New Zealand citizens: arrivals (unadjusted) was 26,631 in Year to Jul 2026, up 7.2% on a year earlier.
Updated
Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Last retrieved 11 October 2026.
| Period | New Zealand citizens: arrivals (unadjusted) (number) | New Zealand citizens: departures (unadjusted) (number) | New Zealand citizens: net (unadjusted) (number) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to Jul 2026 | 26,631 | 64,966 | −38,335 |
| Year to Jul 2025 | 24,853 | 65,225 | −40,372 |
| Year to Jul 2024 | 22,288 | 67,267 | −44,979 |
| Year to Jul 2023 | 23,565 | 61,204 | −37,639 |
| Year to Jul 2022 | 23,067 | 38,726 | −15,659 |
| Year to Jul 2021 | 36,374 | 24,350 | 12,024 |
| Year to Jul 2020 | 42,695 | 23,301 | 19,394 |
| Year to Jul 2019 | 35,532 | 40,142 | −4,610 |
| Year to Jul 2018 | 35,228 | 42,382 | −7,154 |
| Year to Jul 2017 | 38,143 | 41,268 | −3,125 |
| Year to Jul 2016 | 39,024 | 42,040 | −3,016 |
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.
New Zealand citizens arriving to live in New Zealand, leaving to live overseas, and the difference between arrivals and departures, over each year ended the release month. Figures come from Stats NZ's unadjusted migration estimates.
These affect how the figures can be compared.
The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.
| Period | New Zealand citizens: arrivals (unadjusted) | New Zealand citizens: departures (unadjusted) | New Zealand citizens: net (unadjusted) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to Jul 2026 | 26,631 | 64,966 | −38,335 |
| Year to Jul 2025 | 24,853 | 65,225 | −40,372 |
| Year to Jul 2024 | 22,288 | 67,267 | −44,979 |
| Year to Jul 2023 | 23,565 | 61,204 | −37,639 |
| Year to Jul 2022 | 23,067 | 38,726 | −15,659 |
| Year to Jul 2021 | 36,374 | 24,350 | 12,024 |
| Year to Jul 2020 | 42,695 | 23,301 | 19,394 |
| Year to Jul 2019 | 35,532 | 40,142 | −4,610 |
| Year to Jul 2018 | 35,228 | 42,382 | −7,154 |
| Year to Jul 2017 | 38,143 | 41,268 | −3,125 |
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The attached CSV is New Zealand citizen migration: arrivals, departures and net (nz-citizen-migration), from Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, International migration release tables: citizenship and direction. Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: Provisional estimates are revised as more travel history becomes available. Counts cover people migrating for 12 months or more, measured as 12 of the following 16 months in or out of New Zealand. Citizenship does not identify the country a person moves to or from. Each release gives annual comparisons for its reference month; accumulated releases retain earlier periods and use newer estimates for overlapping periods.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.
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