Record high net migration now deemed “unsustainable”

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey · Dec 12, 2023 · 10m

TL;DR: Net migration hit a record high 128,900 in the year to October, which the new Government has decided is “unsustainable” and requires a review of settings to ensure it is “balanced” with the economy’s skills needs and infrastructure capacity.

However, new PM Christopher Luxon has stopped short of a full strategic review of our immigration policies, suggesting tweaks in the short term would be enough and that more formal targets were not either possible or desirable. His views this week were contrast with his calls in September and May this year for looser settings to bring in more…