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In , the [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) of the [[Rotorua Lakes District|Rotorua District]] was $4. billion, representing 1.2% of New Zealand’s total GDP. The sector with the largest contribution to the Rotorua District GDP was high value services (professional, managerial, as well as scientific and technical occupations), at 20%. This is less than the 26.7% contribution that high value services make to the national economy. The next highest contribution to the district GDP was from goods-producing industries representing 17.8% in the district GDP, versus 18.5% in the national economy. Primary industries, agriculture and forestry, contributed 10.2%, compared with 5.8% in the national economy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022|title=Structure of Rotorua District’s Economy|url=https://ecoprofile.infometrics.co.nz/rotorua+District/Gdp/Structure|access-date=24 October 2023|website=Infometrics|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129134737/https://ecoprofile.infometrics.co.nz/Rotorua%2bDistrict/Gdp/Structure|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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As a major visitor destination, Rotorua District has a much higher proportion of people in employed in accommodation (3.3%) than the national average (1.1%). Tourism contributed $231 million (5.5%) to the district GDP, compared with 2.8% nationally. The four largest industries in the district, based on employment, were hospitals, accommodation, cafes and restaurants, and primary education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022|title=Rotorua District – Largest industries|url=https://ecoprofile.infometrics.co.nz/rotorua%2bDistrict/Employment/LargestIndustries|access-date=24 October 2023|website=Infometrics|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129134806/https://ecoprofile.infometrics.co.nz/Rotorua%2bDistrict/Employment/LargestIndustries|url-status=live}}</ref> |
As a major visitor destination, Rotorua District has a much higher proportion of people in employed in accommodation (3.3%) than the national average (1.1%). Tourism contributed $231 million (5.5%) to the district GDP, compared with 2.8% nationally. The four largest industries in the district, based on employment, were hospitals, accommodation, cafes and restaurants, and primary education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022|title=Rotorua District – Largest industries|url=https://ecoprofile.infometrics.co.nz/rotorua%2bDistrict/Employment/LargestIndustries|access-date=24 October 2023|website=Infometrics|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129134806/https://ecoprofile.infometrics.co.nz/Rotorua%2bDistrict/Employment/LargestIndustries|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Blah<ref>{{refn|group=Note|Sources vary in describing the length of Spooners Tunnel. The length is stated as 1,352 m on signage at the tunnel entrance. However, the length is described as 67 chains in accounts from 1892 and 1897, and this converts to 1,347 metres.<nowiki><ref></nowiki>{{Cite news |date=15 March 1892 |title=Midland Railway works at Belgrove |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/IT18920315.2.10 |work=Inangahua Times |page=3 |volume=XVI |issue=271}} |
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After delays caused by unsuitable weather, an all-weather athletics track was installed ready for the 1972-73 summer season.[1] The official opening of the new track was held on Saturday 28 October 1972 with Olympic medallist Rod Dixon winning the invitation 1500 m and 3000 m events.[2] In 1978, athletes competing in the National Championships held at the stadium complained that the bituminous surface was too hard.[3]
In 2024, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Rotorua District was $4.857 billion, representing 1.2% of New Zealand’s total GDP. The industry sector with the largest contribution to the Rotorua District GDP was agriculture, forestry and fishing. high value services (professional, managerial, as well as scientific and technical occupations), at 20%. This is less than the 26.7% contribution that high value services make to the national economy. The next highest contribution to the district GDP was from goods-producing industries representing 17.8% in the district GDP, versus 18.5% in the national economy. Primary industries, agriculture and forestry, contributed 10.2%, compared with 5.8% in the national economy.[4]
As a major visitor destination, Rotorua District has a much higher proportion of people in employed in accommodation (3.3%) than the national average (1.1%). Tourism contributed $231 million (5.5%) to the district GDP, compared with 2.8% nationally. The four largest industries in the district, based on employment, were hospitals, accommodation, cafes and restaurants, and primary education.[5]
Blah<ref>{{refn|group=Note|Sources vary in describing the length of Spooners Tunnel. The length is stated as 1,352 m on signage at the tunnel entrance. However, the length is described as 67 chains in accounts from 1892 and 1897, and this converts to 1,347 metres.<ref>“Midland Railway works at Belgrove”. Inangahua Times. Vol. XVI, no. 271. 15 March 1892. p. 3.
