New Zealand had a seasonally adjusted net loss of 800 migrants in April, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday. This follows a net loss of 300 in February and a net gain of 200 in March.
New Zealand had a net loss of 4,000 migrants in the year to April. There has been an annual net loss of migrants since the October 2011 year, peaking at 4,100 in the February 2012 year.
The net loss to Australia in the April 2012 year was 39,800, the highest ever recorded. There were net gains of migrants from most other countries, led by the United Kingdom (5,500), India (5,100), China (5,000), and the Philippines (2,100).
The bureau also said that visitors to New Zealand were down 1 percent on year in April. In the April 2012 year, 2.616 million visitors arrived in New Zealand, up 4 percent from 2011. The largest increases were in visitors from Australia, China, and Malaysia. The largest decrease was in visitors from Japan.
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