The number of people wanting to live in New Zealand long term continues to reach new highs.
Official figures show there was a net gain of 57,800 people in the year to May, driven by more arrivals and fewer departures.
It is the 10th successive month of record highs.
More people arrived from India on student visas and from China, Britain and the Philippines.
A net 1,382 New Zealanders left for Australia in the year to May, the smallest annual loss since 1992.
On a monthly basis, Statistics New Zealand said the country had a seasonally adjusted net gain of 5,100 migrants in May.
The agency said more people arrived from Australia than departed across the Tasman for the second month in a row, with a net gain of 100.
Senior economist at ASB Chris Tennant-Brown said migration was closing in on the 60,000 a year mark and there was little sign that was waning.
"We've seen pretty stable levels of inflows and outflows over the past six months or so.
"The drivers don't look like they are going to change," he added.
Separately, the number of visitors rose 10 percent to 176,700 in May, due to an increasing number of tourists from China.
The total number of travellers rose 7 percent to 2.98 million in the year to May.
Before April this year there had not been a net gain in migrants from Australia since 1991.
