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February 7, 2011 – According to Statistics New Zealand (SNZ), the arrivals of permanent and long-term outnumbered departures in December by 300 down from 1400 a year earlier. Its main factor was the 900 more NZ citizens’ departures to Australia with the net outflow of 2,000 migrants applied for Australia visitors visa up from 1,100. It was the same month when a net migration gained 750 up from 600 in November and above the monthly average of 700 since February.
The number for both permanent arrivals and departures showed signs of stabilization and were expected migration to remain relatively low but steady during the next year as said by ASB economist Jane Turner. Arrivals of migrants on work visas to Australia lift towards the end of 2011. However, the labour market of Australia is likely to remain relatively attractive across many different industries and skill levels. And this will continue to underpin departures out of New Zealand.
The said December figures have suggested a base level of support from migration said by ANZ economist Mark Smith. However, the figures showed somewhat weaker than a year earlier and unlikely to be the catalyst on its own to kick-start the housing market and consumer spending.
With the Australian unemployment rate considerably below and a likely increase in demand for labor due to reconstruction work, a reversal in the flow of New Zealanders across Tasman was unlikely anytime soon.
The whole 2010 outflow to Australia with 21,000 while 2009 outflow with 18,000 but still well below the outflow of 35,400 in 2008. There were 36,800 departures and so with processed visitor visa to Australia offset by 15,800 arrivals with most migrants were from NZ.
The earthquake incident happened in the Canterbury region last September caused widespread damage wherein PLT arrivals rose with 3% in December while they were down 3% nationally from a year earlier. Natural and physical science professionals including geologists and geophysicist contributed to the increase into Canterbury compared with December 2009 with 12% similar to the national increase of 14%.

Source:
ninemsn.com.au