Purpose and key question: This report presents new statistics on the extent to which industry trainees leave and return to New Zealand. For New Zealand industry trainees who completed a qualification in either 2003 or 2004, it examines their migration patterns of the subsequent 7 years post-completion. We are interested in better understanding the extent...

This report presents new research on the extent that domestic graduates from tertiary education institutes leave, and then return to, New Zealand. It examines the migration patterns through to 2010, of New Zealand students who completed a tertiary qualification in 2003. We exclude international students and those domestic students who spent an extended period overseas...