More Kiwis than Brits move to Oz

Released on: November 21, 2007, 2:07 am

Press Release Author: stuff.co.nz

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: The number of New Zealanders crossing the Tasman increased by
nearly 5000 in the past year, outstripping the United Kingdom as the largest source
of permanent migrants to Australia.

Press Release Body: Department of Immigration statistics released today show 23,906
New Zealanders migrated to Australia in the 2006-07 financial year, up from 19,033
the previous year.

The number of UK migrants remained steady at 23,223 in 2006-07, having topped New
Zealand for the previous three years.

Numbers of New Zealanders migrating to Australia annually has almost doubled in the
past four years, with just 12,366 Kiwis crossing the Tasman in 2002-03.

The biggest trans-Tasman drain happened in 2000-01 when 26,106 New Zealanders
migrated to Australia, before a pronounced dip in the next two years in the wake of
the terrorist attacks in the United States.

A study of more than 300 New Zealand migrants this year by PhD graduate Dr Alison
Green, of Queensland\'s Bond University, cited economic benefits, a better climate,
wanting a change, and a sense of adventure as factors in their move.

But while Kiwis generally said they were \"highly satisfied\" with their new lives in
Australia, they retained a strong sense of loyalty, Dr Green\'s study found.

\"They largely consider Kiwi culture to be distinctly different from Aussie culture,
are fiercely patriotic, and often view New Zealand as better,\" she said.

In releasing the statistics from a report documenting settler arrivals between 1996
and 2007, Australian Federal Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Kevin
Andrews, said New Zealand and the UK accounted 33.6 percent of all settler arrivals
in the past year.

The report said the next largest source countries were India (13,496 settlers, up
from 11,286 the previous year), China (12,009, up from 10,581) and the Philippines
(5561, up from 4871).

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