The annual net migration loss to Australia last year was the largest in almost a decade.

Data from Stats NZ for 2022 shows a net migration loss of 13,400 people from New Zealand to Australia, the largest annual loss since 2013.

Last year, 33,863 people migrated from New Zealand to Australia, and 20,431 moved from Australia to New Zealand.

Former Newstalk ZB Wellington Mornings host Tim Fookes moved from Wellington to regional New South Wales in 2017, and talks about the differences between the two countries.

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