A local economics podcast gave me an interesting point, which was that post covid Australia had one of the better unemployment rates, and it 100% came down to government funding jobs in the care sector. Now I do understand some of those aged/disability care programs got ripped off (like NDIS), but the guests claimed that countries relying on private sector jobs to bounce back basically have worse numbers. Food for thought in the role of government intervention in markets

In the 1970s, when the NZ Prime Minister Robert Muldoon was asked about the high numbers of New Zealanders leaving for Australia he replied:

"It raises the IQ of both countries".

Just brilliant!

That’s what happens when morons vote in fascists.

Here are some raw official statistics: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/international-migration-july-2025/

After having a look at the graphs: The data looks pretty normal and is within the previously observed boundaries.

On a side note:

1. +1 for the goverment website, other countries could learn from that
2. Also nice to have non US news here for once

there is no cause for alarm, noting that global workforce flows continue to bring skilled migrants into the country

Hey USA, this is the time. Not next year, right. This. Minute.

I gladly welcome New Zealand into the third world.