In early April, our own June Ranson talked about the information being released by New Zealand politicians.
2017 sees New Zealand’s election year and migration has become a hot topic of debate in the beehive. June points to current statistics around migration, released by the NZ Initiative:
• 31% for work only – temporary stay
• 29% NZ & Australian citizens (New Zealanders returning home)
• 22% international students
• 12% residence – migrants here for the long term
• 5% visitor
• 1% other
From this data we can see that 2016 showed New Zealanders returning home as one of the main reasons people were coming into New Zealand.