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NZ’s birth rate problem is bigger than babies | The Front Page

19 August 2026

Brief

New Zealand’s birth rate stats just keep getting worse. The latest show ‘natural population growth’ has fallen to 18,700 for the year to June – the lowest it’s been since WWII. Births are at their lowest since 2003. So should we throw...

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New Zealand’s birth rate stats just keep getting worse. The latest show ‘natural population growth’ has fallen to 18,700 for the year to June – the lowest it’s been since WWII. Births are at their lowest since 2003. So should we throw...

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