NZ immigration hits another record high

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Statistics New Zealand has released its permanent & long-term migration figures for May 2017, which revealed that annual net permanent and long-term migration into New Zealand hit a record high 71,964 people over the year:

According to Statistics New Zealand, migrant arrivals numbered 130,400 in the May 2017 year, versus departures of 58,400, with three-quarters of arrivals non-New Zealand citizens:

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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.