Principal Consultant Rob Heyes looks at whether the surge in incoming migrants has changed the make-up of the labour market across New Zealand. He finds that the distribution of the migrant workforce is following already familiar patterns.

The regional groupings are for Metro, Provincial, and Rural areas, and are available in our Quarterly Economic Monitor (QEM) and our Regional Economic Profile (REP). These new regional groupings provide further insights that make it easier to compare a city or district to a similar collection of areas.
For non-clients, you are able to see these groupings in our publicly available New Zealand profile.