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Closing the Māori and Pasifika pay gap

As part of our focus on pay equity, we’re working towards closing our ethnicity pay gap.

Our pay gap data

In 2024, our third year of reporting, the Māori and Pasifika pay gap has widened slightly.

We are working hard to encourage everyone to take part in voluntarily recording one or more ethnic identities through targeted campaigns and the support of our affinity network groups.  This will allow us to better understand pay equity, track progress, and put initiatives in place to address findings.

Currently, 9.5% of ANZ New Zealand employees identify as Māori or Pasifika, up from 8.7% in 2023. The widening of the Māori and Pasifika pay gap is mainly due to more employees, including those in higher paying roles, recording their ethnicity as European/Pākehā.  

We intend to expand our disclosure to include other ethnicities as data allows.

Māori and Pasifika average pay gap 21.9%

Favouring European/Pākehā

2024 - 21.9%

2023 - 21.7%

2022 - 23.3%

The Māori and Pasifika average pay gap represents the overall difference between the average pay for Māori and Pasifika and the average pay for European/Pākehā employees across the organisation regardless of role. 

Our Māori and Pasifika average pay gap in 2024 is 21.9% favouring European/Pākehā employees, compared to 21.7% in 2023.

The data shows that Māori and Pasifika are disproportionately represented in lower paying roles. Similar to gender, our biggest opportunity is increasing the representation of Māori and Pasifika in more senior and higher paying roles.  

We have initiatives underway to increase Māori and Pasifika representation, including:

  • Te Kupenga Te Kokohi - ANZ’s Māori and Pasifika sourcing and retention strategy featuring policies such as whānau interviews and guaranteed interviews for Māori and Pasifika who meet minimum skills requirements.
  • Ngā Parirau – ANZ’s Māori and Pasifika Leadership Programme.
  • Support networks including Hawaiki Tāwhiti (our Māori employee network) and Ora Moana (our Pasifika employee network).
  • Continued monitoring of Māori and Pasifika representation across the bank and at a leadership level.

We expect our Māori and Pasifika pay gap to continue to fluctuate as more employees choose to record their ethnicity.

The median Māori and Pasifika pay gap is 27.3% favouring European/Pākehā employees. Our Māori and Pasifika pay gap is higher when measured based on median than when based on average. This is because the overall middle point in the data set for Māori and Pasifika employees is lower than the median value for European/Pākehā employees, given our workforce comprises more Māori and Pasifika employees in lower-graded and lower-paying roles, and proportionally more European/Pākehā employees in senior and higher-paying roles.

The percentage of our workforce who identify as Māori or Pasifika is the number of permanent employees of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited who identify as Māori or Pasifika as a percentage of the total permanent employee population, including employees who have not recorded an ethnicity.  

Employees who haven’t provided ethnicity data aren’t included in the Māori and Pasifika pay gap calculation. The overall data set represents less than half of our workforce, so may provide an incomplete or inaccurate picture.  

Values (unaudited) are provided by ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited on a voluntary basis and are as at 30 September of the relevant year.

Contact the ANZ Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team

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If you have any questions or would like more information, email us.

edi-nzp@anz.com

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