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Copilot training in Gore District

Gore District links rural service work, Gore offices and manufacturing near Mataura. Microsoft 365 Copilot can help staff trace a file through an owner, action and approval check across those sites.3,11

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52.2% of Gore District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeGore DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 52.2% 63.6% −11.4
People-facing 7.7% 9.0% −1.3
Hands-on 40.1% 27.4% +12.8
Employed residents6,8972,622,534

About 3,600 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
12,7002023 Census
Business locations
2,094Feb 2025, +2.2% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
6,300at local businesses, Feb 2025
Self-employed or employers
17.0%of employed residents, NZ 16.2%
Towns with a page
21,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Gore District

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

Workforce by occupation group, Gore District against New Zealand

52.2% of employed residents in Gore District work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. The difference is mostly labourers: 17.1% 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, Gore District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleGore DistrictNZ
Managers 1,434 20.8% 18.3%
Professionals 1,068 15.5% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 1,038 15.1% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 531 7.7% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 582 8.4% 10.8%
Sales workers 516 7.5% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 552 8.0% 5.9%
Labourers 1,176 17.1% 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: 18.1% of local jobs, 3.8× the national share

Top employer: manufacturing, 1,161 jobs (18.4%). 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, Gore District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Manufacturing 1,161 18.4% 9.4% 1.9×
Farming, forestry, fishing 1,140 18.1% 4.8% 3.8×
Retail 835 13.2% 9.3% 1.4×
Health and social care 615 9.7% 12.0% 0.8×
Hospitality 377 6.0% 7.2% 0.8×
Construction 367 5.8% 8.2% 0.7×
Other services 320 5.1% 3.5% 1.5×
Education 311 4.9% 8.5% 0.6×
Wholesale 251 4.0% 5.0% 0.8×
Professional services 214 3.4% 8.3% 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 +2.2% and employees −4.0%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 6,560 (2020) to 6,300 (2025), −4.0% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 2,049 to 2,094. Largest job gain: manufacturing (+164). Largest loss: education (−120).

Business locations
2,0492,094 in 2025, from 2020
+2.2% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
6,5606,300 in 2025, from 2020
−4.0% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Gore District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Manufacturing 9971,161+164
Health and social care 532615+83
Media and telecoms 3644+8
Education 431311−120
Farming, forestry, fishing 1,2501,140−110
Hospitality 455377−78

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

Both on-site and remote sessions work. Most teams start with a half-day on-site.

16.4%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

85.6%

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: 17.0% (New Zealand 16.2%)

Most workers here are employees of organisations, the setting where Microsoft 365 Copilot rollouts are planned centrally, with licences, policy and champions.

17.0%

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 Gore District

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

Towns in Gore District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Gore 8,180 50.1% 1,116 +5.1%
Mataura 1,650 37.2% 78 −10.3%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Gore District

A district worksheet should record location before combining Excel records from separate operations. Word summaries then have a clear boundary for each statement.3,11

Rural services

Check a sample Excel job register for missing equipment details, then assign an Outlook follow-up to the service owner.11,21

Dairy manufacturing

Draft a Word change note from approved product files and have a quality lead verify each specification.3,4

A fictional cross-site handover can move from a SharePoint file into an Excel check and a Teams owner list before any message is sent.3,11

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Southland

There is no public Copilot workshop in Southland 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 Gore District: questions

Should Gore and Mataura use one unlabelled workbook?

No. The district covers distinct sites, and a location field is needed before entries are combined.3,11

Can Copilot treat an industrial proposal as completed work?

The Government source describes a proposed subdivision; a report must preserve that status.6

Who validates a dairy specification draft?

A plant quality owner should compare the Word text with approved source files.3,4

Train your team in Gore 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.