Abstract
In March 2021 a report was launched about The Economic and Social Cost of Type 2 Diabetes in Aotearoa New Zealand by Associate Minister of Health Hon Peeni Henare. The Economic and Social Cost Of Type 2 Diabetes report was commissioned by Diabetes New Zealand, the University of Otago’s Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre (EDOR), Healthier Lives – He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge, and philanthropists Tony and Heather Falkenstein, and undertaken by PwC New Zealand.