Human Capital Flight w/ ACTS James McDowall & Kea NZ's Kellie Addison: August 19, 2022

As access to international travel from New Zealand re-opens, conversations about human capital flight have become incredibly prevalent. 

More colloquially titled “Brain Drain”, human capital flight refers to white collar workers leaving their home country for better opportunities overseas. 

Conversations have recently touched on if New Zealand is receiving and adequate amount of migrants to stop our workforce from suffering. 

First, Liam spoke to ACTs James McFarland, on why his party thinks Human Capital Flight is an issue and what needs to be done.

In popular discussion, the focus of human capital flight has largely been on the negative impacts new zealanders leaving the country has.

Kea New Zealand is organised  around keeping New Zealand expats connected to their country.

Liam also had a chat to their global communications director, Kellie Addison, about their network and the benefits of New Zealanders travelling abroad.

Kea is currently looking for particapants in a survery of Kiwis thinking about leaving Aotearoa in the next 12-18 months - if this sounds lik you, you can fill it out here: https://survey.keanewzealand.com/zs/XjBUJH