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Bay of Plenty (Te Moana-a-Toi). Council area

Copilot training in Tauranga City

Tauranga City workplaces move information through port offices, health administration and construction projects. Copilot training can show each Microsoft 365 file, the employee responsible for it and the check needed before a draft is shared.1,5

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63.9% of Tauranga City’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeTauranga CityNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 63.9% 63.6% +0.3
People-facing 9.0% 9.0% +0.0
Hands-on 27.1% 27.4% −0.3
Employed residents78,2162,622,534

About 50,000 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
153,0002023 Census
Business locations
20,364Feb 2025, +15.5% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
74,255at local businesses, Feb 2025
Self-employed or employers
16.7%of employed residents, NZ 16.2%
Towns with a page
11,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Tauranga City

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

Workforce by occupation group, Tauranga City against New Zealand

63.9% of employed residents in Tauranga City 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, Tauranga City and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleTauranga CityNZ
Managers 13,698 17.5% 18.3%
Professionals 20,859 26.7% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 10,506 13.4% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 7,053 9.0% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 8,466 10.8% 10.8%
Sales workers 6,966 8.9% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 4,296 5.5% 5.9%
Labourers 6,366 8.1% 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).

Power, gas, water, waste: 1.4% of local jobs, 1.6× the national share

Top employer: health and social care, 10,990 jobs (14.8%). 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, Tauranga City and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Health and social care 10,990 14.8% 12.0% 1.2×
Retail 8,385 11.3% 9.3% 1.2×
Construction 7,284 9.8% 8.2% 1.2×
Manufacturing 6,368 8.6% 9.4% 0.9×
Education 5,850 7.9% 8.5% 0.9×
Hospitality 4,883 6.6% 7.2% 0.9×
Professional services 4,805 6.5% 8.3% 0.8×
Transport and warehousing 4,376 5.9% 4.2% 1.4×
Wholesale 3,619 4.9% 5.0% 1.0×
Public administration 3,519 4.8% 6.4% 0.7×

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 +15.5% and employees +6.5%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 69,695 (2020) to 74,255 (2025), +6.5% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 17,634 to 20,364. Largest job gain: health and social care (+1,869). Largest loss: admin and support services (−725).

Business locations
17,63420,364 in 2025, from 2020
+15.5% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
69,69574,255 in 2025, from 2020
+6.5% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Tauranga City, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Health and social care 9,12110,990+1,869
Public administration 2,7943,519+725
Professional services 4,1304,805+675
Admin and support services 3,9653,240−725
Manufacturing 6,5396,368−171
Power, gas, water, waste 1,1081,070−38

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.

16.5%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

92.1%

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: 16.7% (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.

16.7%

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 Tauranga City

Tauranga is the one town in Tauranga City with 1,000+ residents; its page has its own brief.

Towns in Tauranga City
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Tauranga 152,800 63.9% 20,346 +15.5%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Tauranga City

The council’s city-wide economy includes freight and marine services as well as building activity. A worksheet can follow a permitted Excel register into a Word update or an Outlook reply without losing the source owner.1,5,7

Port logistics

Use a sample Excel cargo register to create a Word exception note, then verify container and timing fields against the workbook.5,7,8

Construction

Summarise an approved Teams site discussion into assigned actions, with the project lead checking dates and responsibility.1,2,10

A Tauranga City session can map one authorised freight or building workflow from file permission to owner, Copilot step and sign-off.1,5

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Bay of Plenty

There is no public Copilot workshop in Bay of Plenty 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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View of Mount Maunganui, 1924. ATLIB 296484
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Microsoft Copilot training in Tauranga City: questions

What should a port office prepare?

Select a safe sample register and name the person who can confirm cargo details before a note circulates.5,7,8

Can Copilot record building meeting actions?

It can prepare a draft from an approved Teams discussion; the project lead confirms each commitment.1,2,10

Should every employee see the same files?

Review the access set for the exercise so only permitted Microsoft 365 material informs the draft.5,7

Train your team in Tauranga City

  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.