A sociologist says migration loss is a concern.

Stats NZ data shows in September there was an estimated migration gain of 2,176 people.

But for the year ending September, there's still a provisional net migration loss of 8,400.

Sociologist Paul Spoonley says there's been an uptick in immigrants, but it's a long way to reach pre-Covid levels.

He says we've tended to operate a brain exchange where the loss is made up by skilled migrants coming here - but at the moment there's not quite that balance.

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A sociologist says migration loss is a concern.
Stats NZ data shows in September there was an estimated migration gain of 2,176 people.
But for the year ending September, there's still a provisional net migration loss of 8,400.
Sociologist Paul Spoonley says there's been an uptick in immigrants, but it's a long way to reach pre-Covid levels.
He says we've tended to operate a brain exchange where the loss is made up by skilled migrants coming here - but at the moment there's not quite that balance.
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Best of Business is the home of all things business at Newstalk ZB, from morning market updates right through to incisive interviews with New Zealand’s top business leaders and decision makers.