This report looks back on one decade and forward to a brand new one. These reports measure the progress of people’s wellbeing. The focus of social progress is often set against dominant public discourse around narrow measures of economic growth. It is heartening to see a ‘people-oriented’ emphasis adopted by economists and the current Government, with wellbeing increasingly incorporated into measures of economic prosperity.

This report looks at five specific areas of social wellbeing and measures outcomes that impact on the wellbeing of the communities, whānau and individuals that The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora works with: Our Children, Work & Incomes, Crime & Punishment, Social Hazards and Housing. Many of these indicators have been tracked in State of the Nation reports for more than a decade. We have also included a further set of indicators measuring outcomes for Māori inequalities that were first used in the State of the Nation Report 2019. (From the report). Record #6526