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Quality of Life Residents Survey

Every second year 500 residents from each of the 12 cities, alongside 1,500 residents from 'the rest of New Zealand' are surveyed on a range of quality of life issues.

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The Quality of Life Project was initiated in response to growing pressures on urban communities, concern about the impacts of urbanisation and the effects of this on the well being of residents.

The key purpose of the Project is to:

• Provide information to decision-makers to improve the quality of life in major New Zealand urban areas.

Objectives of the Project include:

• Consistency of indicator use and monitoring methods among participating cities
• Provision of data to support advocacy on urban issues
• Raising the profile of urban issues within central government
• Collaborative working of bigger cities to monitor and address quality of life issues.
• Monitoring across the cities enables participating councils to develop a consistent set of indicators, identify urban issues and trends, and provide a platform to develop comprehensive responses to these.

Quality of Life Project Structure

Contributing Data:	Quality of Life Survey (e.g. Resident perceptions of wellbeing) Survey is conducted biennially	Data from Secondary Sources (e.g. Government agencies, councils, etc) Data is collected on an ongoing basis
Reporting Framework:	Quality of Life Report 12 cities joint report is released once every five years following release of new census data. Quality of Life Survey A report on Quality of Life Survey results is released every two years
Advocacy:	Metropolitan Sector Group advocacy to central government on urban issues Advocacy occurs on an ongoing basis through the Metropolitan Sector Group work programme and through contributions to central and local government decision making processes
	Improved quality of life and wellbeing outcomes for 12 cities residents

The Project includes the following Twelve Cities

The Quality of Life Project was established in 1999 to provide social, economic and environmental indicators of quality of life in New Zealand’s six largest cities. The Quality of Life Project has since expanded to include twelve territorial authorities. Almost 56% of the total population of New Zealand resides in these cities.
Rodney Pop 89,562 Tauranga Pop 103,629 North Shore Pop 205,614 Porirua Pop 48,537 Waitakere Pop 186,444 Hutt Pop 97,710 Auckland Pop 404,655 Wellington Pop 179,466 Manukau Pop 328,980 Christchurch Pop 348,435 Hamilton Pop 129,255 Dunedin Pop 118,686