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Wellbeing Measures

Work has been progressing over the last few years on deciding wellbeing measures for the region.   Wellbeing measures are required by legislation to
monitor community wellbeing in regards to how well the region is doing socially, culturally, environmentally and economically.   In October 2008, 68
wellbeing measures were identified for the region and have been implemented into the Top of the South Indicators Report - September 2009.   This
report was produced by way of a working party consisting of the three Top of the South Councils (Nelson City, Tasman District and Marlborough District),
the Ministry for Social Development, Nelson Regional EDA and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board.  To view the Reports findings, click on the
above link.

 
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Education
 
Early childhood education participation
2
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Numeracy/literacy skills
3
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Youth engaged in learning
4
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Educational attainment of adult population (*Link to Economic)
5
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(School leavers with higher qualifications - see Economic)
6
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Housing
 
Public & Third sector housing stock – numbers identified as introduction
7
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Waiting Lists and Ranking for Council and HCNZ housing
8
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Household overcrowding
9
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Housing Affordability – Massey; cost vs income
10
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Rents in relation to incomes
11
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Homelessness
12
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Safety and Security
 
Workplace injury rates
13
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Family violence / Rate (of incidents) of domestic violence
14
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Child Safety – Rates of intentional injury / Rate of non accidental injury
15
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Reported crime rates
16
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Perceptions of safety and security
17
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Road casualties – injuries & deaths
18
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Social connectedness
 
Rates of volunteering
19
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Voter participation – local body
20
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Neighbourhood relations / Pride
21
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Phone and internet access (*link to Economic)
22
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Older people supported at home (vs residential care)
23
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Loneliness
24
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Health
 
Regularly physically active
25
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Obesity rates
26
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Mental health rating (incl ‘happiness’; stress)
27
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Nutrition – fruit and vegetable consumption
28
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Nutrition – breastfeeding rates
29
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Teenage birth rates (Pregnancy? birth rates?)
30
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Primary care access
31
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Oral health
32
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Smoking rates
33
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Sickness and Invalids benefits
34
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Other Social
 
Addictions – AOD
35
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Economic
 
Regional CPI
36
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CPI by income level
37
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Median weekly income
38
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Annual retail sales
39
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Labor utilization
 
Labour force participation rate
40
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Unemployment rate
41
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Total number of beneficiaries
42
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Labor productivity
 
GDP per capita
43
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Investment, Savings and Financial Development
 
Home ownership rate
44
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Regional debt levels
45
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Innovation and Technological Change
 
Levels of IT uptake in homes
46
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Infrastructure
Power
Cost
47
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Supply
48
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Generation
49
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Road transport
Need to assess what is measurable for this
50
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Sea Transport
Annual cargo tonnage movements through the port
51
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Air freight
Annual cargo tonnage movements through the airport
52
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Enterprise
 
Number of businesses and employment by industry
53
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International Connections
 
Migration flows
54
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Skills & Talent
Educational attainment
Educational attainment of adult population
55
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Basic skills – literacy & numeracy
56
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Tourism
 
Average length stay
57
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Visitor nights
58
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Monthly visitor arrivals
59
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Air 
 
Number of exceedences of National Environmental Standards for air quality
60
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Water
 
Trends in freshwater use
61
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Trends in water quality
 
 
 
 
Extent of marine protected areas
62
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Land
 
Trends in volume and composition of solid waste to landfill
63
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Change in the total number of contaminated sites that fall into the category of either: a) confirmed contaminated, b) remediated or c) discovered
64
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Change/trends in land cover and land-use
65
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Change in distribution of selected native species
66
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Extent of indigenous vegetation cover and protected areas
67
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Energy
 
Trends in emissions and removals of greenhouse gases
68
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Trends in total consumer energy by use, by fuel type and by sector