Originally Posted by
Cyclical
I'll believe it when I see it. There was something questioning the validity of the kea survey but I can't find it right now. Even so, by the time said bottleneck abates, it'll probably be because the covid threat has been mostly dealt with (ie vaccine success) and all these people queuing to come home will be having second thoughts. On top of that there'll be all those kiwis that have put overseas plans / OE's on hold just chomping at the bit to get out of here, plus those that did come home wanting to get back to their more interesting lives abroad. Yeah, nah, I reckon it'll all balance out and we'll just get back to the circa 50-60k net immigration again.