01 December 2023

A workforce and leadership that is substantially more representative of society.

Current State

Te Kawa Mataaho

 All Employees

Te Kawa Mataaho

Tiers 1-3*

Public Service All

Public Service Tiers 1-3

NZ Population

NZ Population

 

30 June 2022

30 June 2022

June 2022

June 2022

2018 Census

2027 forecast

Headcount

203

35

 

 

 

 

Disclosed

198

34

 

 

 

 

Ethnicity

%

%

%

%

%

%

European

83%

71%

64.9%

80.2%

70%

68%

Māori

9%

22%

16.7%

14.5%

17%

18%

Pacific

11%

*

10.6%

5.1%

8%

9%

Asian

8%

*

13.4%

3.0%

15%

20%

MELAA

*

*

2.1%

0.8%

2%

2%

MELAA = Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.

*Suppressed to maintain privacy

We have increased our proportion of employees of Asian ethnicity from 7.6% to 10.2% and have slightly increased our Māori representation from 9.1% to 9.7%, however we remain underrepresented in these ethnic groups compared to the Public Service and the New Zealand population.

For leadership (Tiers 1-3), we are representative of the Māori population of New Zealand. However, Asian and Pacific ethnicities are under-represented.

*Tiers 1-3 includes Public Service Commissioner and Deputy Public Service Commissioners (Tier 1). This data set differs from the Annual Report which only includes Tiers 2 and 3.  Tiers 2-3 include people leaders and assistant commissioners, but not chief advisors (who provide thought leadership rather than people leadership).

As a smaller organisation, we are unable to report on the intersection of gender and ethnicity in order to protect people’s privacy.

Diversity demographics

  • Information in the Diversity Demographics table above is from the 2021 Te Taunaki | Public Service Census. Our response rate was 93.5 percent.
  • This Census is the first time we were able to capture a wider range of data on a variety of diversity dimensions (including Rainbow and disability).
  • Enhancing data collection across a wider range of diversity dimensions is a priority action in our DEI Plan.

See Appendix C  of the 2022-23 DEI plan for more detail on how Te Taunaki informed the development of the 2024-25 plan.

Commission employees (including tier 1 statutory roles) who have disclosed their gender as female or male. To protect privacy, they do not include unknown or other genders. All data is as at 30 June 2023.

Gender Distribution


*Tiers 1-3 includes Public Service Commissioner and Deputy Public Service Commissioners (Tier 1). This data set differs from the Annual Report which only includes tiers 2 and 3. Tiers 2-3 include people leaders and assistant commissioners, but not chief advisors.