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Year	Primary sector (%)	Secondary sector (%)	Tertiary sector (%)
1841	36	32	32
1851	37	24	39
1861	54	11	35
1871	56	13	31
1881	42	23	35
1891	40	25	35
1901	36	28	36
1911	32	28	40
1921	30	27	43
1931	30	30	40
1941	25.2	29.9	44.9
1951	19.4	33.9	46.7
1961	15.3	36	48.7
1971	12.2	36.7	51.1
1981	11.6	34	54.4
1991	10.3	26.6	63.1
2001	8.7	25.4	65.9
2013	7	11	82


Sources: Brian Easton, ‘Different kinds of countries and cities.’ Cultures of the Commonwealth: essays and studies 9, (Spring 2003), pp. 25-35; Statistics New Zealand


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