Our industries
Muka Tangata is the Workforce Development Council for People, Food and Fibre
Muka Tangata Industry Groupings
Nursery, turf and gardeningNursery production Floriculture production Turf growing Gardening services |
Grapes and WineGrape growing Wine and other alcoholic beverage manufacturing |
Sheep, Beef and Deer farmingSheep & Beef farming Deer farming Shearing Services Wool wholesaling |
ArableRice growing Other grain growing Cereal grain wholesaling Sugar cane growing Cotton growing Cotton Ginning Other crop growing |
Poultry, Pigs and other livestock farmingPoultry farming Pig farming Other livestock farming
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FruitKiwifruit growing Berryfruit growing Apple and pear growing Stone fruit growing Citrus fruit growing Olive growing Other fruit and tree nut growing Fruit and vegetable retailing |
VegetablesMushroom growing Vegetable growing Fruit and vegetable retailing |
Equine, dogs and racingHorse farming Horse and dog racing |
SeafoodAquaculture Fishing Seafood processing Fish and seafood wholesaling |
ApicultureBeekeeping |
VeterinaryVeterinary services |
Dairy farmingDairy cattle farming |
ForestryForestry Logging Forestry Support Services |
Support ServicesOther agriculture and fishing support services Landscape construction services Other agricultural product wholesaling |
New Zealand food and fibre sector at a glance
- 367,000 people employed in the food and fibre sector in 2019 (12.4% of NZ workforce)
- 35% of the workforce are female [1]
- Nearly 1 in 5 workers (19%) identify as Māori, or Māori and one or more other ethnicities. The proportion of people who identify as Māori is higher in the food and fibre sector than in the general New Zealand working age population (13.2%)
- The food and fibre workforce has more people who identify as Pacific Peoples than the New Zealand workforce. In 2019, the proportion of Pacific Peoples in the food and fibre sector was higher (8.7%) than the proportion of Pacific Peoples in the national labour force (6.5%)". [2][3]
- In 2021, tangata whaikaha (people with disabilities) made up 3.6% of the working age population (aged 15-64 years) and 2% of the labour force. Of these, 6% of tangata whaikaha worked in agriculture, forestry, and fishing and mining industries. [4]