‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave
www.theguardian.com
Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy – fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survival

I don’t know why we’re not talking about this more. We have a steep decline in fertility, a rapidly ageing population, and, out of Covid, we are seeing the rise and rise of departures,” says Massey University’s emeritus professor Paul Spoonley, a leading sociologist.

“Parts of New Zealand are beginning to empty out, they will suffer stagnation or are in decline. The question for me is – will the number of New Zealanders leaving the country begin to come back?” Spoonley say

I ended up buying on the Gold Coast becase NZ housing was too unaffordable, back just before Covid.

Covid saw NZ housing prices then go from ridiculous to statospheric, so now I am in Tassie. Not been looking since but interested in the exoerinxes of others.

I’m an Aussie’s that spent some time in NZ and was looking to move there full time, so a different take I guess and keen to here from locals.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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    6 days ago

    Who do you mean by we? I don’t know any boomer who isn’t right wing. I know very very few right wingers outside of that generation.

    I have boomer family who have voted right wing their whole lives and got more leftist as they got older.

    I also know people in their 30s that are out there campaigning for Act, full leopards ate my face stuff.

    Generally the people I am close with are not right wing, but that’s more a lack of commonalities to base a friendship on. I think you’d be surprised to find how much support National, Act, (and even NZF) get in the younger populations.