Browsing by Author "Bedford, Richard"

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  • Immigration futures: New Zealand in a global context

    Bedford, Richard; Ho, Elsie (Population Association of New Zealand, 2006)
    At no other time in the past century has there been such focused and intense global interest in international migration. Never before has there been such interest, internationally, in how Australia, Canada and New Zealand ...

  • Initial report of the 2018 Census external data quality panel

    Bedford, Richard; Reid, Alison; Milne, Barry; Cormack, Donna; Cope, Ian; Cook, Len; Kukutai, Tahu; Lumley, Thomas (Stats NZ, 2019)
    One in six New Zealand residents did not complete a questionnaire for the 2018 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings. This was largely due to operational failures that made it difficult for a significant number ...

  • International migration in a sea of islands: Challenges and opportunities for insular Pacific spaces

    Bedford, Richard; Hugo, Graeme (University of Waikato, Population Studies Centre, 2008-07)
    Our contribution to the International Conference “Connecting Worlds: Emigration, Immigration and Development in Insular Spaces”, held in the Azores between 28 and 30 May 2008, examines contemporary mobility of Pacific ...

  • International migration in New Zealand: Context, components and policy issues

    Bedford, Richard; Ho, Elsie; Lidgard, Jacqueline (University of Waikato, Population Studies Centre, 2000-10)
    This paper explores Aotearoa/New Zealand’s distinctive heritage as both a ‘traditional land of immigration’ as well as a ‘country of emigration’, with particular reference to contemporary policy issues and research ...

  • Labour mobility and diaspora: An overview of Solomon Islands’ historical regulatory experience, 1850s-2013

    Craig, David; Bedford, Richard; Gegeo, David; Rodi, Patricia; Miller, Rebecca; Friesen, Ward (National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), 2014-02)
    With less than 4,500 of its population of around 600,000 living overseas in 2013, the Solomon Islands ranks 138th in the world for diaspora formation. At these levels the scale of the diaspora as a proportion of population ...