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Story: Workforce composition

All images and media

From page 1 - Workforce by sector

Celebrating engineering

Celebrating engineering

Percentage of workforce by sector, 1841–2013

Percentage of workforce by sector, 1841–2013

Mechanising washing

Mechanising washing

Rest-home workers

Rest-home workers

From page 2 - The size of the workforce

Male and female workforce, 2006

Male and female workforce, 2006

Working in a new country

Working in a new country

‘Retirement at last’

‘Retirement at last’

From page 3 - Changing industries

Whakatū meatworks closes, 1986

Whakatū meatworks closes, 1986

Pre-school teachers

Pre-school teachers

Level of qualifications, 1986–2008

Level of qualifications, 1986–2008

Māori graduates

Māori graduates

From page 4 - Men’s work, women’s work

The homemaker's unpaid work

The homemaker's unpaid work

Women in full-time employment, 1936–2006

Women in full-time employment, 1936–2006

Juggling work and home life

Juggling work and home life

Male tunnellers

Male tunnellers

From page 5 - Employers, employees and self-employed

Post office jobs

Post office jobs

Self-employed dairy owner

Self-employed dairy owner

Brian Carran

From page 6 - Migration and work

Emigrating to Australia

Emigrating to Australia

Pacific workers at Crown Lynn

Pacific workers at Crown Lynn (1st of 3)

Asian Banking Unit

Asian Banking Unit (2nd of 3)

Abdul Hakim Qurbanzada

Abdul Hakim Qurbanzada (3rd of 3)

The town that disappeared

The town that disappeared

From page 7 - Ethnicity

Workforce by gender, age and ethnicity, 2006

Workforce by gender, age and ethnicity, 2006

Multilingual workers

Multilingual workers

From page 8 - Age

Older people in the workforce, 1986–2006

Older people in the workforce, 1986–2006

‘Work ‘til you drop’

‘Work ‘til you drop’

Older bus drivers

Older bus drivers

From page 9 - Hours of work and productivity

Clocking in

Part-time and full-time work, 2006

Part-time and full-time work, 2006

Workforce productivity

Workforce productivity

How to cite this page:

Paul Callister and Robert Didham, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/workforce-composition/media (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Paul Callister and Robert Didham, published 11 Mar 2010