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Kōrero: Rural workers

Decline of the rural workforce

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Decline of the rural workforce

The percentage of rural workers in the New Zealand workforce has fallen considerably since the 1920s, when almost one of every four workers had a rural occupation. With mechanisation, farms today are much less reliant on physical labour.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Carl Walrond, Rural workers – Contemporary rural workers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/17231/decline-of-the-rural-workforce (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.