Businesses and migrants want immigration reset - will Government listen?

New Zealand's net migration has been negative since March 2021.   
 
In the year to April, 8500 more people left than arrived, heaping pressure on businesses already battling with a major labour shortage.  
 
Hospitals, schools, restaurants, hotels, banks and tech companies have all been calling on the Government to relax the immigration settings.  

But will the Government listen? And how bad do things have to become for changes to occur?     

Today, Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls joins Damien for a discussion about loosening the restrictions around fortress New Zealand. 

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