When asked to write down up to three very important things a person needs to learn or do to be good in physical education, Mäori students in general education emphasized fitness most, followed by three almost equally popular options: good sportsmanship, positive attitudes and effort, and physical or game skills. Students in Mäori immersion settings emphasized physical or game skills most, followed in turn by training/practising, fitness, and good sportsmanship.

When asked to write down three really important things they had learned in physical education, large majorities of both groups mentioned the rules, techniques or skills of particular activities or games. For Mäori students in general education good sportsmanship, cooperating with others, and positive attitudes or effort came next, while for students in Mäori immersion settings fitness, training/practising, and warm-ups/stretches came next.

Responses to the 9 rating items are presented below. Compared to Mäori students in general education, students in Mäori immersion settings were equally positive about physical education at school and in their own time and about equally physically active over the 24 hours preceding the survey. They were somewhat less enthusiastic about increasing the amount of physical education at school and about continuing physical education when they were older, but were somewhat more positive about their own ability and how their teacher and family viewed their ability.