Each general election year the Federation of Grey Power Associations Inc Board agree to an election strategy which aims to, firstly, to inform the general election candidates whose parties are above the 5% threshold of our concerns and to provide our policy on some current issues facing older people. Secondly, to ascertain what each political party's election policy is on these issues to enable a memorandum to be sent to associations and a Grey Power Quarterly magazine article to be written for members which allows them to compare relevant Grey Power policies with those of the main political parties.

There are approximately 760,000 older people (65+ years) in New Zealand. However, very little has been
said in the election promises published to date about older people specifically although many of the political party’s policies will affect this group. This paper will provide a précis of the most pertinent policies on issues which Grey Power consider of real importance in 2023. According to each party’s website and Grey Power’s discussions with politicians these policies have been announced to date. However, several parties have not released a specific policy manifesto or if they have, they are adding more policies. Nevertheless, this information was relevant at the time the article was sent to the magazine publisher.

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