Māori Employment by Industry

By industry, the strongest percentage of Māori employment growth for the 2003 and 2008 June years has been in construction (7,500 or 58.3%), and Health & Community services (6,900 or 49.3%) industries. The growth in Māori employment in the Construction sector over the last five years has come to an end over the last year with a decline of 700 jobs for Māori.

The two industry sectors experiencing declines over the last five years were the primary industry sector and the Accommodation, Cafes, and Restaurants sector. The primary industry sector’s Māori employment declined by 2,200 or 13%, while Māori employment in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants fell 2,100 or 16.7 percent.

Table 2: Māori Labour Market Trends, years to June 2003, 2007 and 2008

Source: Household Labour Force Survey, Statistics New Zealand

⁷ Primary Industry includes Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry & Fishing & Mining.