Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
Your view .... does not mean that a different view must be "utter rubbish". Something in your morning tea which disagreed with you?
I didn't say either that the whole million will come, but I think it is valid assumption that the number coming might be higher than the number going. Take the Kiwis overseas, add all the foreign workers we desperately need (like nurses, doctors, machine operators), add the people who don't want to be close to a war in Europe or in a country which in the blink of an eye can turn again populist and controlled by the alt right (US), or in a country much closer to the impacts of climate change (most tropical regions) - all these people will need a place to live.
I realize that you are frustrated about the current government and the MIQ system (and I share most of these views), but this does not mean that everybody will leave NZ as soon as they can ... there still might be some reasons to stick around as well? Don't forget that it was not just NZ turning more populist, xenophobe and selfish during the Covid times ... we don't have to be anymore as attractive as we used to be, we just need to be more attractive than the other countries.