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Key statistics

Here you can find reports and surveys compiled by the Office for Seniors, as well as contact details.

Attitudes Towards Ageing research

New Zealand’s first all-ages research into our attitudes towards ageing reveals respect for seniors.

Across the generations, eight out of ten people surveyed said they had high levels of respect for seniors.

But one in ten of those aged 75-plus reported being socially isolated, and a higher number say they have, at times, felt invisible.

Eight in ten people said they had respect for seniors.

Attitudes Towards Ageing Report

Living longer and what it means

Key statistics

Key statistics on ageing population
Research on Ageing in NZ bibliography 2008-2015 (PDF 356.42KB)
The Business of Ageing update 2015 (PDF 1.13MB)
The Business of Ageing fact sheet (PDF 105.56KB)
The Business of Ageing technical report (PDF 1.17MB)

The ageing workforce

Ageing workforce survey 2014

Ageing workforce survey 2014 (Word 3.7MB)
Older workers could be used to solve skills shortages
Age discrimination in the workforce is under-reported

Better Later Life – He Oranga Kaumātua 2019 to 2034

Better Later Life indicators
COVID-19 indicators for older people
Positive ageing strategy report 2014 (PDF 3.98MB)
Positive ageing fact sheets (PDF 7.8MB)

Preventing elder abuse

Older man has coffee with adviser

Elder abuse and neglect in New Zealand summary report (PDF 2MB)
Elder abuse technical report (PDF 483.29KB)

Contact us

To contact the office, please email: osc@msd.govt.nz

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Related Information

The social isolation checklist (PDF 497.8KB)
No car No problem brochure (PDF 235.93KB)
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