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Bay of Plenty (Te Moana-a-Toi). Council area

Copilot training in Western Bay of Plenty District

Western Bay of Plenty District teams pass information between orchards, packhouses and project offices. Copilot training can follow a controlled worksheet through its owner, next step and final check.1,5,6,10

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60.8% of Western Bay of Plenty District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeWestern Bay of Plenty DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 60.8% 63.6% −2.9
People-facing 7.1% 9.0% −2.0
Hands-on 32.2% 27.4% +4.9
Employed residents28,6682,622,534

About 17,400 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
56,2002023 Census
Business locations
9,636Feb 2025, +7.7% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
18,920at local businesses, Feb 2025
Towns with a page
51,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Western Bay of Plenty District

4 findings from Stats NZ data for Western Bay of Plenty District, and what each means for Microsoft Copilot training.

Workforce by occupation group, Western Bay of Plenty District against New Zealand

60.8% of employed residents in Western Bay of Plenty District work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. Desk-based roles live in Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel, which is where Copilot works. A broad rollout has plenty of people to benefit: plan the pilot group and the champions first.

Employed residents by occupation group, Western Bay of Plenty District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleWestern Bay of Plenty DistrictNZ
Managers 6,756 23.6% 18.3%
Professionals 5,895 20.6% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 3,651 12.7% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 2,025 7.1% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 2,931 10.2% 10.8%
Sales workers 1,833 6.4% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 1,863 6.5% 5.9%
Labourers 3,717 13.0% 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).

Farming, forestry, fishing: 27.6% of local jobs, 5.8× the national share

Top employer: farming, forestry, fishing, 5,225 jobs (27.6%). 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, Western Bay of Plenty District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Farming, forestry, fishing 5,225 27.6% 4.8% 5.8×
Admin and support services 3,141 16.6% 4.6% 3.6×
Manufacturing 1,550 8.2% 9.4% 0.9×
Construction 1,436 7.6% 8.2% 0.9×
Education 1,207 6.4% 8.5% 0.8×
Health and social care 1,181 6.3% 12.0% 0.5×
Professional services 1,105 5.9% 8.3% 0.7×
Retail 932 4.9% 9.3% 0.5×
Hospitality 929 4.9% 7.2% 0.7×
Other services 576 3.1% 3.5% 0.9×

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 +7.7% and employees +10.8%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 17,080 (2020) to 18,920 (2025), +10.8% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 8,946 to 9,636. Largest job gain: admin and support services (+952). Largest loss: retail (−111).

Business locations
8,9469,636 in 2025, from 2020
+7.7% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
17,08018,920 in 2025, from 2020
+10.8% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Western Bay of Plenty District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Admin and support services 2,1893,141+952
Professional services 7901,105+315
Education 1,0311,207+176
Retail 1,043932−111
Wholesale 532493−39
Transport and warehousing 449429−20

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

Remote sessions fit how people here already work, and live training over Teams reaches staff across sites.

24.4%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

89.4%

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 Western Bay of Plenty District

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

Towns in Western Bay of Plenty District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Te Puke 9,110 48.8% 1,113 +13.5%
Katikati 5,580 54.4% 588 +0.5%
Ōmokoroa 5,450 68.1% 504 +46.1%
Waihī Beach-Bowentown 2,550 65.1% 372 +21.6%
Maketū 1,310 51.4% 102 +47.8%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Western Bay of Plenty District

Files from Katikati and Te Puke operations may have different access rules. Before an Outlook update goes out, staff should know which workbook is approved and who confirms the packing facts.5,6,9

Post-harvest packing

Use a sample Excel fruit-intake register to draft a Word shift handover and have a supervisor check every exception.5,8,9

Industrial development

Turn approved Rangiuru project notes into Teams actions, linking each task to its source and owner.10

A district session can map one fruit workflow and one development workflow, then test whether reviewers can find the source.5,10

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 Western Bay of Plenty District: questions

Can a Te Puke packhouse use its live register?

Begin with a safe copy and confirm access and approvals with the site owner before using operational data.6,9

Could Rangiuru teams prepare project updates?

Yes, from approved notes; the project manager checks scope and timing before sharing them.10

Will this cover Katikati as well?

The district includes Katikati and Te Puke, while each town page can focus on its own businesses.1,6

Train your team in Western Bay of Plenty 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.
  • In person
  • Remote
  • 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.