Overseas workers continue to swell the workforce with 16,878 people arriving in Aotearoa on work visas in June, according to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The number of people arriving on work visas has been above 15,000 a month for all of this year and above 11,000 a month since September last year. That pushed the total number of people in NZ on residence visas pass 300,000 last month. After five years they are no longer counted, so the total number of people with residence visas is likely to be significantly higher than 300,000. The second graph below shows the monthly trends for the total numbers of people in NZ on either work or residence visas.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 12, 2023 03:57 UTC