Plans and Reports

Stronger Together sets out a bold national roadmap to transform bone health and fracture prevention across New Zealand. With more than 40 percent of New Zealanders projected to be aged 50 years or over by 2050, the strategy addresses one of the defining health challenges of our time – the growing impact of osteoporosis and fragility fractures on individuals, whānau, the Accident Compensation Corporation, and the wider health system.

Building on the foundations of its predecessor, BoneCare 2020, the strategy adopts a life-course approach – spanning hip fracture care, secondary and primary fracture prevention, bone health in older and younger adults, youth, and maternal nutrition. Each of its seven objectives is underpinned by evidence-based actions that together provide a coherent framework for lasting improvement.

Endorsed by leading international organisations – including the Fragility Fracture Network, International Osteoporosis Foundation, Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry, Australian and New Zealand Fragility Fracture Registry, Healthy Bones Australia, Osteoporosis Canada, and the Royal Osteoporosis Society – Stronger Together stands as both a national Call to Action and a global exemplar of collaborative leadership.

Osteoporosis New Zealand invites all who share this vision to join the all-of-society effort for better bone health. To help make this shared vision for a stronger, healthier future a reality, please contact info@osteoporosis.org.nz.

The Board of Trustees of the Osteoporosis New Zealand Charitable Trust have approved  Stronger Together in Action – Osteoporosis New Zealand’s Strategic Commitment to Bone Health in Aotearoa New Zealand 2025 – 2030.  To read the full document click here.

This Strategic Plan sets out Osteoporosis New Zealand’s (ONZ) direction from 2025 to 2030, providing a clear roadmap for reducing the burden of osteoporosis across the life course. The Plan allows ONZ to remain agile in a dynamic policy and healthcare environment while maintaining strategic continuity and focus.

Stronger Together in Action, is anchored by four Strategic Pillars that reflect both our core responsibilities and future ambitions:

• Care – Deliver high-quality secondary and primary fragility fracture prevention for all.
• Awareness – Strengthen public, system, and political understanding of bone health.
• Research – Use evidence and data to inform policy, improve care, and drive innovation.
• Sustainability – Secure the capacity and partnerships needed for long-term national leadership.

Stronger Together in Action reflects ONZ’s commitment to long-term system transformation — ensuring all New Zealanders have access to best-practice prevention and care for stronger bones, fewer fractures, and a better quality of life.

This particular Strategic Plan – Stronger Together in Action also represents ONZ’s specific contribution to Stronger Together: A Collaborative Strategy for Bone Health in New Zealand. – New Zealand’s collaborative national strategy for bone health – and forms part of the broader Call to Action for an “all-of-society” response.

This ONZ Briefing on Bone Health in New Zealand document highlights the immense burden that fragility fractures impose on older New Zealanders our healthcare system and the national economy.

In response to the rapidly aging population of New Zealand, ONZ has collaborated with the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and the health sector to develop a world class approach to the prevention of secondary fragility fractures. This briefing document also introduces a new strategy Stronger Together: A Collaborative Strategy for Bone Health in New Zealand, a comprehensive national strategy to optimise bone health throughout the life course that will be launched in 2025.