Immigration New Zealand registered four times more website visits than usual from Australia the day after the Liberal coalition's general election win. More than 11,500 people logged onto the Immigration New Zealand website and its information site New Zealand Now on Sunday, compared to fewer than 2500 the previous Sunday. Google analytics also showed a spike in Australians searching the words 'moving to New Zealand', particularly those from Queensland. A national manager at Immigration New Zealand, Greg Forsythe, said the significant increase in website visits may not translate into the same number of people actually making the move. But the country and its politics were very attractive to Australian progressives and environmentalists, she added, many having already visited New Zealand as tourists.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 20, 2019 20:48 UTC