Jocelyn Crowley: The reality of a ‘grey divorce’

September 28, 2025

Divorce in later life – or grey divorce – is on the rise in New Zealand. Divorces among people over 50 sits just shy of 40 percent at last count, up 7 percent in the last decade. This echoes the upwards trending rates around the globe. Most commonly, they are initiated by women. 

Jocelyn Crowley, a professor of public policy at Rutgers University in the US has researched and written Gray Divorce, She joins Jim to discuss. 

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Radio New Zealand. September 28, 2025

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