The New Zealand Residence Programme (NZRP) contains permanent residence goals set by Government to meet New Zealand’s ongoing skills requirements and humanitarian commitments. The number of places available to migrants for each year ending 30 June under the NZRP is reviewed by Cabinet each year.
Currently the overall NZRP is set at 45,000 - 50,000 approved places. This includes:
- the Skilled/Business stream (approximately 26,800 - 29,950 places)
- Parent, Adult Child and Adult Sibling policies of the Family Sponsored stream (approximately 4,950 to 5,500 places)
- Partner and Dependent Child policies of the Family Sponsored stream (uncapped, estimated to be about 9,900 to 10,700 places for planning purposes), and
- the International /Humanitarian stream (approximately 3,350 to 3,850 places).