NZ immigration hits another record high

Thursday 20 July 2017

Statistics New Zealand has released its permanent & long-term migration figures for June 2017, which revealed that annual net permanent and long-term migration into New Zealand hit a record high 72,305 people over the year:

According to Statistics New Zealand, migrant arrivals were a record high 131,400 in the June 2017 year, versus departures of 59,100, with non-New Zealand citizens driving the influx:

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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.