57% of 5–17-year-olds meet the activity guideline. Here's who's missing out, and what we're doing about it. More than four in ten young New Zealanders aren't getting the hour a day of activity they need. What the latest data shows Sport NZ's Active NZ survey (2024/25, 4,571 young people) found 57% of 5–17-year-olds meet the guideline of 420+ minutes of activity a week. That's recovering, but it isn't good enough. A few numbers

What 27 years of research tells us In 1980, Finnish researchers began following 3,596 children aged 3 to 18, checking in again in 1986, 1992, 2001 and 2007. How active a child was at ages 3 and 6 predicted how active they were as teenagers and as young adults. The researchers concluded that an active lifestyle starts to develop very early in childhood, and stays moderately to highly stable from youth into adulthood. It isn't destiny. But it is direction. The early years pa

Young and Healthy · May 2026 We have some wonderful news to share with our community. Young and Healthy has welcomed two fantastic new partners; AIA New Zealand and eg. Free Range Eggs and we couldn't be more excited about what we're going to achieve together for the tamariki of Aotearoa. These aren't just sponsorships. They are genuine partnerships built on shared values, a belief that every Kiwi child deserves to grow up healthy, active, nourished, and full of life. Both pa