migration

Who is really pulling the Government's strings?

6 Sep 18, 9:12am

Peter Dunne

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Peter Dunne says the Government has to all intents and purposes become a New Zealand First/Labour coalition
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Migration by the numbers: what is up and what is down

1 Sep 18, 10:41am

Greg Ninness

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Our changing migration patterns: Net migration numbers are falling back from their recent highs but migration is still increasing in some areas and declining in others
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Re-configuring the global economy

29 Aug 18, 2:01pm

Gareth Vaughan

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Paper for UN sustainable development project sets out why and how the ways energy, transport, food and housing are produced and consumed should be transformed
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How much has the Unitary Plan driven new Auckland dwelling consents?

28 Aug 18, 7:16am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens criticises Auckland Council's economists, claiming their desire for higher density housing near rapid transport routes taints their analysis
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Migration pushed NZ population up by 63,779 in July year

21 Aug 18, 11:23am

Greg Ninness

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Annual New Zealand migration gain still at historically high levels but easing back compared to the last two years
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NZ population pushes towards 5 million

14 Aug 18, 11:07am

Gareth Vaughan

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New Zealand has added the equivalent of the population of the Waikato region since 2013 with net migration the main driver, Statistics NZ says
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What would Simon do?

14 Aug 18, 5:00am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Simon Bridges on how he would take up John Key's challenge to identify new economic drivers to replace strong migration and house price growth if he was in government
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'Meaningful lift in house prices into the mid-2020s'

6 Aug 18, 2:56pm

David Hargreaves

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Kiwibank economists estimate a national shortfall of over 100,000 homes so see no chance of 'oversupply' fuelling a correction; don't believe the RBNZ will be easing LVRs any time soon
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Ignoring migration trends taints policy conclusions

5 Aug 18, 7:33am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens says be wary of MBIE's National Construction Pipeline reports, especially their estimates of future residential construction
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Has a new brain drain started?

2 Aug 18, 2:39pm

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves says while the figures show just a trickle of Kiwis now heading to Australia, history tells us the trickle tends to very quickly become a torrent
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June migration gain down 31% compared to June last year

20 Jul 18, 11:43am

Greg Ninness

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Lowest migration gain for month of June since 2014 as population loss to Australia starts to trickle up
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Auckland house construction 'enters new phase'

12 Jul 18, 10:49am

David Hargreaves

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Westpac economists revise upwards their forecasts for house construction in the country's largest city; say Auckland getting close to building enough houses to keep up with population growth
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Govt to make it easier to hire migrant construction workers

27 Jun 18, 12:00pm

Jason Walls

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A ‘KiwiBuild Skill Shortage’ list is being created, after a Minister’s warning to Cabinet that NZ simply does not have the labour force to deal with the pipeline of construction projects
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Net migration gain in May down 25.5% compared to a year ago

22 Jun 18, 11:36am

Greg Ninness

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Population growth from migration continues slowing with big drops in gains from China, India and the UK, Statistics NZ says
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Here's hoping the foreign buyer ban works

21 Jun 18, 8:19am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves says Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee appears to have done a good job 'fixing' Labour's foreign buyer ban but reckons we don't need a repeat of such hastily drawn up legislation
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The murky migration picture

11 Jun 18, 3:45pm

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves says the country is in urgent need of a clear approach to its migration policy
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Govt opens the gate to NZ for degree students

5 Jun 18, 12:51pm

David Hargreaves

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The new policy as proposed by the Government would triple the amount of no-strings work time degree-level students would enjoy in NZ
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This week's guest Top 10

1 Jun 18, 10:00am

Jarrod Kerr

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Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr on the Top 10 risks to the Kiwi economy; weak income growth, trade war, agriculture risks, the Springbok induced 2008 global financial crisis & more
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Monthly migration gain smallest since May 2014

21 May 18, 11:27am

David Hargreaves

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Rising numbers of non-New Zealanders are continuing to leave, pushing net migration down from high levels to an annual gain of 67,000 in April, down nearly 5000 from a year earlier
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'Immigration to drop sharply, but uncertainties remain'

7 May 18, 3:24pm

David Hargreaves

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ANZ economists see immigration likely reducing to 40,000 a year by 2020 but say the migration outlook 'provides risks on both sides at the moment'
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