People 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, Gender: Total, Unit: Number of staff
Employment status	Ethnic group	Number of people
Full-time	European	2,800
Part-time	European	2,135
Full-time	Māori	615
Part-time	Māori	490
Full-time	Pacific Peoples	310
Part-time	Pacific Peoples	185
Full-time	Asian	700
Part-time	Asian	375
Full-time	Other	315
Part-time	Other	160
Full-time	Unknown	630
Part-time	Unknown	1,025

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.10
Range: F7:DI328
Provided: 34,776 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Staff employed or contracted by tertiary education providers by sub-sector, designation, gender and ethnic group 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).

People 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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