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Immigration
MBIE has asked NZIER to survey Active Investor Plus investors about why they chose New Zealand, what is working and what is hard. The survey is voluntary, anonymous and separate from the mandatory Post Investment Questionnaire.
NZeTA
The 12-month NZeTA trial for eligible Chinese and Pacific visitors travelling from Australia ended on 3 November 2026, but Immigration New Zealand says the arrangement continues until further notice while it evaluates next steps.
Chinese community
For more than 30 years, visitors from China have come to the Ōmiha property where the 'fairytale poet' once lived. His family says it can no longer keep the house up, and has asked that the sale not revive old gossip.
Education
Agents say demand from Chinese families for a few weeks in a New Zealand classroom is rising fast. Some Auckland schools take only a handful of short-term students, and families are looking to Hamilton and beyond.