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New Zealand's population has increased by another 43,400 people in the past year.
However, the year's growth was just lower than the average annual increase of 43,800 recorded since June 1997.
Data from Statistics New Zealand found the population increased by 1 per cent from 4,184,600 in June 2006 to 4,228,000 in June 2007.
Acting government statistician Cathryn Ashley-Jones said the growth was mainly due to the increase of births over deaths of 33,300 people.
The rest was accounted for by permanent and long-term arrivals exceeding departures by 10,100 people.
The median age for men was 35.3 years, up 2.8 years per cent from 10 years ago.
For women it was 36.9 years, up 2.9 years from 10 years ago.
- NZPA
