Migration – A Perspective from Wellington, New Zealand

Ivan - The Founder

Ivan is interested in how communities have access to education, housing, health, employment, recreation and each other. People in public and private organisations can be frustrated in their ability to contribute to this “good society” when they don’t have the right information to make critical decisions. Ivan’s idea is to introduce spatial thinking to organisations, look at places through a demographic lens, and use the power of storytelling to be persuasive. Today over 40 smart people have joined him in this mission. Each year over 1.5 million people use id’s 500+ web applications to inform their decision-making. Over 10,000 people subscribe to .id’s newsletter and over 50,000 learn from .id’s blog every month. Today over 30 smart people have joined him in this mission. Each year over 1.5 million people use id’s 500+ web applications to inform their decision-making. 10,000 people subscribe to .id’s newsletter and over 30,000 learn from .id’s blog every month. Ivan loves surfing, his family and the dog.

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2 Responses

  1. Robin Spragg says:

    Has anyone done a study of the effect of the Christchurch earthquake on the movements of that city’s population?

    How many have moved away temporarily and how many permanently? Have they started to move back ? In fact, is there any way to count them?

    • Ivan says:

      Thanks for the comment Robin. Stats New Zealand provides an excellent resource at the following ‘earthquake protal’ link:
      http://www.stats.govt.nz/tools_and_services/services/earthquake-info-portal.aspx

      We used some of this work as input into our assumptions for the Wellington forecasts (in particular the reports on overseas experience and the school enrolments information). I am loath to stick my neck out and quote figures… there are quite a few different figures being bandied about, so I suggest you click on the link and have a look.

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