This is an exciting opportunity for junior lawyers who are looking to develop a career in cutting-edge advice work and litigation while contributing to the broader community.

Te Manatū mo te Taiao warmly invites uri from Waikato-Waipa and Whanganui River Iwi to apply for summer internship positions within our internship programme running from 24 November 2025 to 13 February 2026.  These positions will be based in Wellington.  

This isn't your typical office setup. Our site is designed to be Agile, enabling staff to move freely and work in the way that suits them best. Your role is to provide exceptional customer service, ensuring everyone can perform at their highest level within the site.

As the Support Specialist you will provide on ongoing support appropriately using recognised Trauma Informed methods.

As Senior Advisor - Direct Mail you will be part of the Communications Team within the Office of the Chief Executive. We are a centralised communications and marketing function providing strategic and tactical marketing and communications support across the organisation.   

As a Team Leader - Regional Data Collection, you will be responsible for managing multi-modal data collection within regionally based teams. Kaimahi in these teams work flexibly under a Guaranteed Minimum Hours contract across seven days, as working hours are largely driven by respondent availability.

This is a permanent role based in Wellington, reporting to the Senior Manager, Executive and Government Relations. You'll be part of a high-performing team that supports and advises the Chief Executive, manages the relationship with the Office of the Minister of Statistics, and leads on machinery of government matters. 

This is a permanent role based in Christchurch or Wellington. Reporting to the Manager Environment & Economic Statistics in the Methods & Design unit your focus is improving and developing methodologies to support the collection and production of the environment and economic statistics that Stats NZ delivers for New Zealanders.  

Insights Writers deliver products that suit the needs of a range of customers, often turning complex statistical concepts into accessible content for our non-technical audience.

The Policy Manager role sits at the heart of the Ministry for Women's policy function.

It is responsible for leading one of the two policy teams to deliver high-quality advice and initiatives to achieve our four strategic priorities:

• Economic empowerment: ensuring all women and girls have economic security and independence, supporting them to thrive

• Representation and leadership: building meaningful participation for women and girls at every level of society

As the Principal Advisor, Women In Leadership, you will develop the strategy work for the Women In Leadership team and lead the delivery of the more complex day-to-day operational and project work of the Nominations Service.

We have multiple permanent Statistical and Data Analyst roles, across teams in our Methods & Design branch.  

Our branch provides methodological leadership and technical support across Stats NZ and the wider data system. 

We have a permanent Design Analyst role in our Methods & Design branch.  

Our Methods & Design teams provide methodological leadership and technical support across Stats NZ and the wider data system. 

This role is fixed term for 12 months, based in either Ōtautahi or Pōneke.  

Methods and Design provide methodological support and statistical advice to areas throughout the organisation, and the wider data system. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Methods Support & Design, you will be responsible for providing project management support, advice and leadership.

Are you a hands-on engineer who lives and breathes security? We're on the hunt for a Senior Security / DevSecOps Solutions Engineer to help drive our Security Uplift Programme.

You'll work at the intersection of development, operations, and security - engineering robust, secure systems that stand up to real-world threats.

This role is fixed term for 12 months based in Wellington working within our Security By Design programme. Reporting to the Head of ICT Architecture your focus is developing, leading, and managing security-domain, cross-domain and cross-functional solution architectures.

This is an opportunity for you to play a key part in improving information/data services and processes that support our staff to ensure New Zealanders have quality data and statistics.

This permanent, office-based role in Wellington, supports both our office and field-based staff. We are seeking a strong Building Support team to deliver the comprehensive services and assistance needed to maintain our office 

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for security? We're looking for a Senior Business Analyst to play a key role in a high-impact Security Uplift Programme. You'll bring your top-tier analysis skills to the table, helping shape secure, scalable solutions that protect our organisation and its people.

Reporting to the Communications Lead - External and Media, in this role your focus will be on external communications and building Stats NZ's positive profile. We're looking for a generalist practitioner who can play a key role in identifying and managing communication and engagement risks and thrive on managing multiple priorities and often complex subject matter.