Record numbers of New Zealanders, especially young people, are leaving the country due to high living costs and wage stagnation, sparking debate over whether this represents a 'brain drain' or a balanced 'brain exchange' with Australia.
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Yes, we do. We have the net gain. The problem is that you know those arrival and departure cards. We did away with them, and when we did away with them, we lost the opportunity to track what people were doing. So when you went to Australia, we would know whether you were going as a tourist or as an immigrant, and we would know a little bit about you. And we've lost all that information. So we get the return flow. At the moment, it's um it's quite considerable. So for every three people that go, one returns. So there's always a bit of a churn, but uh, we we don't have a lot of data around who's leaving and who's coming back and why.
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churn suggests temporary, not permanent outflows
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