The report measures social cohesion in New Zealand across five dimensions with Australian comparison: sense of belonging, sense of worth, social inclusion and justice, participation, and acceptance and rejection. It finds that New Zealand’s social cohesion is 8 percentage points lower than in Australia and New Zealand lags on every dimension.

This report provides the New Zealand public with a broad overview of the current state of the national housing market and the housing system. This overview takes the form of a series of brief reviews of various housing outcomes and policy areas and backs these with extensive data and additional references.