As Kiwis, we’ve always punched above our weight. We’re the innovators, the builders, the "number 8 wire" thinkers. But there’s a quiet crisis unfolding in our suburbs and rural towns that no amount of backyard ingenuity can fix if we don't address it now. Our most precious resource is our future generations, and it is thinning out.
Right now, New Zealand’s total fertility rate sits at a historic low of just 1.52. For a population to naturally replace itself and sustain its economy, that number needs to be 2.1. We aren't just slightly below par; we are staring down a demographic cliff.
