Man shortage in NZ
I came across this old article by way of the Eternal Bachelor archives :
NZ and Australia in 'man drought'
CANBERRA - Is the great Kiwi OE stealing our men? With far more 30-something women than men, this is not a good time to be a single woman looking for a mate in the Antipodes.
Nor is the news good for governments on either side of the Tasman, increasingly chewing their nails as their economies outstrip the supply of skills needed to feed them.
And our young, single men continue to vanish at a gathering pace, heading overseas and never returning.
According to Australian demographer Bernard Salt, that's already resulted in an increasingly matriarchal New Zealand culture and will continue to change everything from households to consumption patterns.
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