Originally Posted by
NZAV8R
Well, there's no denying that there's been a progressive brain drain from NZ in the last decade. "A lot" (somewhere around 500,000) of NZ'ers have moved overseas to live (mainly in Australia) due better work opportunities and income. I'm not sure when you last visited, as you didn't say, but I've been out of the country for about 7 years now; so things might have changed a bit from how it used to be when I lived there.
15 months ago, will be going back this fall to visit my brother and his wife. But yep, he told me all about the "brain drain", and how it's starting to affect the country. As far as skilled/educated labor goes, or the lack thereof for the reasons you just gave. Many of my sister in law's friends have fled across the Tasman Sea.