Tim Dower: Bit of an about-turn on immigration from the PM

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Dec 11, 2023 · 2m

Bit of an about-turn on immigration from the Prime Minister.

Christopher Luxon now says the current numbers are unsustainable, and the Government expects it to slow down.

And you'd hope so! Nearly 119,000 have poured in over the past year, that's the net gain.

At the same time, we saw a record net loss of New Zealand citizens: 44,000 went.

So, overall, the number of people new to the country is actually more than 160,000.

Our total population has grown nearly 3% in a year, roughly one in every thirty people in the country now, has arrived in the past year. Wow.

Bear in mind we've had some…