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Kiwis continue to flood home from Australia (members)

Leith van Onselen
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By Leith van Onselen

Statistics New Zealand has today released its permanent & long-term migration figures, which revealed that New Zealand net migration is booming and Kiwis continue to return home from Australia:

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New Zealand had a seasonally adjusted net gain (more arrivals than departures) of 4,500 migrants in July 2014. This is the highest net gain since the record of 4,700 migrants in February 2003.

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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.