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"Benefiting from the global trend": NZ's international student numbers continue to rise

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Wed, 20 May 2026, 6:21am
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"Benefiting from the global trend": NZ's international student numbers continue to rise

Author
Newstalk ZB ,
Publish Date
Wed, 20 May 2026, 6:21am

New Zealand is benefiting from other countries' visa crackdowns as international students look elsewhere.

More than 92 thousand students were enrolled last year, up 11% on the year prior, but still well down on pre-Covid numbers.

Waikato University Vice-Chancellor Neil Quigley told Ryan Bridge it's not just politics in the United States that are leading people here.

He says visa policies in Canada, Australia, and the UK are changing too.

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