https://www.scmp.com/rss/500449/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com New Zealand’s image as a welcoming, inclusive country seems to have emerged largely unscathed from the mass shootings in Christchurch last month, but visa statistics reveal that the current government is beginning to fulfil its election promise of reducing the number of new long-term migrants. The official target for residency approvals was set at 45,000 just under two years ago, yet figures from Immigration New Zealand show that such approvals have declined by about 30 per cent since... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3004725/new-zealand-one-most-diverse-countries-earth-it-quietly-closing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3004725/new-zealand-one-most-diverse-countries-earth-it-quietly-closing?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:00:12 +0000