뉴질랜드 속의 인구 이동Population Movement in New Zealand

Population 

Movement 

within 

New Zealand 



Important Questions: 

.What are the reasons why people have 

moved, and continue to move, within New 

Zealand? 

.What different types of migration have 

occurred within New Zealand? 

.How often do people move within New Zealand? 

.What have been the consequences of 

population movements within New Zealand 

for both the source areas and destination 

areas? 



Push/Pull Model of Migration 

Source Destination 

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Counter-stream 

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1900 -2000 1900 -2000 

.What other migration flows that have taken place within 

New Zealand can you identify? 



.What trend do the graphs reveal? 

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.What are the push factors and the 

pull factors that have been involved in 

this rural . 

urban migration? 



.What was the peak period of this migration? 

.The diagram outlines many of the pull factors involved 

in this migration. What were the push factors? 

.When and why has the “counter stream” to this 

migration occurred? 



Population Growth of New Zealand’s 5 Largest 

Cities 1901 -1996 



Urban . 

Rural Migration Flows 1996 -2001 

.What important trends does this diagram reveal? 



Urban . 

Rural Migration Flows 2001 -2006 

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What trends have occurred during the period between 2001 

and 2006? 



.What does the term “net regional migration” mean? 

.Which regions experienced (a) the greatest net 

migration gains, and (b) the greatest net migration 

losses, between 2001 and 2006? 



.What does “net flow” mean? 

.How could the information 

in this table be used to show 

significant movements of 

people between regions 2001 

. 2006 on the map? 



Aucklanders moving to 

Auckland: Net Migration 

other regions = 76,000 

2001 -2006 

People moving to 

Auckland from other 

regions = 59,000 

Net internal 

migration loss = 

17,000 

Regions with largest net 

gains of people moving to 

and from Auckland: 

Waikato = +5,800 

Bay of Plenty = +3,400 

Northland = +3,400 

.How could a sketch map be used to show this information? 



New Zealand has a very mobile population. 

.What percentage of the population moved within New 

Zealand between 2001 . 

2006? 

More than 50 per cent. 

.What does the 

graph reveal 

about those 

who moved 

within New 

Zealand 

between 2001 

and 2006? 



Consequences/Related Issues 

What Pressure on the 

infrastructural infrastructure of 

problems has urban areas, e.g. 

Auckland 

experienced 

the transport 

over the past 

network, sewage 

few decades? disposal, water 

supply, health and 

education 

What has been the facilities. 

impact of roll 

changes on 

schools in different 

parts of 

Christchurch? 

How have 

hospitals in 

the main 

cities coped 

in recent 

years? 

What pressure is 

being placed on 

Christchurch’s 

water supply? 

… other examples? 



Consequences/Related Issues 

Who moves? Who remains behind? 

What problems 

are faced by 

people who live in 

areas affected by 

out-migration, 

such as Taranaki 

and Southland? 

A growing gap 

between the 

“haves” and the 

“have-nots”. 

What benefits 

are received by 

people who live 

in areas 

affected by in-

migration, such 

as the Bay of 

Plenty and 

Canterbury? 

… other examples? 



Consequences/Related Issues 

What happens to house prices in desirable areas of a 

city, e.g. the north-west suburbs of Christchurch? 

Effects on the 

property 

market. 

What is the difference in value between similar houses 

in different locations, such as Bluff and Rangiora, 

Tauranga and Wanganui, Greymouth and Nelson? 

… other examples? 



Consequences/Related Issues 

What pollution issues have arisen in Queenstown, 

Arrowtown and Wanaka in the Southern Lakes District? 

Pressure on the 

natural 

environment. 

What environmental concerns are associated with the 

growing development of life-style properties on the 

outskirts of Christchurch? 

… other examples? 



Consequences/Related Issues 

What problem concerning the provision of medical services 

is experienced by communities in South Westland? 

What has 

happened to 

hospitals in 

many rural 

areas 

throughout the 

country? 

Decline in 

economic activity 

and the loss of 

essential services 

in areas of out-

migration. 

Why are 

businesses 

forced to close 

in these areas? 

What action has the government taken with respect 

to schools in Southland, South Canterbury, 

Taranaki and Northland. 

… other examples? 



Consequences/Related Issues 

What has the Southern Institute of Technology, based 

in Invercargill, done to attract students? 

Attempts to 

encourage people 

to move to areas 

of population 

decline. 

How and why does the Government assist businesses 

which set up in areas such as the West Coast? 

… other examples?