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Waikato (Waikato). Council area

Copilot training in Thames-Coromandel District

Thames-Coromandel businesses may pass order details and visitor information between coastal sites and office staff. Copilot training can follow an approved Microsoft 365 file through a draft to an owner’s check.4,5,8

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61.0% of Thames-Coromandel District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeThames-Coromandel DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 61.0% 63.6% −2.7
People-facing 9.4% 9.0% +0.4
Hands-on 29.6% 27.4% +2.2
Employed residents14,3882,622,534

About 8,770 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
32,0002023 Census
Business locations
4,971Feb 2025, +12.3% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
10,435at local businesses, Feb 2025
Towns with a page
61,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Thames-Coromandel District

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

Workforce by occupation group, Thames-Coromandel District against New Zealand

61.0% of employed residents in Thames-Coromandel 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, Thames-Coromandel District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleThames-Coromandel DistrictNZ
Managers 3,219 22.4% 18.3%
Professionals 2,865 19.9% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 2,154 15.0% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 1,353 9.4% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 1,413 9.8% 10.8%
Sales workers 1,272 8.8% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 591 4.1% 5.9%
Labourers 1,506 10.5% 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).

Hospitality: 14.5% of local jobs, 2.0× the national share

Top employer: retail, 1,715 jobs (16.5%). 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, Thames-Coromandel District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Retail 1,715 16.5% 9.3% 1.8×
Health and social care 1,638 15.8% 12.0% 1.3×
Hospitality 1,503 14.5% 7.2% 2.0×
Construction 864 8.3% 8.2% 1.0×
Education 802 7.7% 8.5% 0.9×
Manufacturing 794 7.6% 9.4% 0.8×
Farming, forestry, fishing 467 4.5% 4.8% 0.9×
Public administration 431 4.2% 6.4% 0.7×
Other services 357 3.4% 3.5% 1.0×
Arts and recreation 346 3.3% 2.0% 1.7×

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 +12.3% and employees −1.5%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 10,589 (2020) to 10,435 (2025), −1.5% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 4,428 to 4,971. Largest job gain: health and social care (+106). Largest loss: hospitality (−178).

Business locations
4,4284,971 in 2025, from 2020
+12.3% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
10,58910,435 in 2025, from 2020
−1.5% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Thames-Coromandel District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Health and social care 1,5321,638+106
Arts and recreation 252346+94
Education 762802+40
Hospitality 1,6811,503−178
Retail 1,8421,715−127
Power, gas, water, waste 16166−95

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.

24.7%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

86.6%

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.

Towns in Thames-Coromandel District

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

Towns in Thames-Coromandel District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Thames 7,220 59.4% 987 +0.3%
Whitianga 6,050 58.7% 930 +16.5%
Whangamatā 4,270 61.2% 699 +23.3%
Coromandel 1,780 59.4% 240 +5.3%
Tairua 1,650 64.8% 264 +12.8%
Pāuanui 1,070 68.7% 180 +9.1%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Thames-Coromandel District

A shared workbook or document needs a clear location label and current version. The person responsible for the operation should approve any Excel summary or Outlook reply.5,13,4,9,11

Aquaculture and seafood

Use a fictional Excel seafood order sheet to prepare a Word exception list and reconcile missing rows.5,13

Tourism and visitor services

Draft an Outlook visitor reply from the correct approved SharePoint information for the named settlement.4,9,11

A district session could map one sample file per location, its owner and the checks required before a message leaves the team.5,13,4,9,11

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Waikato

There is no public Copilot workshop in Waikato 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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Coromandel Peninsula Landscape
Coromandel Peninsula Landscape by Ingolfson, Public domain.

Microsoft Copilot training in Thames-Coromandel District: questions

How should an oyster business prepare a sample file?

Create a safe order workbook and nominate the staff member who verifies quantities and dispatch status.5,13

Would one visitor document serve every coastal town?

Use the approved information for the relevant settlement, then check details that may change with the season.4,9,11

Is this for all Thames-Coromandel workplaces?

The examples span the district’s coastal economy; a Thames page can focus on the town itself.4,5

Train your team in Thames-Coromandel 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.