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Kōrero: Ethnic inequalities

Occupational groupings by ethnic group, 2013

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These charts show the distribution of occupations among four ethnic groups in the 2013 census. A higher proportion of Europeans and Asians were in high-paying and high prestige professions such as managers and professionals than Māori or Pacific people. A higher percentage of Māori and Pacific people worked as labourers or machine operators, which were poorly paid and had little prestige.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Statistics New Zealand: 2013 Census

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Pearson, Ethnic inequalities – Occupation and education, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/29602/occupational-groupings-by-ethnic-group-2013 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Pearson, i tāngia i te 24 February 2011.