In June 2022, border crossings reached the highest for any month since border and travel restrictions were introduced in March 2020, according to Stats NZ.
The month of June 2022 saw 420,200 border crossings comprised of 206,000 arrivals and 214,100 departures. Previously, in May 2022, there were 344,800 border crossings. Current numbers are well below the almost one million border crossings in June 2019, before the pandemic hit.
Tehseen Islam, population indicators manager at Stats NZ, said that since the beginning of the year, as border restrictions progressively eased, there has been a significant increase in border crossings.
