• Net migration at 5510 in December (prior 6190 revised from 6260)

  • November was a record high
  • New Zealand's annual net gain of migrants has set records for the last 17 months
  • 121,900 migrant arrivals (a record high) and 57,000 migrant departures

Tourism numbers continued strong:

  • Visitor arrivals, 444,900 in December 2015, the highest-ever monthly figure. (Previous record of 402,500 set in December 2014)
  • In the December 2015 year, visitor arrivals reached a record 3.13 million (up 10% from the previous year)