The numbers of people coming to live or take a holiday in New Zealand are at record levels.
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Official figures for last month show a record 67,600 permanent and long term migrants - the 20th consecutive monthly record.
Statistics New Zealand said a quarter of the migrants were New Zealanders returning home, but the influx of foreign students, and people on working holidays were also driving the increases.
A strong surge of Australian, Chinese and American visitors and the fact Easter was in March this year, drove the number of tourists to a monthly record.
The number of tourists for the 12 months to March hit an all time high of 3.26 million, up 10 percent on the year before.