File photo: ODTImmigration New Zealand figures show 19,191 foreign students remain in the country, a little over a third of the number that were in New Zealand at the start of the pandemic. The figure for people with valid study visas does not include foreign Phd students and others who pay the same fees as domestic students. Polytechnics had 2892 full-fee foreign students in New Zealand, a drop of 69 percent since April last year, while universities had half as many full-fee-paying students as at the start of the pandemic with 8914. There were 4197 foreign students in schools, down from 10,500 in April last year. The figures showed 7072 of the students with valid study visas in-country were from China, 2664 were from India and 1460 from South Korea.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 11, 2021 16:12 UTC