Paul Spoonley on Placemaking: Immigration and Demographics

When New Zealand media want to understand what’s going on in the growth and make up of our populations and the communities that comprise it, Professor Paul Spoonley is often the first person to talk to. A sociologist and demographer, Paul is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Honorary Research Associate at Te Kura Pukenga Tangata / College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University. He is also the NZ representative on an 18 country collaboration, under the prestigious Max Planck Institute, looking at the impacts of immigration on diversity and social cohesion. We talk to Paul about the changing face of Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa, how change is inevitable and how to better manage it. Paul Spoonley on LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/paul-spoonley-40700b20 The New New Zealand by Paul Spoonley: https://masseypress.ac.nz/products/the-new-new-zealand?srsltid=AfmBOoqjC2a0t292Cda8q4as-dTDIYYFmk09apFeibSGkW1qH8RHoVyY Max Planck Institute: Superdiversity - rethinking diversity: https://www.mpg.de/21983003/superdiversity-rethinking-diversity The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti https://moretti.econ.berkeley.edu/book (0:00) Introduction (2:08) The Max Planck Study on Super-diversity (3:23) Auckland's Immigration Diversity (4:02) Insights from the Super-diversity Study (5:02) Migrant Services in Auckland (5:59) Support that New Zealand can Provide to Migrants (9:02) The Need that Drives Immigration (10:49) The Effects on Immigrants on Jobs (14:14) Dependancy Ratios (16:58) Why Immigration Policies Need to Change (18:23) Key Elements Driving Demographic Change (20:22) How We Could Plan for Immigration (22:09) What this Change means for Auckland (25:43) On Uneven Growth Rates in New Zealand (26:58) Shifts in the School-aged Population (28:34) Our Level of Control over Population Levels (29:33) The Effects of Changes in Immigration Levels (31:28) The Things that Attract Immigrants (33:24) Auckland Council's Role in Immigration and Economic Development (38:14) Does our Approach to Housing work for Communities (41:51) The Growing Role of Māori in New Zealand's Future (44:33) The Benefits to us of Supporting Migrants to Integrate (46:47) Thank you Paul