Record number of people leave New Zealand amid cost of living pressures
by Eva Corlett in Wellington from World news | The Guardian on (#6NF6Z)
More than half those who left recently headed to Australia with promises of higher pay and better working conditions
New Zealand citizens are leaving the country in record numbers, with large numbers heading to Australia, new figures show.
Stats NZ's provisional international migration data shows there were an estimated 130,600 migrant departures in the year to April - the highest on record for an annual period.
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