The New Zealand Post conducted a survey in 2001 in which every household was given a questionnaire inviting households to submit their vision for the future of the country, in the form of a drawing or prose of 50 words or less.  Out of the approximately 10,000 responses, 7800 were analyzable.  The results were processed by the New Zealand Futures Trust and Victoria University to produce the largest compendium of aspirational visions ever collected in New Zealand.  Anew NZ has special permission to feature this information in the development of the "Creating Our Future" national futures project.  (The New Zealand Futures Trust is a project partner.)

The report is extensive.  A quick overview of the results can be seen in the conclusions section.  A more detailed read can be undertaken using the following table of contents.

For your convenience we have broken the report into separate MS-Word files. You can click here to download a MS-Word viewer application if required.

Introduction   (277 KB, 49 seconds)

Methodology   (22 KB, 4 seconds)

Futures Themes   (25 KB, 4 seconds)

Response Distribution   (527 KB, 94 seconds)

Visions for New Zealand's Future:  Overall Results   (3,651 KB, 650 seconds)

Looking more closely at the futures themes (alphabetized)
  1:      Australasia   (72 KB, 13 seconds)
  2:      "Back to the Future"   (1,704 KB, 300 seconds)
  3:      Bicultural NZ   (123 KB, 22 seconds)
  4:      "Clear Green" NZ   (4,495 KB, 800 seconds)
  5:      Co-operative Caring Community   (3,755 KB, 670 seconds)
  6:      Diversity esp. Cultural and Ethnic   (1,977 KB, 353 seconds)
  7:      Equitable Society   (3,538 KB, 632 seconds)
  8:      Global Trading Nation   (1,911 KB, 34 seconds)
  9:      Individualism   (19 KB, 4 seconds)
  10:    One NZ   (1,756 KB, 300 seconds)
  11.    Pessimistic Futures   (39 KB, 8 seconds)
  12.    Safe and Healthy Society   (3,552 KB, 634 seconds)
  13.    Sovereign NZ   (1,775 KB, 300 seconds)
  14.    Spiritual Futures   (1,798 KB, 320 seconds)
  15.    Technologically Advanced Society   (1,940 KB, 345 seconds)
  16.    World Leader / Model   (1,976 KB, 353 seconds)

Drawings   (40 KB, 8 seconds)

Poems   (21 KB, 4 seconds)

Ideas not covered by the main futures themes   (19 KB, 4 seconds)

Cross-theme correlations   (363 KB, 65 seconds)

Conclusions   (201 KB, 36 seconds)