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are major employers in the manufacturing
industry based in this district. Other large
areas of employment for Mäori in this
region included the retail trade, education,
agriculture, forestry and fishing, construction,
and health and community services industries.
Table 10.12 shows Mäori and non-Mäori
employment in the Bay of Plenty region broken
down into eight occupation groups on census
night 2006.
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TABLE 10.12: EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION, BAY OF PLENTY REGION 36
Employment by occupation (BoP) Mäori % Non-Mäori % Total %
Managers 2,610 11 18,420 21 21,030 18
Professionals 3,273 14 16,098 18 19,371 16
Technicians and Trades Workers 2,757 12 12,636 14 15,393 13
Community and Personal Service Workers 2,421 11 6,840 8 9,261 8
Clerical and Administrative Workers 2,235 10 11,115 13 13,350 11
Sales Workers 1,830 8 9,258 10 11,088 9
Machinery Operators and Drivers 2,568 11 4,722 5 7,290 6
Labourers 5,256 23 9,573 11 14,829 13
Not Elsewhere Included 2,349 9 4,509 5 6,858 6
Total Employed 25,302 93,171 118,470
Source: Statistics New Zealand 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings
Mäori in the Bay of Plenty region are underrepresented
in the managers and professionals
occupations and over-represented in the
labourers, machinery operators and drivers,
and community and personal service workers
occupations.
In 2006, 22.9 percent of Mäori in the Bay of
Plenty region were employed as labourers. This
is almost twice the regional average of 12.5
percent. Managers were the largest occupation
in the Bay of Plenty region, employing 17.8
percent of the population, followed by
professionals with 16.4 percent. The second
largest area of employment for Mäori was
professionals at 14.3 percent.
36 Non-Mäori includes people who are in the Not Elsewhere Included category. The numbers in the total employed columns in the
industry and occupation tables do not add up because the Not Elsewhere Included category may include some Mäori.
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