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Second month in a row with net migration from Australia
Stats NZ reports: New Zealand had a seasonally adjusted net gain (more arrivals than departures) of 5,100 migrants in May 2015. Net migration has been fluctuating around this level for the last nine...
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Annual Net Migration to Australia now down to 1,100
For the third month in a row, more people have come to NZ from Australia than vice-versa. Monthly figures can change though so I always look at the 12 month rolling data which is above. In the 12...
View ArticleFive migration changes announced by PM
The PM announced at the National Party conference five changes to migration policy. They are: Currently, skilled migrants with a job offer get 10 extra points if that job is outside Auckland, and those...
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Another month of net migration from Australia
For the fourth month in a row, we have had net migration from Australia. On the 12 month rolling data shown above, you can see how close we are to being the very rare case of having net migration from...
View ArticleAustralia worried about brain drain to NZ
Stuff reports: Australia has a new fear – a brain drain to New Zealand. Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey has sounded the alarm, warning that an increasing number of Australian residents are moving to...
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5th month in a row with net migration from Australia
Stats NZ reports: Seasonally adjusted figures showed a net gain of 5,500 migrants in August 2015. This included a net gain of 200 migrants from Australia – equal to last month’s net gain, which was...
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Net annual migration to Australia now just 70
The latest monthly data from Stats NZ is here. I think next month may be the one when annual migration with Australia turns positive for the first time ever. In the year to September 2015 we had 24,820...
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For the first time in two decades annual migration with Australia is positive
Stats NZ reports: New Zealand had a record annual net gain (more arrivals than departures) of migrants in the October 2015 year (62,500). It resulted from a record 120,100 migrant arrivals and 57,600...
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Net migration from Australia grows
The latest monthly data is here. In the last year 25,180 people moved from Australia to NZ. In 2008 that number was 13,120. In the last year 24,570 people moved from NZ to Australia. In 2008 that...
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Aussies still flowing in
Stats NZ reports: Annual net gains from Australia continued to increase, with 800 migrants in the December 2015 year. This was the highest net gain since the October 1991 year, and the third month in a...
View ArticleMelbourne Age notes the migration flow to NZ
The Melbourne Age reports: More people are moving to New Zealand from Australia instead of the other way around for the first time in decades as Kiwis return to a buoyant economy and are joined by...
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Kiwis keep returning in record numbers
StatsNZ reports: The net gain from Australia numbered 1,300 for the January 2016 year, surpassing the 1,000 mark for the first time since the October 1991 year. This was the fourth month in a row to...
View ArticleAussies still flocking here
Stats NZ reports: Net migration from Australia continued to rise, with a net gain of 1,600 migrants. This is the highest annual net gain of migrants from Australia since the September 1991 year and the...
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Highest migration from Australia for 25 years
Stats NZ reports: Net migration from Australia continued to rise, with a net gain of 1,900 migrants. This is the highest annual net gain of migrants from Australia in about 25 years (since the August...
View ArticleReserve Bank says slow migration
The Herald reports: The Reserve Bank has told the Government to review immigration policy in a bid to stem rising house prices. The call comes days after Prime Minister John Key told the central bank...
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Net migration still climbing
Net migration has almost hit 69,000, a huge turnaround from 2011 and 2012 when net migration was in fact negative. Most people think it would be good to reduce this while infrastructure catches up,...
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What is causing record net migration
With annual net migration hitting a record 70,000 I thought it would be useful to look at what is causing it. First here are the arrivals: The total is on the right axis. Fairly constant from 2004 to...
View ArticleWhy migrants make good Kiwis
The NZ Initiative has a very useful report looking at the positive impact of migrants on New Zealand. Some highlights: Immigrants are less likely to claim a benefit, more likely to be employed, and...
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Is this the new normal for migration with Australia?
The latest migration data is out and once again net migration from Australia is positive. After it hit parity I’ve been expecting it to start to reverse. But it has now been positive for more than a...
View ArticleAussies still flocking here
Stats NZ reports: Migrant arrivals numbered 128,300 in the January 2017 year, a new annual record. “About a fifth of all migrant arrivals were from Australia,” population statistics senior manager...
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