Communities working towards becoming age friendly should develop a plan that focuses on their own specific strengths, cultures, and needs.
Before you develop your plan, make sure you understand your community’s current situation.
Step 2 – Complete an assessment
Aotearoa New Zealand is a unique and diverse nation. When planning, it is important to think about the impacts of our:
- geographic isolation
- relatively small population
- rural/urban split
- bicultural framework for relations between the Crown and Māori
- vulnerability to natural hazards such as flooding, extreme weather events, rising sea levels, earthquakes and tsunamis.
Make sure you also consider the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on your community, Aoteoroa as a whole, and any overseas stakeholders or partners you may be working with.