New Zealand's net
migration gain continues to be driven by more New Zealanders
coming home and fewer leaving, Immigration Minister Lianne
Dalziel said today.
"Permanent and long-term
migration statistics released by Statistics New Zealand
today confirmed a 13 percent increase in the number of New
Zealanders coming home and a 28 percent decrease in the
number of Kiwis leaving," Lianne Dalziel said.
"There was also a 30 percent increase in the arrivals of
non-New Zealanders while two percent fewer non-New
Zealanders departed.
"The figures include people
entering the country for more than 12 months, and therefore
include many students and anyone coming here on a work
permit for 12 months or more. The numbers are not made up
solely of people arriving with residence visas.
"The
Department of Statistics does not provide disaggregated
figures. New Zealand Immigration Programme residence
approvals have not altered, and remain at 45,000 (+/- 5000)
for the 2002/03 year," Lianne Dalziel said.
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