13 August 2024
Official Information Request
J Turner
By email
[FYI request #27888 email] Tēnā koe J Turner
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA)
Human Mobility Data
Thank you for your request for official information which we received on 2 August. You
requested as follows –
I am writing to request the visitation numbers that were gathered under the
Human Mobility Insights Project (https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-
auckland-council/performance-transparency/Pages/human-mobility-insights-
project.aspx) for the following parks:
Newmarket Park
Shore Road Reserve
Ayr Reserve
Rosedale Park
Henderson Park
The numbers requested are in the table below. We have two Henderson Parks in the
database, so we have provided both. These numbers are samples of visits not a count of all
visits. The numbers are based on GPS signals from mobile devices that have geolocation
enabled within apps. Not every person will carry a mobile / have these geolocation apps
enabled so this method only captures some of the actual visits.
The method of data collection is the same across all parks and so we use these numbers in
council to compare use proportionally, for example - to state that Rosedale Park gets
around 2.3 more visits than Shore Road Reserve, rather than to state what the absolute
number of visits is.
A signal from each device is counted only once per day so multiple visits from the same
device within the same day to the same park will be only counted once.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
The data is for the period Jan 2020 – Apr 2022.
Ayr Reserve
351,343
Henderson Park - Henderson
333,266
Henderson Park - Takapuna
93,414
Newmarket Park
593,269
Rosedale Park
2,324,515
Shore Road Reserve
991,822
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any questions, please contact me at
[email address]
or call me on 09 977 1702 or 021 195 4837.
Ngā mihi
Joanne Kearney
Senior Business Partner, Privacy & Official Information
Te Wheako ā-Kirihoko me ngā Ratonga Matihiko | Customer Experience & Digital
Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101