Immigration Campaign Strategies

See, when 130,000 people arrive, sure there's a debate. But currently it's 24-ish. 24,000. It's no longer an issue. See, the brain drains over. Sadly, those who have left have gone. And those who have replaced them are here. Now, if you don't like the cultural makeup of New Zealand, that's fine. But the election will contain no policies that will change the current makeup. No one's booting anyone out of the country. A lot of the immigration noise, of course, is a political ploy. Has been picked up from offshore, where immigration is a real touch point. So but that's illegal immigration. Boat people, gangs on beaches. We don't have that. Never have, never will. Our system is point space. You get points for skills. Now you can argue around the edges if you want about what those skills are. You can argue round the edges over what countries those skills come from. You can also argue, say Auckland, being the best example that the cultural landscape has materially changed. Now I see it, you see it, you can't miss it. Personally, I like it. Not sure everyone does. But no politician is going to change what we've already got. And that's the trouble with this election. If immigration is an issue, and if it's divisive, that's a ploy. It's a scam. If we're being overrun, fine, have the debate. But we're not. In fact, it's the it's the opposite. As long as employers still can't find talent, and they can't, where do the workers come from and why would you vote not to solve that particular problem?