‘Kiwi migration to Australia hits record
NEW Zealanders are migrating to Australia in record numbers following the Christchurch earthquakes, official data showed today.
The net number of people leaving New Zealand for Australia in May this year was 3300, Statistics New Zealand said, eclipsing the previous monthly high of 2900 set in 1979.
Government statistician Geoff Bascand said a high proportion of the exodus came from Christchurch, with some 800 departing permanently in May, compared to 500 in the same month last year…’
So it’s not due to the Christchurch earthquakes, is it? The numbers from Christchurch are only 300 up on the same month last year!
Kiwis are fleeing all right, but it’s not from earthquakes.
