New Zealand migration data for October

New Zealand migration data for October

• S/adj net permanent & long term visitors +6210 (prior +5600)
• Short term visitors +8.9% in October y/y

From Stats NZ;

• New Zealand had a record annual net gain (more arrivals than departures) of migrants in the October 2015 year (62,500)
• The annual net gain in migrants has been setting new records for the last 15 months
• In October, the first annual gain in migrants from Australia in over 20 years (since the November 1991 year)
• Seasonally adjusted figures also showed a record net gain in October 2015 (6,200). Net migration has been regularly breaking records since August 2014, when it surpassed the previous highest-ever net gain of 4,700 (February 2003).