Band 5+: The charts give information about the average amount of time per day spent on two common leisure activities of different age groups in New Zealand.

The given charts demonstrate the usual time spent in a day reading for pleasure or listening to music by citizens over 14 in New Zealand.

Overall, New Zealand’s people tend to be willingly spend their time reading for pleasure when their age increase over time. However, in regards of listening to music, the young are the ones enjoying the activity the most, while people who are in their late thirties or early forties are opposite.

The citizens under 25 do not enjoy reading books as only the average time spent on reading books for satisfaction is just 20 minutes. More than an hour spent by the group aged between 25 and 34, higher than that of the group under 25. People who aged from 35 to 54 tend to spend 45 to 50 minutes reading books. The citizens who are close to be retired from a job find the activity interesting as more than an hour spent on it among them.

When it comes to listening to music, the young find it satisfying as they spent 80 minutes listening throughout a day, followed by the old with five-fourths of an hour spent on listening to music. The people aged between 25 and 54 are willing going to spend an hour listening to music, except for people aged between 35 and 44 as they spend only 45 minutes doing the same leisure activity.