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More people are now leaving New Zealand than entering, despite the net migration flow being positive during the Christchurch earthquakes and the global financial crisis. The Labour Department has released figures which show that "permanent and long- term" migration is declining, from an increase of 16,500 last year to just 3900...

Bigger numbers have led a flow-on for skilled migration and work visas. India provides the most new international students to New Zealand as well as the second largest amount of skilled migrants, found a report by the Department of Labour. In 2011, 13 per cent of all skilled migrants to the country were from India, a rise of eight per cent...

A new study suggests that it is often easier to emigrate alone rather than with a partner. The survey has been conducted by Aiden Tabor and Dr Taciano Milfont her advisor at the Victoria University of Washington in New Zealand and it looks at the attitudes of those moving to the country from the UK. The results are that it is quite common...

Earthquake stricken Canterbury continues to cry out for chefs as the city's restaurants and cafes are reopening, which is great news for British migrants to New Zealand. An Australia Magazine report told how Christchurch is facing severe shortages of chefs, which has prompted Hospitality New Zealand to push the Government into adding chefs...