The walk round the Mauao base track remains the most popular in the city, although fewer people are making the effort to walk to the top.

According to Tauranga City Council draft annual report figures being recommended for approval this week during the financial year ending June 30, 2014 there were 1,087,618 people who walked – or ran – round the base track.

The base walking track around Mauao.

In the 2013 year there were 1,069,539. It's the second year in succession that more than one million people have walked round the Mount.

By comparison those who took the effort to walk to the 232m high summit are a select few, only numbering 154,630. A number that's decreasing. In the 2013 year there were 158,588 people who walked to the top.

Two other city walks have increased traffic during last year, according to TCC figures.

The number of people who walked the Waikareao walkway, and round the Carmichael reserve were also down, but Daisy Hardwick walkway was closed for a period while capital works were undertaken on the sea wall; and the counter at the Waikareao was vandalised.

There were 108,426 people who took the walk in 2014, compared with 133,262 in 2013. Carmichael Reserve walkers were 64,594 in 2014, and 77,352 in 2013.