Quarterly Report Q2 2021

Immigration, Covid & Employment

It’s quite easy to overlook the value that skilled migrants entering New Zealand offer our local labour market. Without immigrating Brits, South Africans, Americans, Asian and Europeans the labour pool has contracted across every discipline, from farming and healthcare to accounting and technology. As Australian borders reopen and the UK slowly gets on top of vaccinations, we expect to see a high volume of Kiwis embarking on OE plans that were previously on hold.