9189 (2025). Arena Williams to the Minister for Building and Construction

Written Question

Published date: 24 Mar 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	9189 (2025)
Question asked:	05 Mar 2025
Member asking:	Arena Williams
Portfolio:	Minister for Building and Construction
Minister replying:	Hon Chris Penk
Answer received:	17 Mar 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_09189_2025
Document guid:	2f8352b7-e614-493c-b4fd-8a712b4a09fd

9189 (2025). Arena Williams to the Minister for Building and Construction: What percentage of New Zealand's construction and building sector workforce are apprentices, in the year ending February 2025, compared with the years ending February 2024, and February 2023, listed by years?

Hon Chris Penk: Data on the number of apprenticeships in the building and construction sector can be found on the Vocational education and training page of the Ministry of Education’s Education Counts website. Data for 2024 and 2025 has not been released yet. Data on the total workforce in the building and construction sector can be found through the StatsNZ Infoshare platform, although this is measured quarterly and data for 2025 has not been released yet. https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/vocational-education-and-training https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/Default.aspx