Number of Kiwis leaving for Oz in 2024 highest in more than a decade

Young Kiwi exodus 'quite different to anything we've seen before'

Photo: Getty Images The country is losing new graduates and existing workers as statistics show the highest migration rate to Australia since 2012, a Massey University professor says.

Number of New Zealanders leaving for Australia reaches highest level in more than a decade

The figure is the highest level of New Zealanders leaving for our neighbour in more than a decade.

Number of Kiwis leaving for Oz in 2024 highest in more than a decade

The number of New Zealanders who left for Australia last year was the highest in more than a decade, Stats NZ said today. New Zealand recorded a net...

Net migration loss of 30,000 from NZ to Australia in a year

"The loss in 2024 is the largest for a calendar year since 2012, but below the record loss of 43,700 in the March 2012 year," Stats NZ said.