(National Party media release)
Shocking data out Friday which shows more than 1 million New Zealanders are actively considering leaving the country shows the Government is taking Kiwis backwards, National’s Deputy Leader Nicola Willis says.
The latest Consumer Snapshot from MYOB shows 1 million Kiwis are considering moving overseas, and 200,000 have already made plans to leave. Forty-four percent said they are considering moving for ‘a better quality of life or the cost of living is better overseas’.
“New Zealanders are seeing their future elsewhere because they are going backwards under Labour. We have a cost of living crisis, our healthcare system is falling over, wages aren’t keeping up with inflation, owning a home is out of many people’s reach, violent crime is up and we have a labour shortage.
“It’s no surprise that people are looking to move overseas, it’s what National MPs are hearing from New Zealanders throughout the country. The Government tries to claim that it’s just young Kiwis going on their OE, but a million Kiwis looking to leave the country isn’t an experience, it’s an exodus.
“While this Government likes to blame the country’s economic downturn on covid and the war in Ukraine, the reality is their focus on spin rather than delivery has massively contributed to the cost of living crisis that is driving Kiwis out.
“Their current approach of more spending, more taxes and more regulations has New Zealanders leaving in droves. The Government needs to deliver a plan that will grow the economy.
“A National Government would focus on removing bottlenecks in our economy – improving immigration pathways, eliminating deadweight regulations, and lowering the tax burden on Kiwis.”
I wouldn’t bother moving! The rest of the world is also in turmoil! The UN, WEF, WHO have made sure of that!! Inflation is hitting all parts of the world along with fuel hikes, utility hikes, mortgages/rents going up, labour shortages and food shortages along with exorbitant price hikes! All in the Great Reset plan oh and don’t forget health care is now destroyed! so for Kiwis to think the grass is greener else where I’m sorry to burst your bubble!! But it’s not 😏
If we were younger, we would leave. We met so many kiwis overseas and I always wondered why with such a lovely country. Well come to find out it’s always been a pit of vipers when it comes to their politics and fiscal meddling experimentations. Because it’s isolated and small? Many people vote with their feet and with good reason. All the Maori we knew living in Australia told us they left to get away from bludgers usually related to them, so they could work and build a life. Others simply said economically easier everywhere else…. and this back in the 80s …. it’s done nothing but go downhill since…. so has everywhere else but this place is outrageous….