NZ’s “fastest ever” population rockets past 5m

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New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern’s, election promise to slash immigration looks even more ridiculous after the country’s population surged past 5 million people in record time:

New Zealand’s resident population provisionally reached 5 million in March 2020, Stats NZ said today.

“This is a significant event for New Zealand,” population insights senior manager Brooke Theyers said.

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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.