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Screen-print illustration of Lake Tarawera beneath the volcanic peaks, Rotorua District
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Bay of Plenty (Te Moana-a-Toi). Council area

Copilot training in Rotorua District

Rotorua District teams work across visitor sites, forest operations and public services. A Copilot worksheet can identify which file belongs to which operation and who checks the output.6,7,9,21,8

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59.4% of Rotorua District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeRotorua DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 59.4% 63.6% −4.2
People-facing 11.1% 9.0% +2.1
Hands-on 29.5% 27.4% +2.1
Employed residents36,9272,622,534

About 21,900 people in desk-based roles. 2023 Census, counted where people live.

Rows 2 to 4: ANZSCO major groups 1, 2, 5, 6 / 4 / 3, 7, 8. Stats NZ 2023 Census, employed residents. Proxy per ILO 2025; not a forecast.
Residents
74,1002023 Census
Business locations
8,022Feb 2025, +5.4% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
33,380at local businesses, Feb 2025
Towns with a page
31,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Rotorua District

4 findings from Stats NZ data for Rotorua District, and what each means for Microsoft Copilot training.

Workforce by occupation group, Rotorua District against New Zealand

59.4% of employed residents in Rotorua District work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. Size the licences to the desk-based roles rather than headcount. A pilot with office, scheduling and management staff shows value before you pay for everyone.

Employed residents by occupation group, Rotorua District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleRotorua DistrictNZ
Managers 6,156 16.7% 18.3%
Professionals 8,994 24.4% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 4,917 13.3% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 4,086 11.1% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 4,023 10.9% 10.8%
Sales workers 2,772 7.5% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 2,367 6.4% 5.9%
Labourers 3,606 9.8% 9.0%

Desk-based = ANZSCO major groups 1, 2, 5 and 6 (managers, professionals, clerical and administrative, sales): roles where AI assistance is most applicable. Broad proxy informed by ILO 2025; not measured adoption or an employment forecast. People-facing = major group 4. Hands-on = major groups 3, 7 and 8.

Source: Stats NZ, 2023 Census, usually resident employed people; ILO, Generative AI and jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposure (2025).

Arts and recreation: 5.0% of local jobs, 2.5× the national share

Top employer: health and social care, 4,490 jobs (13.4%). Heat cells mark industries over-represented against New Zealand. Plan Copilot use cases by department in the largest employers first.

Share of paid jobs by industry, Rotorua District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Health and social care 4,490 13.4% 12.0% 1.1×
Hospitality 3,637 10.9% 7.2% 1.5×
Education 3,317 9.9% 8.5% 1.2×
Manufacturing 3,121 9.3% 9.4% 1.0×
Retail 3,028 9.1% 9.3% 1.0×
Farming, forestry, fishing 2,396 7.2% 4.8% 1.5×
Construction 2,036 6.1% 8.2% 0.8×
Public administration 1,925 5.8% 6.4% 0.9×
Professional services 1,701 5.1% 8.3% 0.6×
Arts and recreation 1,675 5.0% 2.0% 2.5×

Share of paid employees at business locations in the area, by ANZSIC06 industry division. × is the local share divided by the national share.

Source: Stats NZ, Business Demography Statistics, February 2020 and 2025.

Business locations +5.4% and employees +1.5%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 32,890 (2020) to 33,380 (2025), +1.5% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 7,614 to 8,022. Largest job gain: health and social care (+495). Largest loss: hospitality (−295).

Business locations
7,6148,022 in 2025, from 2020
+5.4% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
32,89033,380 in 2025, from 2020
+1.5% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Rotorua District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Health and social care 3,9954,490+495
Admin and support services 8781,309+431
Farming, forestry, fishing 2,2222,396+174
Hospitality 3,9323,637−295
Retail 3,2723,028−244
Property and rental 558357−201

Geographic units (business locations) and paid employees, February of each year. Small counts are randomly rounded by Stats NZ, so small changes can be noise.

Source: Stats NZ, Business Demography Statistics, February 2020 and 2025.

Remote readiness: work at home and household internet

On-site sessions, at your workplace, usually suit teams here better than remote ones. We come to you.

14.2%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

87.9%

Households with internet access

New Zealand 90.5%

Main means of travel to work on census day, and access to the internet in occupied private dwellings.

Source: Stats NZ, 2023 Census, usually resident employed people.

Towns in Rotorua District

Each town has its own page and brief. Largest first.

Towns in Rotorua District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Rotorua 55,300 57.9% 5,331 +3.8%
Ngongotahā 5,130 61.7% 366 +11.9%
Hamurana 1,170 68.0% 153 +13.3%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Rotorua District

District-wide figures and individual site records should live in clearly named folders. Staff can test an Excel-to-Word summary only after setting file permissions and reviewers.6,7,9,21,8

Forestry and wood processing

Prepare a Teams mill handover from an approved Excel register, assigning safety and stock questions to the right owners.6,21

Visitor services

Use a SharePoint visitor-information sheet to draft an Outlook response, with opening details verified by staff.7,8

A Rotorua District Copilot worksheet could follow an approved record from a forest site or visitor desk to final review.6,7,9,21,8

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Bay of Plenty

There is no public Copilot workshop in Bay of Plenty on the calendar yet. Register interest below and we will tell you when one is scheduled. Organisations can book private training for their own staff at any time.

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Microsoft Copilot training in Rotorua District: questions

How could Rotorua forestry staff retrieve a safety procedure in Copilot?

Kaingaroa Tipu's Rerewhakaaitu nursery includes forestry operations and a seasonal workforce near Rotorua. A forestry team could prototype a Copilot Studio agent grounded in current, approved safety and equipment manuals. A supervisor checks cited instructions and keeps the agent separate from live machine controls.6,21,23

Who should review a Rotorua District Copilot handover for visitor services?

The Rotorua District visitor services lead should compare the Excel or Teams source before sharing a handover.7,8

What should a visitor team verify?

Check current opening, access and booking details against the operator’s own information before using a generated reply.7,8

Train your team in Rotorua District

  1. ScopeHeadcount, sites, Microsoft 365 plan and licences, and the teams you want to start with.
  2. PlanWe propose a course, a pilot group and a format, and agree the files and meetings to use.
  3. TrainOn-site or over Teams, in Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, with your own work.
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  • Half-day workshop
  • Full-day workshop
  • Team rollout

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Sources

Local research checked 29 September 2026. Population and business figures come from Stats NZ.