New Zealanders are unhappy about a surge in immigration into their country, despite – or perhaps because of – having a population of only 4.5 million people. Record levels of new arrivals in recent years have led Winston Peters, a populist MP and former foreign minister, to call for an immediate cut. Now it’s been reported that Andrew Little, leader of the opposition Labour Party, will take up the issue during September’s general election Mr Little said: “We cannot continue to jam at least 70,000 new people into New Zealand a year, as we have been doing for the last two years. We’re entering the third year of doing so now.” New Zealand’s economic position is strong at present. The economy grew by 3.6 per cent in 2016 thanks to increasing dairy exports to China, wine to the United States and…