Waikato regional economic profile - Waikato Regional Council

11.2.5 Industry Training Organisations 13111.3 Research and commercialisation 13211.3.1 The University of Waikato 13211.3.2 Waikato Institute of Technology 13411.3.3 Waiariki Institute of Technology 13511.3.4 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 13611.3.5 Crown Research Institutes 13611.4 Business development and growth 14011.4.1 Government agencies 14011.4.2 Membership-based business organisations 14111.4.3 Science and technology parks 14111.4.4 Business incubators 14312 Key findings and next steps 144Bibliography 148List of figuresFigure 1: Regional competitiveness as a self-reinforcing process 2Figure 2: Relative levels of GDP per capita, 1975 to 2009 (OECD average=100) 7Figure 3: Ratio of labour productivity Australia to New Zealand 2008 7Figure 4: Real value of goods and services exports 1971–2007 8Figure 5: Economic value added by sector in the Waikato region (2011) 14Figure 6: Employment by sector including owner-operators (2011) 15Figure 7: Unemployment rate for Waikato, New Zealand and Australia, 1986 to 2012 15Figure 8: Unemployment by region, 2006 and 2012 16Figure 9: Median weekly household income 1998 to 2011 16Figure 10: Weekly household income by region (2011) 17Figure 11: Distribution of Waikato region and New Zealand annual household income(2010) 17Figure 12: Median household and personal income by territorial authority (2006 Census) 18Figure 13: Deprivation by territorial authority 18Figure 14: Deprivation by area 19Figure 15: Deprivation in Hamilton city 20Figure 16: International exports and export growth by sector (2007) 22Figure 17: Dairy farming exports by territorial authority ($m 2007) 22Figure 18: Dairy farming business units by number of employees (2010) 23Figure 19: Location quotient and employees – dairy cattle farming 23Figure 20: Livestock & cropping exports by territorial authority ($m 2007) 24Figure 21: Livestock & cropping business units by number of employees (2010) 25Figure 22: Location quotient and employees – livestock & cropping 25Figure 23: Diagram of horticulture growth strategy 27Figure 24: Food product exports by territorial authority ($m 2007) 28Figure 25: Food manufacturing business units by number of employees (2010) 28Figure 26: Location quotient and employees – dairy product manufacturing 29Figure 27: Location quotient and employees – meat product manufacturing 29Figure 28: Location quotient and employees – other food & beverage manufacturing 30Figure 29: Location quotient and employees – Hamilton other food & beveragemanufacturing 30Figure 30: AgBio New Zealand products and services 32Figure 31: Manufacturing exports by territorial authority ($m 2007) 32Figure 32: Manufacturing business units by number of employees (2010) 32Figure 33: Location quotient and employees – manufacturing 33Figure 34: Location quotient and employees – manufacturing in Hamilton 33Figure 35: Forestry exports by territorial authority ($m 2007) 35Figure 36: Wood & paper exports by TA ($m 2007) 35Figure 37: Forestry & logging business units by number of employees (2010) 35Figure 38: Wood & paper business units by number of employees (2010) 35Figure 39: Location quotient and employees – forestry & logging 36Figure 40: Location quotient and employees – wood & paper manufacturing 36Figure 41: High value services exports by territorial authority ($m 2007) 38Figure 42: High value services business units by number of employees (2010) 38Figure 43: Location quotient and employees – high value services 39Doc # 2069885Page v