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‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave | New Zealand | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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I don’t know why we’re not talking about this more. We have a steep decline in fertility, a rapidly ageing population, and, out of Covid, we are seeing the rise and rise of departures,” says Massey University’s emeritus professor Paul Spoonley, a leading sociologist.

“Parts of New Zealand are beginning to empty out, they will suffer stagnation or are in decline. The question for me is – will the number of New Zealanders leaving the country begin to come back?” Spoonley say

I ended up buying on the Gold Coast becase NZ housing was too unaffordable, back just before Covid.

Covid saw NZ housing prices then go from ridiculous to statospheric, so now I am in Tassie. Not been looking since but interested in the exoerinxes of others.

I'm an Aussie's that spent some time in NZ and was looking to move there full time, so a different take I guess and keen to here from locals.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are they accepting United States refugees from the MAGApocalypse?

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago

We have a list of green light jobs for immigration but please be mindful our country is in need of collective minded people, not a flood of individualistic Americans with a warped political view and black-and-white thinking. I know several Americans immigrants who are incredible assets to Aotearoa. We know it's not all of you!