Jocelyn Crowley: The reality of a ‘grey divorce’

From Sunday Morning, 11:20 am on 28 September 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. 

A gold wedding ring with a crack in it.

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