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About this data

Why we assemble this data and how we decide what's included in the food and fibre sectors.

In this section

  • Why do we prepare this data?

    The food and fibre sectors create much economic value for New Zealand. We want to better understand its workforce to plan for its future.

  • What is this data?

    Counting the food and fibre workforce presents challenges. We had to decide where the food and fibre sectors start and end.

  • How have we organised the sectors?

    We created an easy to apply framework that produces a rich, reliable and easily maintained dataset.

  • Which businesses do we include?

    We include these business activities, listed by ANZSIC06 categories, in our data about the food and fibre workforce.