Kiwis want to see own backyard before kicking the bucket

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Kiwis want to see own backyard before kicking the bucket according to the inaugural Fidelity Life Kiwi Bucket List survey.

Wednesday, August 25th 2010, 7:17AM

Fidelity Life commissioned The Nielsen Company to find the top things Kiwis would want to do in their homeland if they only had a year to live.

Seeing more of New Zealand, including Fiordland, Milford and Dusky Sounds, Queenstown, Stewart Island and Bay of Islands, was the first thing mentioned by 51% of Kiwis.

Fifteen per cent specifically mentioned visiting the “South Island”, including Stewart Island. A long way back in second (18%) was visiting and spending time with family and friends, or setting up family for the future.

The reasonably gentle pursuits group of climbing, cycling, tramping and trekking around mountains and tracks came in third on 9%, just ahead of a campervan trip with family and friends (8%).

Rounding out the top five was the first adrenaline category which included skydiving, parapenting, or a chopper or hot air balloon flight (7%).

Fidelity Life chief executive Milton Jennings says the company was interested to find out what Kiwis value about their life in New Zealand.

“The survey provides a great insight into what Kiwis have on their must-do list.

“Visiting and spending time with family and friends is of high importance to some Kiwis, but we are obviously a country of travellers and all of us have a place in mind that we’ve always wanted to visit.”

With a year to live New Zealand women, Maori, and people 55 or older, are significantly more likely to want to visit family and friends, or set up family for the future.

The survey found young adults would want to experience adrenaline attacks: Kiwis aged 15 to 24 are significantly more likely to want to bungy jump, skydive, paraglide or parapent.

People aged 40 or older are more likely to want to go fishing or swimming with dolphins.

Spending “lots of my money”, or luxurious holidays and food and wine experiences was the seventh most popular answer, from four per cent of Kiwis.

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