This guy reckons New Zealand needs to triple its population (here: The 3 key points on what is wrong with the New Zealand economy … (& Will the hatchets come out for the currency?)). Gonna take a while at this rate.
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- Seasonally adjusted net gain (more arrivals than departures) of 3,800 migrants in March 2014 – the second-highest gain on record
- In the March 2014 year, migrant arrivals numbered 98,000 (up 14 percent), and migrant departures numbered 66,100 (down 21 percent), resulting in a net gain of 31,900 migrants. This is the highest gain since the January 2004 year (33,300). The highest net gain ever recorded was 42,500 in the May 2003 year
On temporary visitors;
- The number of visitors in March (253,600) was down 6 percent from last year.
- “This was related to the timing of Easter, with Good Friday moving from 29 March to 18 April. School holidays in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and some Australian states coincide with Easter, so were also later this year, resulting in fewer visitors from these countries.”
- In the March 2014 year, visitor arrivals numbered 2.75 million, up 5 percent from the March 2013 year.
