Teachers in New Zealand by gender:

Data from the Ministry of Education (1996), New Zealand Schools 1995, table A9:

Actual staff (full time teacher equivalent) at state schools (note that start years are not the same for all school types):

Primary

• 1971 - male 6634.0 female 10902.0
• 1995 - male 4470.7 female 15549.3

Composite (Area)

• 1981 - male 274.0 female 215.0
• 1995 - male 334.7 female 526.5

Correspondence

• 1986 - male 113.1 female 266.5
• 1995 - male 97.6 female 253.8

Secondary

• 1971 - male 5386.0 female 3775.0
• 1995 - male 6963.5 female 7216.6

Special

• 1986 - male 118.9 female 361.9
• 1995 - male 93.8 female 469.7

TOTAL

• 1971 - male 12020.0 female 14677.0
• 1986 - male 13791.0 female 20752.2
• 1995 - male 11960.3 female 24015.9

Stuart Birks

18 July, 1996