International Migration Outlook – New Zealand 2008/09
Appendix A: People granted permanent residence in 2008/09 by source country and stream
|
Source country |
New Zealand Residence Programme streams |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Skilled/ Business |
International/ Humanitarian |
Parent Sibling Adult Child |
Uncapped Family Sponsored |
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| Total | 28,547 | 3,504 | 5,100 | 8,946 | 46,097 |
| United Kingdom | 6,732 | 87 | 518 | 1,304 | 8,641 |
| China | 3,818 | 122 | 1,407 | 1,443 | 6,790 |
| South Africa | 4,877 | 28 | 210 | 229 | 5,344 |
| Philippines | 2,992 | 8 | 85 | 399 | 3,484 |
| Fiji | 1,968 | 210 | 743 | 492 | 3,413 |
| India | 1,647 | 34 | 876 | 598 | 3,155 |
| Samoa | 48 | 1,193 | 98 | 771 | 2,110 |
| United States | 659 | 32 | 29 | 380 | 1,100 |
| South Korea | 602 | 12 | 77 | 163 | 854 |
| Tonga | 53 | 273 | 111 | 273 | 710 |
| Sri Lanka | 460 | 59 | 90 | 64 | 673 |
| Germany | 498 | 8 | 16 | 147 | 669 |
| Malaysia | 463 | 5 | 45 | 103 | 616 |
| Zimbabwe | 476 | 36 | 39 | 22 | 573 |
| Japan | 244 | 3 | 10 | 200 | 457 |
| Canada | 253 | 1 | 19 | 151 | 424 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 21 | 223 | 162 | 421 |
| Thailand | 69 | 17 | 16 | 252 | 354 |
| Iraq | 37 | 191 | 49 | 54 | 331 |
| Netherlands | 257 | 1 | 11 | 62 | 331 |
| Russia | 142 | 7 | 59 | 123 | 331 |
| Ireland | 159 | 1 | 5 | 127 | 292 |
| Brazil | 166 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 279 |
| Vietnam | 40 | 42 | 56 | 132 | 270 |
| Myanmar | 21 | 185 | 1 | 6 | 213 |
| France | 134 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 191 |
| Indonesia | 82 | 3 | 38 | 67 | 190 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
| Kiribati | 2 | 135 | 4 | 24 | 165 |
| Tuvalu | 4 | 126 | 6 | 24 | 160 |
| Pakistan | 51 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 141 |
| Chile | 106 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 140 |
| Iran | 33 | 58 | 19 | 28 | 138 |
| Taiwan | 58 | 0 | 17 | 59 | 134 |
| Hong Kong | 47 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 125 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 64 | 24 | 36 | 124 |
| Singapore | 92 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 114 |
| Colombia | 21 | 56 | 5 | 23 | 105 |
| Romania | 66 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 96 |
| Bangladesh | 41 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 92 |
| Ukraine | 37 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 80 |
| Hungary | 59 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 79 |
| Italy | 43 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 78 |
| Czech Republic | 35 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 75 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 39 | 3 | 31 | 75 |
| Nepal | 42 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 74 |
| Poland | 35 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 74 |
| Argentina | 43 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 70 |
| Switzerland | 41 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 70 |
| Jordan | 55 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 67 |
| Other | 718 | 231 | 89 | 400 | 1438 |
Source: Department of Labour.