New Zealand International Travel and Migration: September 2015

  • New Zealand s/adj net permanent & long term visitors +5550 in September
  • Short term visitors +12.2 pct in September vs year ago

Reuters with the summary, the full Stats NZ release is here

Stats NZ say:

  • New Zealand had a record net gain (more arrivals than departures) of 61,200 migrants in the September 2015 year
  • The annual net gain in migrants has been setting new records for the last 14 months

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Permanent migration to NZ has been said to be a source of house price increases.

Its rarely added that It's a boost to economic growth too, but there you go.