Editorial: When going west isn’t best

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5th September, 2012
John Key must be rueing the day he promised he would reverse the trend of more and more Kiwis buying one-way tickets across the Tasman. The latest migration figures are not just concerning, but downright alarming. In the year to the end of July, nearly 54,000 people left New Zealand for Australia with no immediate plans to return. That’s roughly the population of Napier. It is almost impossible to see the bright side of this damning statistic, apart from the fact that it may relieve some pressure on Auckland house prices and our unemployment statistics. Over the past decade, the number of ...

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