After a decade of record population growth, soaring housing costs, and an overwhelmed visa system, public frustration reached a breaking point. For years, the government struggled to keep control of a system expanding faster than the country could handle.
But in 2024, everything changed. A sweeping overhaul of work visas, tougher rules on residency, a crackdown on migrant exploitation, and the strongest enforcement push in years reduced migrant inflows by a ton. It’s one of the fastest immigration reversals in the Pacific, and now countries across the region are watching New Zealand’s hardline policy shift as an unexpected blueprint for regaining control after years of runaway migration.
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