NZ emigration to Oz

NZ emigration to Oz 2007-09-26

New Zealand passes UK as largest source of migrants to Australia

Australia is reporting that New Zealand has overtaken the United Kingdom as the largest source of permanent immigrants Down Under. The UK provided a bit over 23,000 immigrants during 2006-2007, nearly the same as the previous year. New Zealand jumped to the number one position with nearly 24,000 immigrants, up from just under 5,000 last year. India, China and the Philippines take the number three, four and five spots, with each country nearly doubling the numbers of their immigrants from 2005-2006.