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New Zealanders moving to Australia slowing
New Zealanders moving to Australia slowing
| Published: | 23 Jun at 10 AM |
The flow of New Zealanders permanently moving to Australia slowed last month, with the first monthly fall since April 2010.
Records revealed that the net loss of migrants to Australia was 3,200 in May, dropping from a net outflow in May last year of 3,300. This is the first decline in the monthly net loss since April 2010, Statistics New Zealand revealed. The annual net loss fell from 39,888 in April to 39,600 in May. Total migration for all countries fell from a loss of 2,100 in May 2011 to a loss of 1,800. The yearly net loss was 3,700.
Kiwis have been heading across the Tasman to Australia for years in order to seek out higher pay and an improved standard of living, a factor which has prompted the National government to work towards reversing the trend. Data this week showed that the country’s economy expanded by 1.1 per cent during the first quarter of 2012, homing in on the 1.3 per cent recorded by Australia, which may lessen the appeal of migrating.
The report also revealed that the exodus from earthquake-hit Christchurch has slowed. Statistics NZ said that following the disaster in February last year, 800 residents of the city moved overseas in May the same year. Five hundred residents left for a new country in May this year, the same number as in May 2010. Four hundred migrants moved to Christchurch in May, 100 more than the previous.
Records revealed that the net loss of migrants to Australia was 3,200 in May, dropping from a net outflow in May last year of 3,300. This is the first decline in the monthly net loss since April 2010, Statistics New Zealand revealed. The annual net loss fell from 39,888 in April to 39,600 in May. Total migration for all countries fell from a loss of 2,100 in May 2011 to a loss of 1,800. The yearly net loss was 3,700.
Kiwis have been heading across the Tasman to Australia for years in order to seek out higher pay and an improved standard of living, a factor which has prompted the National government to work towards reversing the trend. Data this week showed that the country’s economy expanded by 1.1 per cent during the first quarter of 2012, homing in on the 1.3 per cent recorded by Australia, which may lessen the appeal of migrating.
The report also revealed that the exodus from earthquake-hit Christchurch has slowed. Statistics NZ said that following the disaster in February last year, 800 residents of the city moved overseas in May the same year. Five hundred residents left for a new country in May this year, the same number as in May 2010. Four hundred migrants moved to Christchurch in May, 100 more than the previous.
