Addressing Loneliness in Aotearoa Survey
Carers NZ is participating in a research project that addresses social isolation and loneliness among people with physical disabilities and their family/whānau carers. We want to explore the impacts of…
24/07/2024
State of Caring Survey 2025
State of Caring Survey 2025 Greetings / Kia ora / Kia orana / Malo e lelei / Talofa lava Thank you to everyone who completed and shared our State of…
06/12/2024
AUT Study – Looking for people aged 55 years and over
Researchers at the Auckland University of Technology are looking for people aged 55 years and over to talk about how being harmed or mistreated as an older person by somebody…
24/07/2024
Loneliness Meetings – Waikato region
Waikato Loneliness Events We are currently talking to Waikato communities about loneliness and social isolation. We all experience these feelings sometimes, but how much loneliness and isolation is too much,…
06/06/2024
Government needs to make family carers’ payments simple and sensible
The Court of Appeal has just released a decision that family carers of disabled people are not employees of Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People. While it is good to…
17/04/2024
Changes to Disability Funding
Thank you so much for your responses to our survey! We are very grateful that so many of you took the time to share your experiences. To read responses, collated…
21/03/2024
Richard Terrill on Loneliness
New Zealand Air Force veteran and RSA representative for Let’s End Loneliness, Richard Terrill, says that the profound loneliness he felt when he was a young man and away from…
19/12/2023
Carers NZ around the motu
Carers NZ will be talking to carers around Aotearoa New Zealand in the coming months. It will be nice to see each other in person for sharing, connection, nibbles and…
09/11/2023