Is an immigration GPS a population policy in disguise?

Is an immigration GPS a population policy in disguise?
It's hard to make long-term plans with the inherent uncertainty about population growth (Image: Getty).
Ganesh Nana
No one really knows what the population of New Zealand will be in five years, let alone 20 years from now.Uncertainty about the size and composition of the population makes it hard for infrastructure and service providers, facility developers and associated businesses and communities to plan their investments. Arguably, some informed guidance from central government as to expected population growth would help reduce this uncertainty. Indeed, governments and communities all make decisions with some picture of expected population growth in their...

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