MSD's 2025 Long-term Insights Briefing

Overview

Welcome! Haere mai!

MSD is proposing the following topic for our next Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB): Current and future disadvantage for older New Zealanders.

We are proposing this topic as we would like to better understand this issue for New Zealand’s ageing population and its implications for policies and services.

We know that people aged 65 and over are a significant and growing population group in New Zealand, and that New Zealand has been a good place to grow old for most people. However, evidence suggests that more New Zealanders could experience hardship as they age due to decreases in homeownership rates, increases in the cost of living, and life expectancy increasing faster than health expectancy.

We are keen to hear your views on whether this is the right issue for MSD to consider.

Why your views matter

Although LTIB’s are not government policy, they may inform future policy advice by government agencies. They will also inform research and public discussion of the issues and opportunities.  

The briefings process means the public help us collectively as a country think about, and plan for, the future on an issue that could have increased significance for New Zealand.

The consultation document and summary provide more information about the LTIB and the proposed topic.

How to provide feedback

You can provide feedback by:

• completing a short survey
• or by contributing a written submission - please use this submission form and email it to ofs@msd.govt.nz, or you can mail your submission to: Long Term Insights Briefing Consultation, PO Box 1556, Wellington 6140

The survey

The questions should take about 5 minutes to answer, and your participation is voluntary. This means you can withdraw from the survey at any time. A decision not to participate will have no effect on your relationship with MSD, or continued involvement with our services.
 
We don't collect any personal information that enables us to identify you, which means your responses will stay completely anonymous. Please do not enter any personal details in the text fields provided in the survey.

Your information is safe with us. All the collected information is safely stored within MSD and can only be accessed by authorised staff working on the briefing.

Once the data collection is completed and the final analysis report has been produced and presented, all your data will be deleted from our data storage. 
 
If you have any concerns or questions about this survey, please contact ofs@msd.govt.nz

The closing date for submissions and completed online surveys is 5pm, 25 October 2024.

We don't collect any personal information that enables us to identify you and your responses will stay completely anonymous. Please do not enter any personal details in the text fields provided in the survey.