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title: "Longer, better, more sustainable lives: Five priority areas for investment in 2025"
description: We present 5 areas for investment including broad, universal and low-cost investment as well as targeted investment for those most in need of direct intervention.
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# [Longer, better, more sustainable lives: Five priority areas for investment in 2025](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/longer-better-more-sustainable-lives-five-priority-areas-for-investment-in-2025)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/the-nzier-team) | August 18, 2025

*A report for the  Selwyn Foundation.*

In this report, we present five areas for investment including broad, universal and low-cost investment as well as targeted investment for those most in need of direct intervention. The priority areas represent the most significant challenges of New Zealand’s current approach to longevity: Ageism, unsuitable and unaffordable housing, a lack of long-term planning, loneliness and social isolation, and poor health outcomes.

 

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