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Screen-print illustration of the Tukituki valley across Central Hawke’s Bay
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Hawke's Bay (Te Matau-a-Māui). Council area

Copilot training in Central Hawke's Bay District

Central Hawke's Bay District work moves between farm offices, Takapau processing and energy projects. A Microsoft 365 Copilot worksheet can show which file supplies a figure and who owns the final check.2,6,13

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56.8% of Central Hawke's Bay District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeCentral Hawke's Bay DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 56.8% 63.6% −6.8
People-facing 8.0% 9.0% −1.1
Hands-on 35.1% 27.4% +7.8
Employed residents8,0012,622,534

About 4,550 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
15,5002023 Census
Business locations
2,415Feb 2025, +6.6% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
5,970at local businesses, Feb 2025
Self-employed or employers
18.8%of employed residents, NZ 16.2%
Towns with a page
21,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Central Hawke's Bay District

5 findings from Stats NZ data for Central Hawke's Bay District, and what each means for Microsoft Copilot training.

Workforce by occupation group, Central Hawke's Bay District against New Zealand

56.8% of employed residents in Central Hawke's Bay District work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. The difference is mostly labourers: 15.2% of employed residents here, against 9.0% nationally. 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, Central Hawke's Bay District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleCentral Hawke's Bay DistrictNZ
Managers 1,863 23.3% 18.3%
Professionals 1,437 18.0% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 1,026 12.8% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 636 8.0% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 765 9.6% 10.8%
Sales workers 483 6.0% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 564 7.1% 5.9%
Labourers 1,218 15.2% 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: 27.8% of local jobs, 5.8× the national share

Top employer: farming, forestry, fishing, 1,652 jobs (27.8%). 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, Central Hawke's Bay District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Farming, forestry, fishing 1,652 27.8% 4.8% 5.8×
Manufacturing 1,311 22.0% 9.4% 2.3×
Retail 465 7.8% 9.3% 0.8×
Construction 460 7.7% 8.2% 0.9×
Education 435 7.3% 8.5% 0.9×
Health and social care 355 6.0% 12.0% 0.5×
Other services 207 3.5% 3.5% 1.0×
Professional services 192 3.2% 8.3% 0.4×
Transport and warehousing 163 2.7% 4.2% 0.7×
Hospitality 162 2.7% 7.2% 0.4×

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 +6.6% and employees −4.6%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 6,260 (2020) to 5,970 (2025), −4.6% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 2,265 to 2,415. Largest job gain: other services (+71). Largest loss: farming, forestry, fishing (−356).

Business locations
2,2652,415 in 2025, from 2020
+6.6% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
6,2605,970 in 2025, from 2020
−4.6% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Central Hawke's Bay District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Other services 136207+71
Health and social care 305355+50
Education 386435+49
Farming, forestry, fishing 2,0081,652−356
Manufacturing 1,4031,311−92
Finance and insurance 6535−30

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.

23.3%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

88.1%

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.

Self-employed and employers: 18.8% (New Zealand 16.2%)

A high share of small operators. Copilot suits organisations on Microsoft 365 Business plans, so check your plan before training; Copilot Chat may already be included.

18.8%

self-employed or employers

New Zealand 16.2%

Employed residents whose status in employment is employer, or self-employed without employees.

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

Towns in Central Hawke's Bay District

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

Towns in Central Hawke's Bay District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Waipukurau 4,700 50.7% 516 +3.6%
Waipāwa 2,330 55.4% 189 −3.1%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Central Hawke's Bay District

A district workflow benefits from an explicit location column for Waipawa, Waipukurau and other sites. That keeps a Word brief from flattening distinct operations into one town account.2,1

Farming and horticulture

Group sample harvest entries in Excel by site and date, then assign a grower to verify gaps before a Word update.1,14

Energy infrastructure

Draft a Teams action table from an approved project meeting and check each owner against the source minutes.10,13

Participants can map a SharePoint source file to an Excel check, a Word draft and an Outlook approval step using fictional district records.1,13

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Hawke's Bay

There is no public Copilot workshop in Hawke's Bay 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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Elsewhere in Hawke's Bay

Tavistock Hotel and Town Hall, Waipukurau
Tavistock Hotel and Town Hall, Waipukurau by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.

Microsoft Copilot training in Central Hawke's Bay District: questions

Why label each farm or site in the workbook?

The district includes separate centres and rural operations; location labels stop an aggregate from being mistaken for a local result.2,1

Can a Copilot note describe the Ruataniwha connection?

Use approved Centralines project material, then have the network team verify the technical details.13

Who signs off a processing handover?

The exercise should name a plant reviewer before any Word summary based on a sample Takapau workflow is shared.6

Train your team in Central Hawke's Bay 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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  • 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.