How this is built
Open data, compiled honestly, with the gaps admitted.
The source
Every listing comes from OpenStreetMap, the open map of the world, used under the Open Database Licence. Our snapshot is dated 2026-07-29 and covers 2,670 named gyms, studios, clubs and sports venues in New Zealand.
We do not scrape Google, Facebook or commercial directories. Their listings are a licensed compilation; copying them would be both a legal problem and, on a site carrying advertising, a policy one. It also means nobody can pay to rank here, because there is no ranking to buy.
How a club gets a town and a region
Only about one listing in seven carries a street address, so we do not use address tags to decide where a club is. We use its coordinates, which every listing has. Each club is matched to the nearest named locality within a sensible radius — 4 km for a suburb, up to 22 km for a city — and any club further out than that is left unassigned rather than being forced into the nearest bucket and made to lie. Regions come from New Zealand's official regional boundaries.
What this cannot tell you
Whether they are taking new members. What it costs. Which nights juniors train. Whether the gym you want is any good. OpenStreetMap records places, not programmes, and we would rather leave a field blank than invent it — every blank on a club page means "not recorded", never "none".
Opening hours, phone numbers and websites are shown exactly as recorded and can be years old. Confirm before you turn up.
Fixing something
Because the source is open, a correction here fixes the club's listing everywhere that uses OpenStreetMap — including a lot of apps you already have on your phone. Here is how.