The number of Kiwis moving offshore is almost at a record high
The number of Kiwis moving offshore is almost at a record high
15 August 2025
Stats NZ figures show annual net migration is below 14-thousand, from more than 70-thousand the previous year.
Almost 72-thousand Kiwis have left the country in the past year.
That's near the record reached after the 2011 Christchurch quake -- but, on a per capita basis still well below the brain drain of the 1970s.
Meanwhile, tourism numbers are still more than 10-percent levels seen before Covid.
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