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Ryan Bridge: Why does no one like New Zealand?
There were two numbers out yesterday that prove that no one likes us.
Number one - 87%. We're still plateauing in the high 80s for tourism, that's on pre-Covid levels.
And number two - 55,000 for the year to September, that was our net migration loss of New Zealand citizens, which is a new record.
Not only are we that unsexy to foreigners —they won't come here and have a piece— but our own people are off flirting up a storm with the likes of Australia.
And they're not even flirting – it's not a weekend thing, they have left us. It's divorce.
Sure, we're getting more people in terms of overall…
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