Academic staff employed or contracted by polytechnics in New Zealand

By ethnic group and employment status, 2025, number of people

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year: 2025, Sub-sector: Total Polytechnics, Designation: Total, Unit: Number of staff
Employment status	Ethnic group	Number of people
Part-time	Other	110
Full-time	European	1,475
Part-time	European	1,230
Full-time	Māori	285
Part-time	Māori	270
Full-time	Pacific Peoples	115
Part-time	Pacific Peoples	80
Full-time	Asian	300
Part-time	Asian	200
Full-time	Other	190
Full-time	Unknown	355
Part-time	Unknown	475

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Resources: Staffing 2025

Webpage:

https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-staffing

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Staffing 2025' under the 'Staffing' heading.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Resources: Staffing 2025

From the dataset Tertiary Education Resources: Staffing 2025, this data was extracted:

Sheet: HNR.6
Range: F6:AI467
Provided: 13,860 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Academic staff employed, or contracted, in tertiary education institutions, by sub-sector, designation, ethnic group and full-time/part-time status, 2016–2025.

Dataset originally released on:

June 2026

About this dataset

At the end of every year the Ministry collects aggregated staff numbers (headcount and full-time equivalent) by a range of characteristics such as full-time or part-time status, sub-sector, staff-type (academic, research and other staff), gender, ethnic group, and age group.

Method of collection/Data provider

These workforce returns came from 8 universities, 15 polytechnics, 3 wānanga and 168 private training establishments (PTEs).

Academic staff employed or contracted by polytechnics in New Zealand

By ethnic group and employment status, 2025, number of people

About this data

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