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How is international travel and migration defined?
International travel and migration statistics refer to short-term travel and permanent and long-term movements of overseas and New Zealand travellers into and out of New Zealand.
What are international travel and migration statistics used for?
Statistics about short-term international travel (duration of less than one year) measure the level of inbound and outbound tourism. Details of tourism by source and destination countries, travel purpose (holiday, visiting friends and relatives, business, education/medical, conference) and duration of travel give information about tourism.
Statistics about long-term or permanent international migration (duration of one year or more) indicate the number of immigrants and emigrants, including their net effect on the New Zealand population, and describe the characteristics of migrants (age, sex, nationality, birthplace, occupation, source and destination countries).
Resources
International Travel and Migration Articles
Since April 1999, Statistics New Zealand has intermittently produced International Travel and Migration articles, either within or separate from the monthly "Hot Off The Press" releases. These provide extra analysis of selected topics. The page is indexed and contains links to articles on visitor arrivals, resident departures, PLT migration and other articles
International travel and migration statistics
The number of overseas visitors and New Zealand residents entering or leaving New Zealand. Published monthly by Statistics New Zealand.
Tourism Leading Indicators Monitor
Tourism Research Council website tool that tracks trends in tourism in New Zealand.
Commercial Accommodation Survey
Tourism Research Council report on survey of commercial accommodation, June 2004.
Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand
Information on a longitudinal immigration survey to be conducted 2005-2009.
Brain drain or brain exchange?
Treasury working paper 01/22, published 2001.
Go west, young man, go west!
Treasury working paper 01/7, on closer economic relations with Australia. Published 2001.
Population change
Links to the population change page of this website.
New Settlers Programme
A research programme on immigration settlement funded by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Website hosted by Massey University.
Migration Research Group
Research programme on migration affiliated with the Population Studies Centre at University of Waikato. Website hosted by University of Waikato.
References
Bedford R D (2001). Reflections on the Spatial Odysseys of New Zealanders, Briefing Paper No. 2, New Directions Seminar, April 2001.
Bedford R D and Ho E S (1998). Immigration policy changes in 1998: a comment, New Zealand Population Review , 24 (1 and 2), 119-134.
Bedford R and Lidgard J (1997). International Migration and the Labour Force Age Groups, 1991-1996, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, Hamilton.
Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) (2004). Fiscal Impacts of Migrants to New Zealand, Department of Labour, Wellington.
Carmichael G A (1993). Trans-Tasman Migration: Trends, Causes and Consequences, AGPS, Canberra.
Carmichael G A and Dharmalingam A (2002). Populations of New Zealand and Australia at the Millennium, Australian Population Association, Canberra.
Fraser L and Pickles K (2002). Shifting Centres: Women and Migration in New Zealand History, Otago University Press, Dunedin.
Goodwin J, Bedford R and Lidgard L (1998). Transformations in New Zealand's International Migration System: 1981-1996, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, Hamilton.
Lidgard J and Bedford R (1999). New Zealand's International Migration System at the End of the 20th Century: Review and Prospect, New Zealand Population Review 25 (1): 41-56.
OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee (1995). Looking Ahead: Migration the Human Dimension of Globalization, OECD, Paris.
Trlin A and Spoonley P (1986). New Zealand and International Migration: a Digest and Bibliography, Massey University. Department of Sociology, Palmerston North.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2001). Replacement Migration: Is it a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, New York.
Experts
For further information email the Demography Division of Statistics New Zealand or write to:
Robert Didham
Demography Division
Statistics New Zealand
Dollan House
401 Madras Street
Private Bag 4741
Christchurch.
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