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Settler Arrival Data

Settler Arrival Data: Selected Countries of Birth by Migration Stream for the Financial Year 2006-07

Country of Birth Family Migration Skill Migration Special Eligibility Total Migration Humani-
tarian
NZ Citizen Other Total
Afghanistan 669 2 671 1 504 11 2 186
Australia (includes External Territories) 18 286 2 306 276 10 592
Bangladesh 368 521 889 16 3 908
Brazil 212 180 392 5 3 400
Burma (Myanmar) 136 44 1 181 1 444 3 1 1 629
Cambodia 644 25 669 48 7 724
Canada 353 286 5 644 36 43 723
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5 317 6 422 11 739 34 204 32 12 009
Colombia 128 96 3 227 1 1 3 232
Congo Democratic Republic of 10 11 21 548 569
Czech Republic 22 27 49 2 1 52
Egypt 272 322 594 131 17 14 756
Eritrea 49 2 51 86 1 138
Ethiopia 315 16 331 236 5 3 575
Fiji 680 627 1 307 172 13 1 492
Former Czechoslovakia 52 46 98 5 103
Former Serbia and Montenegro 282 124 406 47 72 10 535
Former USSR nfd 399 59 458 5 42 505
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 281 16 297 5 10 312
Germany 378 539 3 920 1 19 23 963
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 236 691 927 57 11 995
India 3 041 10 161 13 202 7 272 15 13 496
Indonesia 1 064 602 1 1 667 1 21 15 1 704
Iran 214 442 656 381 38 2 1 077
Iraq 471 37 508 1 639 66 2 213
Ireland 304 816 1 1 121 9 33 1 163
Japan 430 348 778 8 25 811
Kazakhstan 13 23 36 2 1 39
Kenya 88 277 365 325 9 2 701
Korea 319 1 675 1 994 91 7 2 092
Lebanon 1 167 89 1 256 8 1 125 1 390
Liberia 6 1 7 532 539
Malaysia 426 2 396 2 822 20 54 3 2 899
Montenegro 3 3 3
Netherlands 137 364 501 27 20 548
New Zealand 2 13 15 23 875 16 23 906
Pakistan 624 726 1 350 59 22 15 1 446
Peru 157 143 300 2 4 306
Philippines 2 674 2 576 5 250 226 85 5 561
Russian Federation 98 214 312 2 21 3 338
Serbia 33 1 34 34
Sierra Leone 10 3 13 506 519
Singapore 213 1 397 1 610 43 5 1 658
Slovakia 17 11 28 28
South Africa 818 2 726 3 3 547 4 425 20 3 996
Sri Lanka 700 1 887 3 2 590 49 80 2 2 721
Sudan 174 3 177 2 333 2 1 2 513
Taiwan 178 373 551 105 15 671
Thailand 1 351 130 1 481 453 20 35 1 989
United Kingdom 3 837 18 115 63 22 015 706 502 23 223
United States of America 830 453 7 1 290 202 129 1 621
Uzbekistan 19 28 47 2 1 50
Viet Nam 2 883 175 2 3 060 29 46 3 135
Zimbabwe 94 777 871 28 33 3 935
Not stated 6 46 52 1 53
All Other Countries 3 916 3 385 15 7 316 1 861 920 275 10 372
Total 37 138 60 755 109 98 002 12 247 28 307 1 592 140 148

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