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Copilot training in Clutha District

Clutha District connects dispersed farms and forestry suppliers with processing near Balclutha. Copilot training can make each file’s site, owner, action and check visible.3,7,30

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54.0% of Clutha District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeClutha DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 54.0% 63.6% −9.6
People-facing 8.4% 9.0% −0.7
Hands-on 37.7% 27.4% +10.4
Employed residents9,9872,622,534

About 5,390 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
18,3002023 Census
Business locations
3,072Feb 2025, −1.3% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
8,520at local businesses, Feb 2025
Towns with a page
21,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Clutha District

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

Workforce by occupation group, Clutha District against New Zealand

54.0% of employed residents in Clutha District work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. The difference is mostly labourers: 17.7% 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, Clutha District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleClutha DistrictNZ
Managers 2,652 26.6% 18.3%
Professionals 1,404 14.1% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 1,197 12.0% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 834 8.4% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 783 7.8% 10.8%
Sales workers 555 5.6% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 804 8.1% 5.9%
Labourers 1,767 17.7% 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: 28.1% of local jobs, 5.8× the national share

Top employer: farming, forestry, fishing, 2,395 jobs (28.1%). 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, Clutha District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Farming, forestry, fishing 2,395 28.1% 4.8% 5.8×
Manufacturing 1,829 21.5% 9.4% 2.3×
Education 633 7.4% 8.5% 0.9×
Construction 609 7.1% 8.2% 0.9×
Retail 597 7.0% 9.3% 0.8×
Public administration 538 6.3% 6.4% 1.0×
Health and social care 538 6.3% 12.0% 0.5×
Hospitality 323 3.8% 7.2% 0.5×
Transport and warehousing 261 3.1% 4.2% 0.7×
Other services 251 2.9% 3.5% 0.8×

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 −1.3% and employees −3.3%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 8,810 (2020) to 8,520 (2025), −3.3% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 3,114 to 3,072. Largest job gain: education (+84). Largest loss: farming, forestry, fishing (−425).

Business locations
3,1143,072 in 2025, from 2020
−1.3% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
8,8108,520 in 2025, from 2020
−3.3% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Clutha District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Education 549633+84
Public administration 472538+66
Property and rental 57114+57
Farming, forestry, fishing 2,8202,395−425
Hospitality 394323−71
Professional services 227172−55

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.

24.9%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

85.7%

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 Clutha District

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

Towns in Clutha District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Balclutha 4,340 44.1% 498 +4.4%
Milton 2,120 43.3% 180 −7.7%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Clutha District

The council documents forestry work from contractors through sawmills. A Microsoft 365 worksheet can follow an approved order or job record through the chain without treating one site as the whole district.3,7

Forestry

Use a sample Excel contractor register to draft a Word exceptions note, with the forest owner checking site and delivery details.7

Food manufacturing

Turn approved Teams shift notes into a task list and assign each open quality question to the plant reviewer.30

A district workshop can move one permitted record from SharePoint to Outlook and agree who checks it before distribution.3,7

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Otago

There is no public Copilot workshop in Otago 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 Clutha District: questions

Who can review a forestry order summary?

The file owner should confirm quantities, locations and permissions before the Outlook message is sent.7

Can plant records be used in Microsoft 365 practice?

Use only approved or synthetic files and have qualified site staff check operational conclusions.30

What if a Catlins team has no standard file set?

Start with public destination information and a sample enquiry, then identify the owner of each current detail.15

Train your team in Clutha 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.