Dear MBIE / Immigration New Zealand Team,

I am a Permanent Resident Visa holder of Aotearoa New Zealand.
I'm wanting to know details on work visas (AEWV) being approved by Immigration New Zealand as the media or publicly released information doesn't provide detailed numbers on this.

Please provide information on:

1) The number of AEWV applications approved between Jan 1st 2024 to 31st October 2025, broken down by the month.
Columns expected: Month, Number of Submitted or Accepted applications, Number of Approved applications

2) The number of AEWV applications approved between Jan 1st 2024 to 31st October 2025, broken down by the top 10 occupations (highest numbers of the approved AEWV applications in the duration) and month.
Columns expected: Occupation Code, Occupation Description, Month (column per month - Jan 2024 to October 2025), Total

3) The number of AEWV applications approved between Jan 1st 2024 to 31st October 2025, broken down by the top 10 nationalities (of applicants, ordered by the highest numbers of the approved AEWV applications in the duration) and month.

4) The average hourly rate for AEWV applications approved between Jan 1st 2024 to 31st October 2025, broken down by the top 10 occupations.
Columns expected: Occupation Code, Occupation Description, Approved applications, Average hourly wage rate
Notes: The occupation codes provided can be based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) or other latest standards you use.
The “top 10 occupations” are based on the 10 occupations that have the highest numbers of the approved AEWV applications between the duration requested in the question.
Response format used by INZ for the Appendix of DOIA-REQ-0007026 can be used as a reference.

This data is critical to understand skill shortages, wage level improvement or suppression trends and if the system is working as intended especially during times of a slowing economy and record high unemployment levels in our nation.
Hence, I also urge your team to consider making these details publicly available by means of a dashboard updated on a weekly or monthly basis.

Thanks,
R B