New Zealanders are continuing to work in conventionally gendered jobs, according to the 2018 Census.
The data shows that Kiwi newborns will most likely be welcomed into the world by a female midwife, while Kiwi homes are mostly built by male builders.
Young children are highly likely to be taught by women, while the majority of cars are fixed by men (98.6 percent of New Zealand's motor mechanics were male).
Almost 100 percent (99.7 percent) of New Zealand's 2,742 midwives were women with the majority of obstetricians and gynaecologists also being women (67.4 percent). Out of 9,888 aged or disabled carers, women made up 90.6 percent of the profession.
Primary school teachers were shown to be predominantly female (more than 80 percent) although, in secondary schools, women made up just over 60 percent of teaching staff.
Yet in the home-building industry, including occupations such as construction project managers and builder's labourers, almost nine in 10 workers are men.
"When life comes to an end, people are more likely to be laid to rest by a man, with around 60 percent of funeral directors being men. If you need flowers for a funeral, there are more than 1,400 florists in New Zealand, and almost all of them (97.2 percent) are women," said Census general manager Kathy Connolly.
Solicitors and GPs were more evenly split, although women still dominated in both professions (51.4 and 52.1 percent respectively).
The 2018 Census found New Zealand's most common occupations for employed adults (aged 15 and over) were general sales assistants (108,702), office managers (65,907) and chief executives or managing directors (54,480).
Sales assistants (general) are most likely to be female (61.4 percent). Ninety-one percent of office managers are women - while chief executives or managing directors are most likely to be men (70.3 percent) with a median age of 51.1 years.
The top three industries for employed women in New Zealand are:
- primary education (4 percent of employed women)
- hospitals, other than psychiatric (3.6 percent of employed women)
- cafes and restaurants (3.4 percent of employed women).
The top three industries for employed men in New Zealand are:
- house construction (3.5 percent of employed men)
- computer system design and related services (2.3 percent of employed men)
- road freight transport (2.2 percent of employed men).
