Asians are dominating in visitor and international student numbers and in most family-migration categories to New Zealand.

Aucklanders have never embraced the kind of concentrated living arrangements envisioned in the Unitary Plan, writes Dick Quax.

It is telling that the increase in immigrants projected in the Auckland Council's 30-year plan has attracted very little comment. Until now, that is.

I don't know about you, but the Census was a bit of a letdown for me.

The number of new international students approved to study in New Zealand has dropped nearly a quarter since 2009 despite government measures to boost the industry.

The folks in rural Rodney never were too keen on being in the Super City.

Towns in New Zealand's regional areas should be made more enticing to slow the mammoth population growth expected in Auckland in the next decade, a sociologist says.

Join us at noon today for a live chat with Geoff Cooper, economist for Auckland City.

Auckland's critical housing shortage worsened again last year - but the gap between population growth and house-building may be closing at last.

Waikato town planners are bracing for an overflow of Aucklanders from the Super City as it seeks to find living space for its booming population.

Just eight people have had their refugee status revoked after a long-running saga involving a global people-smuggling ring.

Three to four people will arrive in Auckland every hour, based on the next 30 years' population projections.

Overweight people have surprisingly beaten out your normal Joe Average on the mortality scale, a statistical survey of medical studies has shown.

Periodically, calls are made for a rapid expansion of the population of New Zealand - 15 million has been identified as a desirable target.

Northland has the highest rates of rheumatic fever in the country and last week visiting US expert Dr Stanford Shulman met health professionals to help with solutions.

Every hour, at least seven cars pass by Ame Khan's shop front window or, occasionally, someone comes in to order his specialty, "the Bro Burger".

Sun-lovers should head to the Bay of Plenty or Hawkes Bay for the best weather this summer, but most of the country can expect warmer, drier weather.