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Trans Tasman Migration appears to be on the rise, is it worth it? Here are current news articles on this issue.
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January 14, 2013 5:00 PM
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Logan mayor demands 'zero tolerance' as more violence breaks out

Logan mayor demands 'zero tolerance' as more violence breaks out | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Aborigines and South Pacific Islanders have shaken hands after violence, reportedly fuelled by racial tensions, broke out in Logan on Monday evening - the third time in two days.
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January 13, 2013 4:47 PM
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Oz exodus: When the dream sours - National - NZ Herald News

Oz exodus: When the dream sours - National - NZ Herald News | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
New Zealanders caught by Australian laws excluding most from social welfare, higher education and access to permanent residency are increasingly becoming guest workers paying full
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January 7, 2013 10:06 PM
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Chris Barton: Key's stance on broadband decision gob-smacking - Business - NZ Herald News

Chris Barton: Key's stance on broadband decision gob-smacking - Business - NZ Herald News | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
It beggars belief, really. Not to mention beggaring consumers. Prime Minister John Key's willingness to overrule the Commerce Commission's reduction of wholesale broadband pricing
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Sadly, just another reason to jump ship. The 'smiling 

assassin' need to think about the people, instead of ruining the country.

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December 13, 2012 4:32 PM
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Australian disability insurance scheme excludes Kiwis

Australian disability insurance scheme excludes Kiwis | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders will be excluded from Australia's new national disability insurance scheme.
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December 10, 2012 6:43 PM
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Adelaide Research and Scholarship: Trans-Tasman migration in context: recent flows of New Zealanders revisited

Adelaide Research and Scholarship: Trans-Tasman migration in context: recent flows of New Zealanders revisited | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it

Trans-Tasman migration in context: recent flows of New Zealanders revisited


Author: Bedford, Richard
Ho, E. S.
Hugo, Graeme John

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December 10, 2012 6:42 PM
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"Trans-Tasman migration: New Zealanders' explanations for their move" by Alison E. Green, et al.

"Trans-Tasman migration: New Zealanders' explanations for their move" by Alison E. Green, et al. | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
This study investigates why New Zealanders move to Australia. A survey of New Zealanders living in Australia found 'pull' factors, notably greater opportunities and better climate, were the most common reasons.
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December 9, 2012 4:32 PM
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Paul Spoonley: Numbers that cause problems for NZ's future prosperity - Business - NZ Herald News

Paul Spoonley: Numbers that cause problems for NZ's future prosperity - Business - NZ Herald News | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
An Institute of Economic Research report titled Scale Up or Die suggested almost in passing that a population of 15 million was part of the answer to New Zealand's problem of scale...
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December 8, 2012 6:29 PM
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Paul Little: Send jobless to Oz? A poor solution

Paul Little: Send jobless to Oz? A poor solution | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
You can hardly accuse the Minister for Social Development of beneficiary bashing when her department has been happy to send the pesky malingerers on free trips to Australia.
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November 12, 2012 10:12 PM
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Key's poster girl finds life much better in Australia

Key's poster girl finds life much better in Australia | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
She was the poster girl for McGehan Close who accompanied John Key to Waitangi celebrations and seemed set for better things.
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October 7, 2012 1:03 AM
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Fewer jobs force young Kiwis to leave NZ

Fewer jobs force young Kiwis to leave NZ | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
A direct correlation between the number of young New Zealanders leaving for Australia and the unemployment rate shows thousands are crossing the ditch because of a failing job market...
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October 1, 2012 5:55 AM
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Super windfall for Kiwis

Super windfall for Kiwis | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it

MOVES to unlock potentially billions of dollars in superannuation savings for New Zealand workers in Australia are set to be unveiled in what is billed as the next major step to a single Anzac market.

 

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October 1, 2012 5:54 AM
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Move to Oz dream for some, but it's not all roses

Move to Oz dream for some, but it's not all roses | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Shane Ball describes his new life in Australia as a dream come true and 10 notches up from his life in New Zealand.
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October 1, 2012 5:52 AM
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Migrant Kiwis sour on Australian dream

Migrant Kiwis sour on Australian dream | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
There are plenty of stories about New Zealanders heading across the Tasman for better jobs and better lives - but the grass isn't always greener.
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January 13, 2013 4:50 PM
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Australia: Kiwis struggling without a lifeline across the ditch

Australia: Kiwis struggling without a lifeline across the ditch | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
On Queensland's Gold Coast jobless and homeless Kiwis are handed sleeping bags and tents and told to find a spot to pitch camp. Often, this is the best social agencies can do to help
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January 8, 2013 12:07 PM
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Kiwis find Australia's ferocious heat a bit too much

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January 7, 2013 7:38 PM
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How To Move To Australia From New Zealand

How To Move To Australia From New Zealand | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Tips on how to move to Australia from New Zealand to save you time, money and headaches - from someone who has actually made the move.
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December 13, 2012 4:32 PM
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'Aussie' Kiwis may get back welfare rights

'Aussie' Kiwis may get back welfare rights | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
More than 100,000 New Zealanders living as indefinite temporaries in Australia may finally gain rights to Australian welfare and student loans following a landmark joint transtasman
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December 10, 2012 6:43 PM
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Griffith University | Griffith Research Online | Details for item "Trans-Tasman migration: New Zealanders' explanations for their move"

Griffith University | Griffith Research Online | Details for item "Trans-Tasman migration: New Zealanders' explanations for their move" | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it

Trans-Tasman migration: New Zealanders' explanations for their move

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December 10, 2012 6:41 PM
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Australian Immigration Fact Sheet 17. New Zealanders in Australia

Australian Immigration Fact Sheet 17. New Zealanders in Australia | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it

The Australian and New Zealand Governments have had arrangements in place since the 1920s to facilitate a free flow of people between the two countries.

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December 9, 2012 4:31 PM
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Oz mulls social safety net for Kiwis

Oz mulls social safety net for Kiwis | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Australia is increasingly recognising it needs to provide social safety nets such as welfare for New Zealanders who have settled there, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says...
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November 15, 2012 8:01 PM
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Anti-Discrimination Commissioner warns law change for New Zealanders could create 'second class'

Anti-Discrimination Commissioner warns law change for New Zealanders could create 'second class' | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
QUEENSLAND'S Anti-Discrimination Commissioner says a law change affecting thousands of New Zealanders living in Queensland could create a "permanent second class of people".
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November 2, 2012 7:35 PM
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Aussie move to block welfare for Kiwis

Aussie move to block welfare for Kiwis | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Queensland has introduced legislation that will allow it to discriminate against New Zealanders by blocking access to government aid.
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October 1, 2012 5:56 AM
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54,000 refugees, no questions asked

54,000 refugees, no questions asked | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it

AUSTRALIA is facing a flood of economic refugees. But the big numbers aren't from the north, they are from the across the Tasman where Statistics New Zealand yesterday announced the biggest exodus to Australia on record.

 

An extraordinary 53,900 New Zealanders moved to Australia in the year to July - around the entire population of New Plymouth, New Zealand's 11th biggest city.

 

The number dwarfs the 9607 asylum seekers who arrived in Australian waters by boat.

 

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October 1, 2012 5:54 AM
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Fed-up Kiwis head to Oz en masse

Fed-up Kiwis head to Oz en masse | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Thousands of New Zealanders - including many disillusioned immigrants - are looking for new jobs and new lives in Australia.
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October 1, 2012 5:53 AM
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Verity Johnson: Reversing our Australian brain drain

Verity Johnson: Reversing our Australian brain drain | Trans Tasman Migration | Scoop.it
Australians taking our Kiwi talent is always a difficult subject to broach in conversation.
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