Oh dear, the rout continues........
I wonder if it because of all the good things said about Australia in the NZ Herald.
Read more at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=10704081
I wonder if it because of all the good things said about Australia in the NZ Herald.
Four thousand more leave NZ for Australia
1:00 PM Friday Feb 4, 2011
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Four thousand more people left New Zealand to live permanently in Australia in 2010 than 2009, although the outflow remained well below levels seen in 2008 and 2007, figures released by Statistics New Zealand show.
The numbers come against the backdrop of an economy struggling to recover from a recession that ended in mid 2009, with the possibility now of entering a double-dip recession, after a 0.2 per cent fall in GDP in the September quarter last year.
Figures yesterday showed New Zealand's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose from 6.4 per cent in September to 6.8 per cent in the December quarter, indicating a labour market struggling to gain momentum. ' There were 36,830 people who left New Zealand to live permanently or long-term (PLT) across the Tasman in the last year, up from 32,755 in 2009 but down from 48,452 in 2008 and 41,634 in 2007.
The number of PLT departures was mitigated by 15,842 PLT arrivals from Australia in 2010, giving a net departures figure of 20,998 across the ditch during the year 2010. The net figure was up from 17,962 in 2009, and down from the peak of 35,395 in 2008 and 27,998 in 2007.
In both directions most migrants were New Zealand citizens, Statistics New Zealand said.
1:00 PM Friday Feb 4, 2011
File photo
Four thousand more people left New Zealand to live permanently in Australia in 2010 than 2009, although the outflow remained well below levels seen in 2008 and 2007, figures released by Statistics New Zealand show.
The numbers come against the backdrop of an economy struggling to recover from a recession that ended in mid 2009, with the possibility now of entering a double-dip recession, after a 0.2 per cent fall in GDP in the September quarter last year.
Figures yesterday showed New Zealand's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose from 6.4 per cent in September to 6.8 per cent in the December quarter, indicating a labour market struggling to gain momentum. ' There were 36,830 people who left New Zealand to live permanently or long-term (PLT) across the Tasman in the last year, up from 32,755 in 2009 but down from 48,452 in 2008 and 41,634 in 2007.
The number of PLT departures was mitigated by 15,842 PLT arrivals from Australia in 2010, giving a net departures figure of 20,998 across the ditch during the year 2010. The net figure was up from 17,962 in 2009, and down from the peak of 35,395 in 2008 and 27,998 in 2007.
In both directions most migrants were New Zealand citizens, Statistics New Zealand said.
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