Changing roles: the pleasures and pressures of being a grandparent in New Zealand

A Families Commission report on grandparents, published in February 2010 (PDF, 1.23 MB).

Combining work and eldercare: a study of employees in two city councils who provide informal care for older people

A Department of Labour study (PDF, 146 KB).

Enhancing wellbeing in an ageing society

A multi-year research programme that looks to improve the future wellbeing of older people.

Mature workers in New Zealand

Information about mature workers from Career Services.

Wisanow

A social networking site for midlife women.

Breheny, Mary, and Christine Stephens. Older adults’ experiences of family life: linked lives and independent living: a qualitative analysis of interviews with thirty-six older adults. Wellington: Families Commission, 2007.

Fleming, Robin. The common purse: income sharing in New Zealand families. Auckland: Auckland University Press; Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1997.

The Kiwi nest: 60 years of change in New Zealand families. Wellington: Families Commission, 2008.

Koopman-Boyden, P., ed. Transactions in the mid-life family. Hamilton: Population Association of New Zealand, 2000.