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- Support Services is the largest industry group across Muka Tangata, with a workforce totaling over 60,000 since 2018.
- Around two thirds work in Other Agricultural and Fishing Support Services, with around one quarter working in Landscape Construction services. There has been a steady increase in the size of the Landscape Construction service workforce and a decrease for Other Agricultural and Fishing Support Services
- Some of the most common roles in Support Services include ‘Agricultural and Horticultural Mobile Plant Operator’, Landscape Gardener, ‘Fencer’ and ‘Fruit or Nut Farm Worker’, reflecting the diversity of this industry group.
Workforce dataset (size and demographics) 
Source: Stats NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure
In these charts, we provide two benchmarks for reference: ‘agriculture, forestry and fishing’ which covers all industries involved in growing crops, raising animals, growing and harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from farms or their natural habitats, and a benchmark for ‘all industries’ which includes every industry group in New Zealand.