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Trust in others

The percentage of people aged 15 years and over who reported that people can be trusted, 2008

"Big city" People can almost
always be trusted
People can usually
be trusted
Total reporting
people can be trusted
Rodney District 18.7 60.5 79.3
North Shore City 14.5 65.1 79.6
Waitakere City 15.0 60.0 75.0
Auckland City 16.9 59.6 76.5
Manukau City 18.7 49.1 67.8
Hamilton City 14.1 61.9 76.0
Tauranga City 14.6 63.9 78.5
Porirua City 19.6 59.2 78.9
Hutt City (Lower Hutt) 16.3 62.1 78.5
Wellington City 15.9 71.0 86.9
Christchurch City 17.0 64.0 80.9
Dunedin City 18.6 62.5 81.1
New Zealand 17.4 60.1 77.5

Source: Quality of Life Survey, 2008