This paper examines changes in the occupational and industrial composition of the New Zealand workforce between 1956 and 1981 with particular emphasis upon white-collar employment. The reseach study from which the data are derived examined the growth and unionisation of New Zealand's white-collar workforce, and was completed in 1984 (Sn1ith. 1984). Though the main aim of the research was to examine white-collar unionism, it produced valuable data on occupational and industrial change which it

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... felt viould be of interest to a wider audience. Data are presented on changes to the occupational and industrial composition of the workforce, including inter-industry employment changes, the growth of white-collar occupations and the gender composition of the white-collar workforce. The paper concludes with an examination of the relative impact of industry and occupation effects upon changes in the workforce structure.