Comments on: How many permanent migrants came to NZ since 1957? Go on, guess!

By: Avalon

Avalon — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:44:05 +0000

It does make me wonder just how much Kiwis have spent on the immigration department. I know that I think they are waste of space – but if these numbers really are true – Im not sure that many of the Kiwis I know would be too impressed with the Return on Investment.

By: Hubby

Hubby — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:16:42 +0000

Hi William
I’ve not looked at the Stats for population, I know the StatsNZ population clock is about 4.3m these days, and there was a big deal some years ago when it went past 4m for the first time. It was only 3.7m at the 2001 census.

I don’t know if the stats would be detailed enough to differentiate between emigrants and ‘born & bred’ Kiwi’s.
Either way, major population growth isn’t through new emigrants. Although the Stats population clock does estimate a net increase of one person per hour (approx) due to net migration.
=24 per day, =8760 per year ~=438,000 in 50 years..

By: William Knight

William Knight — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:56:03 +0000

Interesting.

Have you gone back to check population figures during the same period to see if there are any mistakes anywhere else?

I seem to remember the population was only just over 3milion about 15 years ago and has risen to closer to 4m.

Is that memory incorrect?

If your working is right, it should be put in front of the immigration minister or the Dim Post at least!

By: Cheri

Cheri — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:37:52 +0000

Guessing before I read…200k?
OMG I’m good! That’s averaging 10k people per year 2000-2009, then 5k a year 1970-1990, and the last 20 in years 1950-1970. Just what I ‘felt’.