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Population slowdown everywhere in 2025
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Population slowdown everywhere in 2025
Stats NZ released their latest subnational population estimates this week, providing us with an annual reading of how population growth has affected each corner of the country. In this article, we explore the high-level themes for population growth in 2025, before diving into specific cities or districts to illustrate the trends we’re seeing.
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The economic contribution of ethnic communities
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The economic contribution of ethnic communities
New Zealand is an increasingly multicultural society. Here we look at the different ways that ethnic communities contribute to our economy.
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The Census has already changed – we’re going to need to live with it
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The Census has already changed – we’re going to need to live with it
Recent announcement about end of the Census have stirred more questions that we thought would pop up about this topic. Although some have raised concerns about the changes, it’s important to recognise that things have already changed.
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Migration trends affect both demand and supply for construction
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Migration trends affect both demand and supply for construction
Net migration is one of the big uncertainties currently when trying to forecast future residential construction activity levels.
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Where did you come from, where did you go?
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Where did you come from, where did you go?
The release of 2023 Census data enables us to explore the movements of people within New Zealand – internal migration – to understand not just where people have moved to, but where they have come from, and their age.
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Can labour force participation keep rising?
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Can labour force participation keep rising?
The labour force participation rate has been consistently rising over the past 30 years in New Zealand, providing a welcome boost to the labour supply. But can participation keep rising?
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Population slow down, but growth still high
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Population slow down, but growth still high
Stats NZ released their latest subnational population estimates, providing us with an annual glimpse into how New Zealand’s population is growing around the country. In this article, we highlight the overall trends of the 2024 estimates and pull out interesting results from specific cities or districts.
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World population to peak earlier, what this means for our migration
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World population to peak earlier, what this means for our migration
The United Nations released its biannual World Population Prospects earlier this month, a global population projection to the year 2100. In this article, we explore the latest projections for the world’s population, and what the trends might mean for New Zealand’s migration.
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A record low fertility rate
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A record low fertility rate
Migration is a persistently hot topic and tends to dominate discussion around trends in population growth, taking the limelight away from the other components of population change.
However, New Zealand’s fertility rate recently reached a record low, so this article explores trends in fertility and what’s driving it.
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What can we do about too much migration?
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What can we do about too much migration?
Migration is a lot like rain. When we receive a lot of migration (or rain), having prepared and invested for it, and directed it into the most needed areas, it can make us all better off. Conversely, receiving more migration (or rain) than we are ready for, in the wrong places, can make things worse. Knowing it could rain but never buying a raincoat seems to be an unfortunately good analogy for how we currently seem to approach migration.