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Wellington (Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui). Council area

Copilot training in Wellington City

Wellington City brings public administration, creative production and technology work into the same council district; sample files from those activities can frame a Microsoft 365 Copilot workflow. A Word policy note and a sample Teams handover can illustrate the city’s public administration work without exposing live case files.1,2,8

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77.0% of Wellington City’s employed residents are in desk-based roles.

Role typeWellington CityNZDiff (pts)
Desk-based 77.0% 63.6% +13.4
People-facing 7.9% 9.0% −1.1
Hands-on 15.1% 27.4% −12.3
Employed residents126,5762,622,534

About 97,500 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
203,0002023 Census
Business locations
29,295Feb 2025, +0.0% since 2020
Employees (jobs here)
167,870at local businesses, Feb 2025
Self-employed or employers
14.1%of employed residents, NZ 16.2%
Towns with a page
11,000+ residents

What AI means for work in Wellington City

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

Workforce by occupation group, Wellington City against New Zealand

77.0% of employed residents in Wellington City work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. Professionals stand out: 42.9% of employed residents here, against 26.8% 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, Wellington City and New Zealand, 2023 Census
Occupation groupChartPeopleWellington CityNZ
Managers 21,081 16.7% 18.3%
Professionals 54,273 42.9% 26.8%
Technicians and trades workers 10,281 8.1% 12.5%
Community and personal service workers 10,029 7.9% 9.0%
Clerical and administrative workers 14,139 11.2% 10.8%
Sales workers 7,968 6.3% 7.8%
Machinery operators and drivers 3,042 2.4% 5.9%
Labourers 5,757 4.6% 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).

Public administration: 25.0% of local jobs, 3.9× the national share

Top employer: public administration, 41,908 jobs (25.0%). 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, Wellington City and New Zealand, February 2025
IndustryChartJobsShareNZ×
Public administration 41,908 25.0% 6.4% 3.9×
Professional services 24,602 14.7% 8.3% 1.8×
Health and social care 16,628 9.9% 12.0% 0.8×
Education 13,397 8.0% 8.5% 0.9×
Hospitality 10,562 6.3% 7.2% 0.9×
Finance and insurance 10,291 6.1% 2.8% 2.2×
Retail 8,561 5.1% 9.3% 0.6×
Construction 6,347 3.8% 8.2% 0.5×
Other services 6,260 3.7% 3.5% 1.1×
Admin and support services 5,825 3.5% 4.6% 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 0.0% and employees +4.1%, 2020 to 2025

Paid employees 161,325 (2020) to 167,870 (2025), +4.1% against +5.0% nationally. Business locations 29,298 to 29,295. Largest job gain: public administration (+9,029). Largest loss: admin and support services (−2,174).

Business locations
29,29829,295 in 2025, from 2020
0.0% NZ +9.6%
Employees (jobs here)
161,325167,870 in 2025, from 2020
+4.1% NZ +5.0%
Change in employees by industry in Wellington City, February 2020 to February 2025
IndustryChart20202025Change
Public administration 32,87941,908+9,029
Health and social care 14,37316,628+2,255
Finance and insurance 9,28010,291+1,011
Admin and support services 7,9995,825−2,174
Hospitality 12,27410,562−1,712
Professional services 26,30424,602−1,702

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.

18.7%

Mainly worked from home, census day 2023

New Zealand 17.7%

94.9%

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: 14.1% (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.

14.1%

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 Wellington City

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

Towns in Wellington City
TownResidentsDesk-based Chart Business locationsSince 2020
Wellington 201,700 77.0% 29,070 −0.1%
New Zealand4,993,92363.6%654,435+9.6%

Where Microsoft Copilot helps first in Wellington City

Public-sector roles and screen businesses both rely on records that must survive review by other people; those details give Copilot teams separate files and owners to map.1,7

Public administration

Draft a Word briefing from approved SharePoint policy files and mark an owner for every unchecked figure.1,4

Screen and creative production

Track fictional production changes in Excel and prepare a Teams status note checked by the project owner.2,7

For Copilot, bring approved policy or production material to a Wellington City exercise with simulated changes and named reviewers.1,2,4,7

Public Microsoft Copilot workshops in Wellington

There is no public Copilot workshop in Wellington 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 Wellington City: questions

How could a council team organise a Wellington policy handover?

Keep the Word policy source and Teams action list together so each assigned action points back to the relevant passage.1,4

What belongs in a screen production handover?

A sample Excel shot or asset list could feed a Teams update that distinguishes completed items from open approvals.2,7

How can Wellington City teams handle version changes?

Keep the source document’s owner and version visible in SharePoint, then compare the Word draft with that version before circulation.1,6,4

Train your team in Wellington 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.
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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.