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“I’ve travelled a really long way to find out New Zealand is the best place to be” (Image: Tina Tiller)

‘You notice what makes New Zealand special’: Coming home in 2020

Simon Day spoke to Charlotte Ward, chief people officer at Kiwibank, about what it was like to return to New Zealand in 2020.
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By Simon Day | 22nd December, 2020
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Coming Home: If we want returning New Zealanders to stay, we need a plan

Coming Home: If we want returning New Zealanders to stay, we need a plan

In the final part of Coming Home, hosts Duncan Greive and Jane Yee ask what can be done to keep returning New Zealanders on our shores post-pandemic.
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By The Spinoff | 15th December, 2020
Staff writers
Image: Tina Tiller

Coming Home: For many returning New Zealanders, it’s been a bumpy landing

In the fourth part of Coming Home, hosts Duncan Greive and Jane Yee ask what it was like to return to New Zealand this year – and why it wasn’t always a smooth landing.
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By The Spinoff | 8th December, 2020
Staff writers
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Coming Home: The push and pull bringing New Zealanders back from overseas

For decades we've felt the magnetic pull of big cities overseas. But in an uncertain year, many of us saw those pull factors become push factors to come home.
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By The Spinoff | 1st December, 2020
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Coming Home: Who’s returning to New Zealand, and what did they leave behind?

In part two of Coming Home, hosts Duncan Greive and Jane Yee meet more recently returned New Zealanders and learn what factors drew them abroad and what life looked like in their new home countries.
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By The Spinoff | 24th November, 2020
Staff writers
Coming Home, a new limited podcast series brought to you by The Spinoff and Kiwibank

Coming Home: A brand new podcast series on the New Zealanders who returned home during the pandemic

Thousands of highly-skilled New Zealanders are returning from overseas as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But why did they leave in the first place? Listen to episode one of Coming Home now.
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By The Spinoff | 17th November, 2020
Staff writers
Coming Home, a new limited podcast series brought to you by The Spinoff and Kiwibank

Announcing Coming Home, a podcast about New Zealand’s ‘brain gain’

In our new podcast series Coming Home, we talk to some of the many highly skilled New Zealanders who’ve returned in 2020 and explore what it means for us as a country.
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By The Spinoff | 11th November, 2020
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