migration

Another working group, still no immigration cuts

6 Nov 18, 5:20pm

Government to research temporary migrant worker exploitation; Stays quiet on election promise to 'take a breather on immigration'
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Auckland's new housing supply now almost keeping up with population growth

23 Oct 18, 12:44pm

Greg Ninness

45 comments

Falls in migration & rising building consents mean Auckland's housing shortage could be on the verge of receding, but there's still a big backlog of pent up demand to overcome
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Net migration gain lowest for a September month since 2014

19 Oct 18, 11:32am

Greg Ninness

57 comments

New Zealand's September net migration gain down 21% from September 2016 peak
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'Downside risk to migration'

1 Oct 18, 2:20pm

David Hargreaves

30 comments

ANZ economists expect slower but still substantial population growth through migration, but say if there is a more rapid slowdown, economic growth could slow markedly
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August's net migration gain the lowest since 2013

21 Sep 18, 11:33am

Greg Ninness

71 comments

Net migration down 12.2% in year to August compared to previous year and continuing to fall
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Who is really pulling the Government's strings?

6 Sep 18, 9:12am

Peter Dunne

51 comments

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

86 comments

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

73 comments

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

19 comments

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

72 comments

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

39 comments

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

33 comments

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

100 comments

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

16 comments

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

93 comments

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

79 comments

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

37 comments

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

62 comments

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

161 comments

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

44 comments

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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