Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa of Samoa was assured of New Zealand’s support for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting by New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.

The two met in Auckland on Monday and had a talanoa session.

Mr. Luxon tweeted: “It was wonderful to reconnect in Auckland, discuss our shared Pacific priorities, and reconfirm NZ’s support for Samoa.”

However, hours after the meeting, and straight out of his cabinet meeting he indicated New Zealand to have a new look at immigration and this could mean even harder to gain entry into Aotearoa for those wishing to visit.

In a press conference in New Zealand, Mr. Luxon conceded that the current level of inbound migration into the country "doesn't feel sustainable at all", but he's not being drawn on what sorts of numbers the new Government would look to achieve.

He made his comments in an interview to RNZ, with the context being the plans for Australia to drastically cut back its numbers of inbound migrants.

In New Zealand, official figures for the 12 months to September show that we had a net inbound gain of migrants of 118,800 - a record high.

The New Zealand Reserve Bank, in releasing its latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) late last month devoted much comment to the surging migration, with the MPS noting that "there are signs that a stronger demand impulse from high population growth is emerging, contributing to an upward revision of our outlook for capacity pressure" and that "in recent months, high net immigration appears to have put more pressure on rental price growth".

He was asked about New Zealand's migration situation, Mr. Luxon said: "Really, to be honest, we are inheriting a system that’s been a complete hash."

He said New Zealand’s immigration system "closed New Zealand off" to all immigration for two years "at a time when employers were desperately looking for workers".

“And then Labour opened the floodgates just as the economy was starting to slow."

Mr. Luxon conceded that a net migration of 118,800 people "doesn’t feel sustainable for New Zealand at all".

“We’ve got to make sure we are working with Immigration New Zealand to make sure there are audits and checks in place – that it’s not just carte blanche and it isn’t just keep opening the floodgates and letting anyone and everyone into the country. That it is actually linked around skill and where we have skill shortages.

“We have to do a much better job," Mr. Luxon said.