It has been over a year since I posted here, and suffice to say, unfortunately very little has changed on the population front in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Labour-led Government, while making some noises about reducing immigration levels and moving away from an economy that relies on population growth for GDP growth – both prior to, … Continue reading →

A New Year and New Government for New Zealand. Well it is still kind of new, having been formed in the latter part of 2017. So what has this Government done regarding the population issues confronting New Zealand? Unfortunately nothing of significance. Population growth is still at all time highs due to strong inward migration. … Continue reading →

New Zealand has a migration crisis on par with Europe. It is just that the mode of arrival of new migrants is via different means. New Zealand has had net-migration gains for the past 3 years with records being broken month after month. In the year to April 2016, New Zealand had a net-migration gain … Continue reading →

George Friedman writes a very interesting piece of analysis on the coming (hopefully) reduction, and reversal, of population growth. I have written a number of times on this subject in this blog stating that such a reduction and reversal in population growth does not necessarily have to have negative consequences, but can likely bring many … Continue reading →

Contrary to popular belief that crime keeps getting worse, the statistics show otherwise. Crime rates in Britain, and much of the Western World has been falling for well over a decade now. The same scenario is playing out in New Zealand. The question is; why is this so? Many reasons are often put forward, however … Continue reading →

I have blogged about population pyramids before, however this article published in the Atlantic magazine is well worth the read. New Zealand is in a similar position to the USA, in that, our population is balancing. That is we are progressing from having more young people than old people, to having similar numbers of all … Continue reading →

I’ve been too busy to post anything of significance lately, however, here is a link to a short video clip that may  provoke a few questions. I think it would especially useful for getting young people thinking about the population-consumption issue.    

“Without the motivation to limit family size, access to modern contraception is nearly irrelevant.” Virginia Abernethy, The Atlantic Monthly December 1994. The above quote is from an article that was written almost 20 years ago. The author argues that the key driver of population growth is the desired number of children, rather than the lack … Continue reading →

The NZIER released a report today that continues to push their agenda of increased population growth as a necessity for New Zealand’s economic wellbeing. According to their report; increasing population growth (via increased immigration) by adding an extra 40,000 people per year over ten years would lead to an increase in GDP per capita of … Continue reading →