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Copilot training in South Wairarapa District

South Wairarapa District work moves between vineyards, accommodation providers and small-town venues. A Copilot exercise can give a field sheet or guest enquiry a named file owner and a distinct review path.4,14,17

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67.8% of South Wairarapa District’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeSouth Wairarapa DistrictNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 67.8% 63.6% +4.2
People-facing 7.8% 9.0% −1.2
Hands-on 24.4% 27.4% −3.0
Employed residents6,4082,622,534

About 4,350 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
11,8002023 Census
Business locations
1,914Feb 2025, +6.2% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
3,230at local businesses, Feb 2025
Towns with a page
31,000+ residents

What AI means for work in South Wairarapa District

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

Workforce by occupation group, South Wairarapa District against New Zealand

67.8% of employed residents in South Wairarapa District work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. Managers stand out: 26.5% of employed residents here, against 18.3% nationally. 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, South Wairarapa District and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleSouth Wairarapa DistrictNZ
Managers 1,698 26.5% 18.3%
Professionals 1,686 26.3% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 681 10.6% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 498 7.8% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 588 9.2% 10.8%
Sales workers 375 5.9% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 246 3.8% 5.9%
Labourers 636 9.9% 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: 21.8% of local jobs, 4.5× the national share

Top employer: farming, forestry, fishing, 705 jobs (21.8%). 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, South Wairarapa District and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Farming, forestry, fishing 705 21.8% 4.8% 4.5×
Hospitality 589 18.2% 7.2% 2.5×
Retail 374 11.6% 9.3% 1.2×
Education 341 10.5% 8.5% 1.2×
Manufacturing 276 8.5% 9.4% 0.9×
Construction 236 7.3% 8.2% 0.9×
Health and social care 146 4.5% 12.0% 0.4×
Professional services 117 3.6% 8.3% 0.4×
Transport and warehousing 115 3.6% 4.2% 0.9×
Wholesale 77 2.4% 5.0% 0.5×

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 +6.2% and employees −0.3%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 3,240 (2020) to 3,230 (2025), −0.3% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 1,803 to 1,914. Largest job gain: hospitality (+91). Largest loss: health and social care (−62).

Business locations
1,8031,914 in 2025, from 2020
+6.2% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
3,2403,230 in 2025, from 2020
−0.3% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in South Wairarapa District, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Hospitality 498589+91
Education 256341+85
Transport and warehousing 68115+47
Health and social care 208146−62
Farming, forestry, fishing 766705−61
Admin and support services 8642−44

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.

30.4%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

91.2%

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 South Wairarapa District

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

Towns in South Wairarapa District
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Featherston 2,790 62.6% 204 +11.5%
Greytown 2,770 70.0% 408 +20.4%
Martinborough 1,880 69.2% 375 −3.1%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in South Wairarapa District

Martinborough vineyard mapping and Greytown hospitality involve different information. Microsoft 365 teams can use separate approved SharePoint folders and check each draft against its local source.5,17

Viticulture

Use a fictional Excel vineyard observation register to draft a Word field note, with the grower checking every condition described.4,5,7

Visitor hospitality

Turn a sample Outlook function enquiry into a checked response using the venue’s approved room information.17

A district worksheet can follow one Martinborough field record and one Greytown visitor request, showing each owner, step and final check.5,17

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Wellington

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Microsoft Copilot training in South Wairarapa District: questions

Should a vineyard share live crop records for a first exercise?

Begin with fabricated observations and agree access with the grower before using operational GIS material.5,7

Can Copilot confirm a hotel’s room availability?

It can draft from approved venue information, but staff must check live bookings before replying.17

Why label every source by settlement?

Council venue listings distinguish Martinborough, Featherston and Greytown, each with its own facilities.14,15,16

Train your team in South Wairarapa District

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  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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  • Team rollout

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Sources

Local research checked 29 September 2026. Population and business figures come from Stats NZ.