MSD's 2025 Long-term Insights Briefing
MSD is currently consulting on the topic of its next Long-term Insights Briefing. MSD is proposing the following topic:
Current and future disadvantage for older New Zealanders.
MSD has proposed the topic on the basis of evidence that suggests disadvantage for older people has the potential to become an issue of increasing significance for New Zealand, due to a combination of demographic changes, social and economic trends, and public finance constraints.
MSD would like to better understand these kinds of issues for New Zealand's ageing population and their implications for policies and services. For this reason we are proposing this topic for the 2025 LTIB.
More information on Long Term Insights Briefings can be found at the DPMC website.
We want your feedback on this topic.
We welcome your thoughts on:
- Do we have the right topic? To what extent is the issue an important thing for the Ministry of Social Development to consider?
- What are the most critical changes we expect in the coming decades that could have a significant impact on the wellbeing of older people in the future?
- Are we missing anything significant? Is there any other feedback you want to provide?
Here is the consultation document and a summary:
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.
All feedback is due by 25 October 2024.
Next Steps
Once we have all feedback we will confirm the topic and prepare the draft briefing.
A second round of consultation on the draft briefing will take place in early 2025, with the final LTIB due to be published in mid-2025.
