The poll showed exercising more and saving money are the goals for most Kiwis in the year ahead.
Having a healthier lifestyle was on most minds, and eating a healthy diet, losing weight and reducing stress levels were all common goals.
But getting married and starting a family were among the least common goals.
Giving up the ciggies was an aim for 6 per cent of respondents, up from 3 per cent last year.
Men were more likely than women to make a resolution, but the achievement rate was the same.
Rotorua had the highest proportion of people making resolutions of all the regions surveyed - but also the highest percentage of failed resolutions.
For the year ahead, 92 per cent of those surveyed are planning on setting a goal.
People aged 18 to 29 are focused on finding jobs, saving money and starting families and the 70-plus age group are most likely to resolve to give to charity, live more sustainably and drink more water.
Losing weight is a big priority and nowhere more so than in Wanganui, where 81 per cent of those surveyed want to make it their goal.
Hamiltonians are most likely to resolve to give more to charity, and people from New Plymouth are resolving to de-stress.
Women are more likely than men to make resolutions about health, exercise and stress.
But men were more focused than women on reducing debt, and more likely than their female co-workers to be aiming for a promotion at work.
Fewer people are aiming to buy a house in the coming year.
And only 3 per cent of people are aiming to move overseas, a decrease from the 5 per cent who resolved to move in 2013.