Populations of New Zealand and Australia at the Millennium

A joint Special Issue of the Journal of Population Research and the New Zealand Population Review

Edited by Gordon A. Carmichael with A. Dharmalingam

Published September 2002
ISBN 0-9578572-1-7

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN NEW ZEALAND: CONTEXT, COMPONENTS AND POLICY ISSUES
Richard Bedford, University of Waikato
Elsie Ho, University of Waikato
Jacqueline Lidgard, University of Waikato

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Abstract
This paper reviews the context and components of, and the policy issues surrounding, international migration to and from New Zealand. It first outlines the country’s distinctive migration and settlement history before discussing the close interconnection between immigration and late twentieth century Maori concern to, under the Treaty of Waitangi, resuscitate indigenous culture and reclaim control over various natural resources. New Zealand’s trans-Tasman connection is then examined, followed by its respectively longstanding and more recent links to the island nations of the Pacific and (Chinese
goldminers apart) Asia. The paper concludes with an assessment of the likely course of international migration into the twenty-first century.

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