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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (49213)	4/30/2004 10:09:04 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Young Asian migrants don't consider NZ home, finds study 26.04.2004 By STUART DYE, education reporter Many young Asian immigrants do not consider New Zealand their home and plan to travel overseas, new research has found. The study, by Dr Allen Bartley at Massey University, reveals a phenomenon known as "transnational migration". Asian adolescents, who arrived here as children when their parents migrated, were ambivalent about their identities as New Zealanders and considered themselves to have two homes. Dr Bartley's study centred on adolescents from Taiwan, Korea and China. Most had taken part in a variety of social activities with New Zealanders when young, but planned to pursue a career or further education overseas. In many cases their fathers had returned home, leaving their families in New Zealand. "This adds to the perception of young migrant people that a presence can be maintained in two countries and there can be two homes," said Dr Bartley. "This group is set to produce a new form of transnationalism that challenges much of our understanding and expectations of migration, immigration settlement and adjustment." But David Wong, vice-president of the Auckland Ethnic Council, said it was only natural that many Asian migrants would have strong feelings for their home country. Others found it difficult to settle and years later this could be passed on to their children. Young Asians often left New Zealand after school or university because they could not get the jobs they wanted here, he said. "But that is not so different from Kiwis going on their OE." MQ: New Zealanda and many other countries have to improve their attractiveness. Otherwise people don;t go there. Offering First Class tickets for a visit to tour the country to evaluate its possibilities. Tax free for the first three years Things like that would attract a lot of top people to the country. Leaving like it is? Well, only the desperados would go there. Look to the US as an indication.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (49213)	4/30/2004 10:12:36 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<<more people left New Zealand for the long-term than migrated here, the first time since May 2001...>> Sign of things to come. Either NZ improves its attractiveness, or it will be begging for Nigerians to come there. Departures head arrivals in latest migration figures 21.04.2004 1.00pm A change in the direction of the migration tide shows in statistics released today. March figures issued today by Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) showed more people left New Zealand for the long-term than migrated here, the first time since May 2001 that monthly migration exceeded immigration. Permanent and long-term departures in March 2004 were 5800, while arrivals were 5500, SNZ said in a statement. Non-New Zealand citizen arrivals were down 1400, with China accounting for more than half of the drop with 800 fewer arrivals. At the same time, there were 400 more people leaving New Zealand permanently or for the long-term than last March. In the year ended March 2004 there was a net migration gain of 28,000 -- 33 per cent lower than the net inflow of 41,600 people the previous March year, SNZ said. "Permanent and long-term arrivals have now dropped in each of the past 13 months when compared with the same month a year earlier, while permanent or long-term departures have increased in each of the past eight months." There were net inflows of migrants from China (7400), India (4100) and Japan (2100) in the year ended March 2004, and also a substantial net inflow from Britain -- 10,300, up 43 per cent on the March 2003 year figure. At the same time, 11,000 people left for Australia. There were 11,300 departures to Australia in the March 2003 year, and 16,100 in the March 2002 year. SNZ also reported a boost in visitor arrival numbers in March -- up 17,900 or 9 per cent. In March 2004, there were more visitors from Australia (up 14,200, or 23 per cent) and Britain (up 3200, or 13 per cent) than in March 2003. However, those visitors were staying in New Zealand for a shorter time -- the number of stay days for all visitor arrivals in March 2004 decreased by 4 per cent on the previous March, from 4.00 million days to 3.82 million days. "The average length of stay was 18 days in March 2004, compared with 21 days in March 2003," SNZ said. In the year ended March 2004, there were 2.163 million visitor arrivals, up 101,000 or 5 per cent on the previous March year. There were more visitors from Australia (up 105,000), Britain (up 36,300), Germany (up 4500) and the United States (up 3700), but fewer visitors from Japan (down 22,500), China (down 15,400) and Taiwan (down 9900), compared with the year ended March 2003.