Back to the Nest

According to Time Asia Pacific, globetrotting NZers are returning to their native shores in record numbers. 2002 saw a 13% increase in Kiwis coming home and a 28% drop in numbers leaving. Analysts believe both economic and psychological reasons lie behind brain-drain reversal; NZ’s economy is currently resisting the global downturn and growing by 4%, and post September 11 anxiety makes “the other side of the world [seem] the safest place to be.”