Tagged: emigration

Tossing away valuable emigration data - The Dismal Science

Michael Reddell • Aug 27, 2018 •

• Data,
• departure cards,
• emigration,
• statistics

We had confirmation yesterday that departure cards are to be scrapped. This was flagged by the Prime Minister a few months ago, and I wrote about the issue here.   Since then it appears that there has been no proper public consultative process. As I noted in March I’m sure airlines and airport operators hate the cards.  There … Read More

What (e/im)migration data to use when - The Dismal Science

Michael Reddell • May 02, 2017 •

• Data,
• emigration,
• immigration,
• MBIE,
• Statistic New Zealand,
• statistics,
• visas

I was having a conversation with someone the other day, trying to explain both what data there were on movements of people into (and out of) New Zealand, and which data was useful for what purpose.  Reflecting on that afterwards, it seemed that a post might be useful.  This follows on from my post last week on the Herald’s misleading … Read More