Academic staff employed or contracted by universities 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 Universities, Designation: Total, Unit: Number of staff
Employment status	Ethnic group	Number of people
Part-time	Māori	380
Full-time	European	3,100
Part-time	European	2,615
Full-time	Māori	450
Full-time	Pacific Peoples	150
Part-time	Pacific Peoples	140
Full-time	Asian	790
Part-time	Asian	960
Full-time	Other	455
Part-time	Other	395
Full-time	Unknown	470
Part-time	Unknown	585

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 universities in New Zealand

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

About this data

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