[ad_1] Stats NZ said the majority of immigration was by citizens of India, with a 51,000 arrival increase in the year to January. Citizens of the Philippines make up the second-biggest proportion of arrivals with 36,500, Stats NZ added. The next three highest nationalities for […]

[ad_1] The Public Service Commission review found that Immigration New Zealand (INZ) did not adequately assess the risk and impact of changes to speed up processing times would have on visa abuse. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) chief executive Carolyn Tremain acknowledged the […]

[ad_1] Deputy Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott said changes to the scheme did not work as intended and INZ should have done more to minimise risk of abuse of the work visa system. “Immigration New Zealand implemented, very quickly, a new model to accelerate immigration […]

[ad_1] Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen puts the surge in people arriving in New Zealand down to a COVID-19 hangover of when our borders were shut and also a labour shortage facing the country at the time.  “We’ve seen the largest migration boom that New […]

[ad_1] It may have been a long hot summer, but the Finance Minister told this week’s Economic Forum storm clouds are looming over the Budget. “We don’t see that we’re going to be flush with cash,” Nicola Willis said. The economy shrank last quarter, despite […]

[ad_1] He sought a slice of the Kiwi life – instead, he’s facing financial misery. “It’s too hard to pay that money, that much money,” the migrant told Newshub. His employer engaged Auckland’s Kenton Chambers Lawyers to help him find a chef. But after the […]

[ad_1] “Really pleased the number are so high” Joanne Cox, the Chair of Oz Kiwi, told AM on Tuesday the changes a month ago were a long time coming. There are currently around 670,000 Kiwis living in Australia but Cox believes that number will continue […]

[ad_1] Fear had sought to stop his deportation in August 2021 but was later that year convicted of drugs charges and was sentenced to an aggregate term of two years and nine months.   Still, Fear argued he’d lived in Australia for 55 years and had […]

[ad_1] Policy advice firm Iron Duke Partners managing director Phil O’Reilly, a former BusinessNZ chief executive, was reassured by the approach the new government seemed to be taking. He told RNZ the net migration figures seen now “probably feel too loose if it carries on […]

[ad_1] That’s despite Luxon pledging before October’s election to boost migration – saying his National Party wanted “the world’s best talent to be able to come here to New Zealand”.   In the year to October, Statistics NZ’s net migration figure of 128,900 was up from […]