The 2010 Regional Perception survey was recently carried out by Environment Waikato. This survey is primarily used for Community Outcome monitoring both at a Regional and Local level. Although the Overall perception of quality of life had decreased this year over 2007, the majority of responses were in fact showing an increase in satisfaction or happiness levels. Please click on the link below for the full summary report of the results, or read the HDC news page

(484KB) for summary of the summary.

The regional perception survey only consists of 70 telephone surveys randomly selected throughout Hauraki.

View the Regional Waikato Perception Survey 2010 Hauraki Report(906KB)

or view the document separated into sections in the table of contents below.

Regional Waikato Perception Survey 2010 Hauraki Report
Table of Contents

Background (132KB)			4
	Methodology		7
		Telephone Area compared to respondents area	12
	Scales and their Interpretation		14

Sample Profile (92KB)			15
	Summary of Indexes – Hauraki		20
		Indexes – Hauraki District	21
		Hauraki District - Comparison to 2007	22
		Hauraki - Summary Tables – Percentages across the Various Scale	23

Main Findings - Hauraki (407KB)			27
	How happy are you with your Quality of Life		27
		How happy are you with your Quality of Life: Reasons for feeling this way	29
	Quality of Life Factors		32
	Proximity Factors		37
	Barriers to Accessing Health Care		42
		Why did you or your family not go to the doctor when you wanted to	45
	Safety Factors		48
	Work Opportunities		52
	Participation in Sport and Active Leisure		54
	Council Decision Making Factors		57
	Sense of Pride		62
		Sense of pride in the way district looks and feels: Verbatim Comments	64
	What makes your district unique or special		71
	Participation and Equity Factors		76
		Respect for the cultures of the people who live here: Verbatim comments	80
		Respect for the cultures of the people who live here: Verbatim comments	81
	Three biggest issues for your district		84
		The Important Issues in the community included the following comments:	85
	Three biggest issues Council should be looking at		92
		The Important Issues for Council included the following comments:	93
	Impact of the district Restructuring on Indexes		100

Waikato Regional Overview (159KB)			102
		Data weighting	102
		Happiness with Quality of Life	102
		Quality of Life Factors	103
		Proximity Factors	104
		Barriers to Accessing Health Care	105
		Safety Factors	105
		Work Opportunities	106
		Participation in Sport and Active Leisure	107
		Council Decision Making Factors	107
		Sense of Pride	108
		What makes your district unique or special	109
		Participation and Equity Factors	109
		Three biggest issues for your district	109
		Three biggest issues Council should be looking at	109
	Summary of Indexes – Waikato Region		111
		Indexes – Waikato Region	112
		Waikato Region - Comparison to 2007	113
		Waikato Region - Summary Tables – Percentages across the Various Scale	114
		Overview – Realigned district after November 2010	119

Appendix (181KB)			121
	Questionnaire		121