Auckland Inhabitants

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New Zealand's biggest and most prominent town, Auckland is home to one in three inhabitants. It will not continue to grow until the coming years; the town is expected to make up 60 per cent of the total increase in the next ten years, with high migration from other parts of New Zealand and above all from abroad (above all from Asia) to drive this up.

Indeed, the recent population survey showed that an astonishing 40 per cent of Auckland's inhabitants were native foreigners, making it a "superdiverse" town. The Auckland is a symbol of New Zealand's journey from its traditionally euro-rooted origins to a new era of multi-culturalism and ethnical variety. Auckland is a land proud to live a simple lifestyle, and because of its culture change and fast pace of economic development, it is at variance with many other parts of the world.

Auckland is younger, richer, better trained and regionally more varied than the remainder of New Zealand. Economic scientists and external commentators trace Auckland's high rate of economic expansion and migration to the requirements of the world' s advanced economies, as the town is home to many highly paid employment in the services and technological-sector.

I' m not the only one who noticed this - when a girlfriend who studied at the University of Wellington came to visit a few week ago, she said she could see more variety and action in Auckland than she was used to in Wellington, the nation's capitol. Auckland' s thriving populations have seen a huge rise in property values for Auckland's inhabitants - the mean selling rate is NZD 876,075 (USD 581,544), which has put homeowners out of range for many low-income urban labour.

Some of the folks I spoke to would favour a more tight migration policy to keep home costs down, and I cannot help but feel their fear that alien funds will sell them out of their own four walls. However, the new residential market is only part of the issue - the town is not able to maintain the availability of new properties to cover the population.

The number of players who play football, ball, golf, baseball, football, badminton etc. is growing rapidly, while the number of players participating in New Zealand's greatest game, football, is no match for them. Whilst it can be expected that the greatest and most beloved game of all - the All Blacks, the best game in the word, have just won their second successive FIFA Women's Cup? championship - the sporting scene will develop to mirror the strong growth in migration.

I have also noted that Kiwis who live outside Auckland see the town more as "another", more busy and more business. Several of the travel leaders and laborers in more rustic areas said they had left the town to get more room and cleanliness. This does not mean that Auckland does not offer enough possibilities to get away from urban activities - if you have a vehicle, there are very beautiful and remote woods and secluded shores which are only half an hours from Auckland.

Most Kiwis I spoke to outside of Auckland, however, felt that urban lifestyle was not for them; they would rather live in one of the many smaller cities that shape the New Zealand landscape. To many kiwis, the town is so different that it could be a different state.

Auckland' s demographic changes have made it an "exhibit A" for New Zealand' s evolving population. Whilst the local people have mostly responded in a positive way to the increasing influx of immigrants, it will be interesting to see how people' s attitude will be changed in the future. New Zealand and Auckland will keep evolving to take on the new realities of 21st cent.