There is currently no measure of poverty for older people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Without such a measure we cannot track the impacts of policy changes in this space. As for our Child Poverty statistics, implementation of a set of measures that can track progress across the years is critical to ensure that we can be working towards meaningful change for our most vulnerable older people.
With the support of funding from the Louisa and Patrick Emmett Murphy Foundation and the Helen Stewart Royle Charitable Trust, the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) has developed an early framework for an Older Persons Poverty Monitor which would provide an annual update on the poverty status of this demographic.
This document seeks your feedback on our approach to the demographic scope of this project, our definition of poverty, the domains we want to track it in, and the measures we want to use to do this.
Please give your feedback by:
– attending one of our webinars
– NZCCSS members, August 12th, register here
– Open session, August 14th, register here
– Researchers and academics, August 19, register here
– National Forum for Healthy Ageing members, August 21, register here
– submitting your feedback through our online form
– directly emailing the lead analyst on this work on [email protected]
The end date for this engagement is August 31, 2025.
You can find the full content of this engagement document here: