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Story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy

Māori employment

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Between 1986 and 2006 the most significant change in Māori employment was the move from secondary industries to the service sectors. Māori in the service sectors jumped from just over half of all workers to over two-thirds within 20 years.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Basil Keane, Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy – Government reforms, 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/25787/maori-employment (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 12 April 2010.