Key points
This indicator measures the number of people in paid employment in the cultural sector, including people in cultural occupations and people in non-cultural occupations working in the cultural industry across New Zealand. Arts and cultural activities are an integral part of our lives and help to define who we are as New Zealanders.
Indicative data at the national level shows that around 127,000 people in New Zealand were engaged in cultural employment in 2006. Cultural employment appears to be growing faster than overall employment. Local and regional data sets are not currently available but are likely to reflect the national trend.
Number of people employed in cultural sector – New Zealand 1996-2006
Source: Ministry of Culture and Heritage: Cultural Indicators Report 2009
What agencies are doing
Information currently being collated.
What you can do to help
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More information
More detail on this indicator, including how and where this information is collected, is available here.
What we want to achieve
The community outcome we are seeking to achieve by increasing the number of people employed in the cultural sector is:
- Art, culture and creativity can be a part of everyone’s life. We all have opportunities for creative expression and our creative industries are supported and promoted.