Treasury paper questions Auckland’s actual population growth
An analytical paper published by the NZ Treasury last week raises questions about the accuracy of migration figures, largely because of the hard-to-analyse internal migration.
View ArticleMigrants still coming, but more leaving
The big change in migration in the last month & the last 12 months is the rise in exits from New Zealand.
View ArticleMigrant inflow continues to slide
New Zealand’s net migrant inflow continued to slide in October, by nearly 1000 for the month compared to the previous October.
View ArticleNovember net migrant inflow down 40%, annual rate down 19% as new measure...
If you mix 2 different methods of measuring migration – and even you use only the new measure - New Zealand suffered an extreme decline in its population gain in November. Statistics NZ’s calculations...
View ArticleCountdown to 5 million population is on
Statistics NZ expects New Zealand’s resident population to reach 5 million late this year or in 2020, based on recent trends, after hitting 4.9 million at the end of September.
View ArticleMigrant inflow up as exit count adjusted down
Statistics NZ has created a highly confusing, and moving, picture of migration with its new formula, which became the official formula last month. But the long & short of it is that emigration has...
View ArticleNow the migrant inflow is rising again
Statistics NZ’s estimate of the net inflow of migrants has risen 35% - 15,000 more immigrants - from its first count for the 12 months to November through to its rolling 12-month count to January.
View ArticleImmigration trends upward
Statistics NZ’s monthly migration figures, out today, show a rise in net immigration in March compared to March last year – 4468 (3396) – and an annual net inflow of 56,137 (50,628).
View ArticleMigration estimate looks upward again
Statistics NZ has provisionally estimated the net migrant inflow for the 12 months to April at 55,834 (± 1,600).
View ArticleMigrant inflow count just over 50,000
Statistics NZ’s migration count for the year to May shows a marginal increase over the previous year, and the net inflow down by 9-13,000 compared to 2016-17.
View ArticleHalf the record net migrant inflow is into Auckland
The net inflow of migrants continued to rise in June, reaching a record 72,305 for the June year – and 50% of that total was into Auckland.
View ArticleImmigrants drive 2%/year population growth, 10-14yos decline
New Zealand’s population grew by over 2% in each of the last 2 June years, and by a record 100,400 in the last 12 months.
View ArticleMigration – quick numbers
Below are the basic migration numbers for the month of August & 12 months to August.
View ArticleOver half net migrant inflow is into Auckland as destination
New Zealand’s migrant inflow rose slightly in January, has fallen by 1200 over 12 months but is still running at just above 70,000/year.
View ArticleNet migrant inflow now just under 50,000/year
Statistics NZ said on Friday its first estimate of the net migrant inflow for the 12 months to June is 49,400.
View ArticleKiwiBuild still needs clear pathway after “overly ambitious” target dropped
When the monthly migration figures come out next Wednesday showing New Zealand is still importing a net 50,000 migrants/year – requiring half the 35,000 homes/year for which building consents are...
View ArticleMigrant inflow on the up side of average
Statistics NZ has provisionally estimated the net inflow of migrants in the year to July at 52,722, plus or minus a margin of 1600 up or down.
View ArticleNet migrant inflow down 11.4% in year
New Zealand’s net migrant inflow in 2019 fell 11.4% from the previous 12 months, from 49,380 to 43,765, according to Statistics NZ’s calculation out today.
View ArticleConfusion lifts migrant inflow estimate to unlikely record
Statistics NZ said yesterday the latest international migration estimates up to February are more uncertain than usual, due to Covid-19 travel restrictions in New Zealand & other countries.
View ArticleMigrant inflow soars above 71,000 for year
The net inflow of migrants has soared to a new record in Statistics NZ’s latest count, out yesterday, at least in part because many more visitors than usual have been counted as immigrants.
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