Wright-St Clair, VANeville, SForsyth, VWhite, LNapier, S2017-03-092017-03-092017-03-042017-03-04Australasian Journal of Ageing. doi: 10.1111/ajag.123791741-6612https://hdl.handle.net/10292/10373To conduct an integrative review of empirical studies of loneliness for older people in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Loneliness is a risk factor for older people's poor physical and cognitive health, serious illness and mortality. A national survey showed loneliness rates vary by gender and ethnicity.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.New ZealandAgedEthnic groupsLonelinessSocial isolationJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1111/ajag.12379