Data shows that 131,200 people departed New Zealand in the year ended June 2024, provisionally the highest on record for an annual period. - Reuters
WELLINGTON: People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anaemic, government statistics show.
Data released by Statistics New Zealand on Tuesday (Aug 13) showed that 131,200 people departed New Zealand in the year ended June 2024, provisionally the highest on record for an annual period. Around a third of these were headed to Australia.
