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Even Dover is fleeing to Australia
You know the exodus to Australia is getting bad when a sitting Labour MP announces he is off to Australia a few weeks after he gets out of Parliament. When Samuels quits Parliament he will be replaced...
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I blogged yesterday about how Dover Samuels was heading overseas once he leaves Parliament. Now I have been reminded that Marian Hobbs is off to the UK to teach, once she is off. And it is widely...
View ArticleThe exodus grows
The February Migration statistics show an accleration in the rate at which people are fleeing New Zealand. 7,406 people left NZ for good last month. That is a massive 1,850 people a week or 255 people...
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The extent of the migration from New Zealand
Last weeks Stats NZ released their latest monthly migration statistics, and the permanent and long-term departures for the last 12 months were up 11.9% from a year ago. This issue is only getting...
View ArticleMore people leaving
The latest migration stats continue the trend: In last 12 months 44,114 permanent or long-term departures to Australia which is 850 a week. this is the highest since early 1989. The net migration to...
View ArticlePopulation Myths
Some nice work by the Government’s population website. They’ve done some pages on 12 common myths about population. A very user-friendly way to get information across: Myth 1: Half of all marriages end...
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Let the campaign begin!
National have released their first billboard. The PR says: The billboard, on taxation and migration, was launched in Auckland this afternoon. The same billboard is going up at sites in Wellington,...
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Also on tomorrow – discuss the brain drain
5.30 pm at Mac’s Brewery on Thursday with free beer and pizza. I might even pop along Tags: migration, NZBR
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Migration last five years
The latest monthly migration stats confirm the trend of the last five years. Graphed above are the annual migration figures for: Permanent and Long-Term Departures from NZ Permanent and Long-Term...
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Another migration record
Stats NZ have released their monthly migration statistics. They note: 500 more PLT departures in September 2008 compared with September 2007 In the year ended September 2008, there were 82,300 PLT...
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The exodus continues
In the year to Nov 2008, there were: 83,802 PLT departures (76,000 previous 12 months) or 1,600 a week 48,474 PLT departures to Australia (40,786) or 930 a week 60,871 PLT departures of NZ citizens...
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Brain drain slowed
NZPA report: Immigration statistics show the brain drain has slowed dramatically over the past year, the Government said today. Departures of New Zealand citizens to Australia were down 34 per cent and...
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More Kiwis staying at home
The June migration stats came out yesterday. This graph shows the net PLT (permanent or long-term) migration of NZ citizens. There is huge seasonal variation, so I have shown them year by year....
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Will there be net positive migration for NZers in October
This graph shows the net monthly migration figures for New Zealand citizens/nationals. As you can see January is the month when we lose the most Kiwis, with the trend being to decline during the year....
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First positive migration October for NZ nationals since 1992
This graphs shows the net permanent and long-term departures (departures less arrivals) of NZ nationals (citizens). In October 2009, kiwis returning home outnumbered kiwis leaving for overseas. The...
View ArticleThey’ve all gone overseas
The Herald did a ten year update on ten young New Zealanders they profiled at the end of the millennium as “Tomorrow’s People”. Of the five they managed to contact and/or agree to take part, every...
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Migration to and from Australia
These migration states are interesting. The number of NZers leaving to Australia has been quite volatile, and is currently tracking down. However the number of NZers returning to NZ has been pretty...
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A worrying trend
The yellow line is 2010. As one can see, there has been a clear trend in previous years – that net departures peak in January and decline during the year. But in 2010, the number of net departures is...
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Comparing migration to Australia
I could write this in my Stuff blog, but I’m going to write about Winston instead for them. So I’ll do a little fisking of this graph published by John Pagani in his blog (and originally from The...
View ArticleMigrant flows
Tony Alexander at BNZ writes: For your guide, now that debate about migration soaring and the insular side of Kiwis is starting to be revealed again, here are the numbers showing who the migrants are....
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