Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey 2024
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey 2024
The DEI Sector Workforce Survey provides insights on the make-up and experiences of board members and employees working in the play, active recreation and sport sector.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are important to ensure everyone has positive experiences and feels that they belong at all levels of play, active recreation and sport – whether you’re a participant, athlete, coach, employee, board member, leader or volunteer.
Conducted on behalf of the Sport NZ Group by Angus & Associates, the survey was first run in 2020 to support the leadership outcomes in the Women and Girls Strategy and Disability Plan. We have continued the survey in 2024 as it helps us support the sector in serving the many communities that make up Aotearoa New Zealand. It also has a clear link to Sport NZ’s strategic priority 1, which outlines our commitment to supporting capable and resilient partner organisations with diverse and inclusive systems/structures.
The main report captures insights from 109 organisations and 1,425 people across the sector. All participating organisations with more than 10 respondents have also received their own confidential, individualised reports to help them better understand their governance and workforces and act on opportunities from the findings.
The 2024 report shows that meaningful progress has been made across the sector since 2020:
- The data shows greater diversity in the workforce – with more women, Māori, members of rainbow communities, and disabled people working in the sector.
- There are also higher levels of job satisfaction, a greatly improved quality of ‘felt experience’, a drop in reported instances of discrimination, harassment or bullying, and greater optimism about future governance/employment opportunities in the sector.
- Although positive momentum is seen across most indicators, further work is needed to address areas such as pay equity, DEI policies and strategies, Te Tiriti and te ao Māori commitment and capability.
See the infographic for a snapshot of key findings or read more in the main report, which provides a representative view of the play, active recreation and sport sector.
