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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 2022, we committed to strengthening the quality of information we have on the ethnicity of our people. As part of our Matariki celebrations, we asked employees to share if they identified as Māori or Pasifika. Based on the data voluntarily provided, 8.7% of our permanent workforce identify as Māori or Pasifika.  

Collecting this data can be challenging and we have more work to do to encourage everyone to voluntarily declare their ethnic identity. We’re progressively rolling out a new Human Resources system to help collate ethnicity data. We’re committed to expanding our disclosure to include other ethnicities as data allows.

Māori and Pasifika pay gap 23.3%

The ethnicity 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 overall ethnicity pay gap in 2022 is 23.3% favouring European/Pākehā employees.

The data we collected shows 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. 

Our initiatives to increase Māori and Pasifika representation include:

  • Increasing the knowledge and awareness of our leaders through targeted leadership programmes
  • Reviewing our processes to make them more inclusive
  • Setting priority diversity targets for Māori and Pasifika across ANZ and at a leadership level.

We expect our ethnicity pay gap to fluctuate as more employees choose to declare their ethnicity. We’re confident that collecting this data will allow us to make better decisions, put initiatives in place to address the findings, and build on the information in this disclosure.

The number of permanent employees of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited who identify as Māori or Pasifika  is 8.7% of the total permanent employee population, including employees who have not declared an ethnicity.  

Employees who haven’t provided ethnicity data aren’t included in the ethnicity pay gap calculation. We recognise that our ethnicity pay gap is based on less than half of our workforce and does not provide a complete picture.

Values (unaudited) are provided by ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited employees on a voluntary basis and are as at 30 September 2022.

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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