Number crunching Alongside anecdotes of living and working in other locations, the responses to the diaspora survey hint at the trends, patterns and influences that shape these decisions.
Registration
18 21 11 13 1 8 0 12
Only registered in New Zealand
1969
Only registered in Australia
Not registered in New Zealand, Australia, US, UK, but registered somewhere else
2004
2008
Percent of respondents who hold dual citizenship.
Interiors
38 19 91
Registered in New Zealand and US
1998
1990
%
Only registered in UK
Only registered in US
4
4
Registered in New Zealand and Australia
Registered in New Zealand and UK
4
1
Primary fields of work
48
14 13 15
Departures by year
67 2 2
%
Architecture %
Urban design
4
%
%
Other Media
Property development/ construction
Lapsed or suspended New Zealand registration Not registered anywhere
11.14
6
%
10
4
%
Yes No Maybe
50 / 21 /29 %
%
51 / 5 / 44 %
Yes No Maybe
%
%
The average number of years respondents have spent living and working abroad.
Art / digitial design
%
Yes No Maybe
31 / 31 / 38 %
%
%
%
Academia
Percent of respondents who say they might return to New Zealand. Compare this with 42 percent who said they would; and 19 percent who said they wouldn’t. 32
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Would you return to New Zealand? Responses for US, UK and Australian respondents.
Destinations by year of departure
Kilometres from NZ to nearest respondent (Sydney, Australia).
UK
Other
Other
UK Australia
US
Other
Other
Before 1992 1993–1996
1997–2001
2002–2006
US
US
US
US
Australia UK
5
Other
10
2227.330
Australia
Australia UK
15
UK
Kilometres from NZ to furthest respondent (London, United Kingdom).
20
Australia
18797.306
Reasons for leaving
2007–
54 Overseas experience 24 Overseas job offers 21 Personal reasons 21 Looking for work abroad 20 Postgraduate study 18 Architectural experience 15 Travel 14 Economy / Lack of work in New Zealand 8 Study 7 Needed a change 6 Other 4 Fell in love with another place 2.2011 architecturenz
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