Australia’s kiwi exodus rolls on

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By Leith van Onselen

Statistics New Zealand has released its permanent & long-term migration figures for November 2016, which revealed that annual net permanent and long-term migration into New Zealand hit another all-time high 70,354 people:

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In the year to November 2016, there was a net inward migration of people from Australia of 1,830 people, equivalent to the early-1980s and 1990s recessions:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.