Osteoporosis New Zealand

What Osteoporosis New Zealand does

Osteoporosis New Zealand (ONZ) is a registered charitable trust founded on World Osteoporosis Day in 1999 and the only national organisation in New Zealand dedicated exclusively to improving bone health and preventing fragility fractures. Its mission is delivered through three engagement tracks — public education for individuals and families, clinical enablement for healthcare professionals, and policy advocacy for government — coordinated through a small headquarters team in Auckland. ONZ's flagship operational asset is the Australian and New Zealand Fragility Fracture Registry (ANZFFR), which records patient journeys for Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) teams and supports benchmarking via 15 evidence-based KPIs and a Refracture Tracker; the registry reached 50,000 patients in November 2025 (roughly 1 in 108 New Zealanders) with coverage of eligible patients rising from 55% in Year 1 to 72% in Year 2.

Its core technology surface consists of three audience-portalled websites (osteoporosis.org.nz, knowyourbones.org.nz, fragilityfracture.co.nz), free self-assessment and clinical decision-support tools (Know Your Bones, FRAX and Garvan Fracture Risk Calculators, Clinical Checklist for Early Detection), and the ANZHFR HipCast podcast. ONZ coordinates 22 Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) teams covering 98.9% of New Zealand, the Fracture Liaison Network NZ (FLNNZ) professional development forum, and the FLS Lead Clinicians Group — collectively the operational backbone of secondary fracture prevention in the country. Its National Clinical Standards for FLS (built on the 5IQ framework: Identification, Investigation, Information, Intervention, Integration, Quality) have been formally endorsed by government agencies (ACC, Te Whatu Ora, Ministry of Health) and by seven international bodies (IOF, FFN, ANZHFR, ANZFFR, Healthy Bones Australia, Osteoporosis Canada, Royal Osteoporosis Society), and have informed Australia's clinical standards for secondary fracture prevention.

ONZ is funded entirely through donations, bequests, memorial giving and corporate partnerships rather than product pricing. Its registered-charity revenue model combines recurring and one-off individual donations, planned-giving/bequests, in-memory tribute donations, and structured corporate partner programmes offering visibility, workforce-wellness collaboration and joint research opportunities. The organisation monetises influence rather than services — its measurable 'revenue' is policy and behavioural outcomes: an 80% 12-week risk-assessment rate for fragility fracture patients, a 55% 16-week treatment-initiation rate, a two-year refracture rate of 8.0% versus 11.3% internationally, and ACC-projected healthcare-system savings of 57,764 bed-days over five years from universal FLS access.

Name

Osteoporosis New Zealand

Legal name

Osteoporosis New Zealand Charitable Trust

Website

https://osteoporosis.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Osteoporosis New Zealand is the only national charitable trust dedicated to bone health and fragility fracture prevention in New Zealand, coordinating 22 Fracture Liaison Service teams covering 98.9% of the country and operating the ANZFFR registry for individuals, healthcare professionals, and policymakers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bone Health Advocacy

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAKADAJ

Metabolic Bone & Calcium Disorders (Osteoporosis/Parathyroid)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Endocrinology & Diabetes

Keywords

• Bone health charity
• Fracture prevention services
• Fragility fracture registry
• Fracture liaison services
• Osteoporosis awareness education

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Osteoporosis New Zealand is a registered charitable trust that relies on donations from individuals to fund public awareness, education, and advocacy programmes. Donations may be one-time or recurring contributions.
2. Bequests and Legacy Giving: Individuals can leave a gift in their will (bequest) to support future research, support services, and ongoing work to improve bone health. ONZ offers the ability to direct gifts to specific projects or general work.
3. Memorial Giving: Donations in memory of a loved one, including funeral collections, tribute donations, and fundraising in memory of someone who had or was at risk of osteoporosis.
4. Corporate Partnership Programmes: Organisations can partner with Osteoporosis New Zealand to align with a trusted health charity. Benefits include visibility, brand alignment, workforce wellness initiatives, collaboration opportunities, recognition in publications and events, and impact reports. Partnerships provide a revenue stream through formalised organisational support arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Osteoporosis New Zealand is a national charitable trust that coordinates secondary fracture prevention and bone health education across New Zealand. It operates a national network of 22 Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) teams covering 98.9% of the country, runs the Australian and New Zealand Fragility Fracture Registry (ANZFFR), provides free public-facing and clinical resources via osteoporosis.org.nz, and advocates to government for policy and funding support for bone health.

Product overview

Osteoporosis New Zealand operates primarily as a national charity and advocacy organisation rather than a technology product company. Its core digital offering consists of the Osteoporosis New Zealand website (osteoporosis.org.nz), which serves three primary audiences — individuals and families, healthcare professionals, and policymakers — and hosts or references several interconnected products and resources. These include the Know Your Bones™ online self-assessment tool, the Australian and New Zealand Fragility Fracture Registry (ANZFFR), Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) with associated Clinical Standards, the Clinical Publications resource page, the ANZHFR HipCast podcast, the Stay Independent Falls Prevention Toolkit, and strategic documents (Stronger Together and Stronger Together in Action). A National Patient Network is planned for launch in 2025. The organisation's work also encompasses the Live Stronger for Longer Programme for community strength and balance classes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Know Your Bones A free online fracture risk self-assessment questionnaire that evaluates personal risk factors and generates a personalised report showing the user's risk of fracture and suggestions for improving bone health, designed for discussion with a healthcare provider.
• Australian and New Zealand Fragility Fracture Registry (ANZFFR) A clinical registry supporting Fracture Liaison Services in day-to-day patient management, enabling benchmarking and quality improvement, and tracking whether patients experience further fractures, with 50,000+ patient journeys recorded.
• Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) Specialised care teams focused on secondary fracture prevention for patients aged 50 and older who have sustained a fragility fracture, conducting comprehensive risk assessments, treatment guidance, and falls prevention referrals.
• Clinical Standards for Fracture Liaison Services National clinical standards providing best-practice guidelines for secondary fracture prevention, setting benchmarks for identifying, assessing, and managing patients with fragility fractures across New Zealand's FLS programmes.
• ANZHFR HipCast Podcast A podcast series produced by the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry featuring episodes on hip fracture care best practices, clinical standards, and excellence in fragility fracture prevention.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of fragility fracture patients received bone health and falls risk assessment within 12 weeks
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hato Hone St JohncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026ONZ partnered with Hato Hone St John (along with ACC and Wellington Free Ambulance) to create 'Standing Stronger Together', a practical community resource for falls prevention awareness designed to help people live independently at home for longer.
• Fragility Fracture Network (FFN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ collaborates with the global Fragility Fracture Network, which is instrumental in promoting best-practice fragility fracture care worldwide. FFN's Global FFN Special Interest Group Advisory Group for Secondary Fragility Fracture Prevention includes ONZ's Kim Fergusson as co-Lead. ONZ's Clinical Lead Dr. Frazer Anderson works on the ANZFFR, connected to FFN's international frameworks. FFN endorsed ONZ's Stronger Together national strategy.
• International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ is affiliated with the International Osteoporosis Foundation, which endorsed ONZ's Stronger Together national strategy. IOF's Capture the Fracture Programme provides internationally endorsed standards (Best Practice Framework) that ONZ's FLS align with. ONZ participates in IOF's Asia Pacific Bone Health Conference and APCO initiatives.
• Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ is a key partner in the ANZHFR, which tracks hip fracture care across Australia and New Zealand. ONZ's Stewart Fleming serves as webmaster for the registry. ONZ's Clinical Lead Dr. Frazer Anderson serves as Clinical Lead for the ANZFFR, with the registries sharing data infrastructure and quality improvement frameworks.
• Australian and New Zealand Fragility Fracture Registry (ANZFFR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ developed and operates the ANZFFR in partnership with clinical networks. The registry enables FLS teams to benchmark care against national clinical standards and the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard, tracks patient outcomes including refracture events via the Refracture Tracker, and produces annual reports. ONZ's Dr. Frazer Anderson is Clinical Lead for the ANZFFR and Stewart Fleming is webmaster.
• Healthy Bones AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthy Bones Australia endorsed ONZ's Stronger Together national strategy. ONZ collaborates with Healthy Bones Australia on trans-Tasman clinical standards alignment, with Australian clinical standards for secondary fracture prevention significantly informed by ONZ's Clinical Standards for FLS.
• Osteoporosis CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOsteoporosis Canada endorsed ONZ's Stronger Together national strategy. Both organisations share knowledge on FLS implementation and osteoporosis care, with ONZ's Kim Fergusson having trained and worked in Canada.
• Royal Osteoporosis Society (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Royal Osteoporosis Society endorsed ONZ's Stronger Together national strategy. ONZ has launched a 'Sister Society Spotlight' feature to highlight innovative initiatives from ROS and other international osteoporosis organisations. ROS's work on vertebral fracture initiatives, DXA investment, and FLS development informs ONZ's advocacy.
• Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACC is a key government partner for ONZ, providing funding, data, and policy collaboration. ACC analysis estimates universal FLS access could save 57,764 hospital bed days over five years. ONZ collaborated with ACC on the Briefing on Bone Health in New Zealand and the national Live Stronger for Longer Programme. ACC funds the ANZFFR and FLS infrastructure.
• Te Whatu Ora / Health New ZealandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ collaborates with Te Whatu Ora/Health New Zealand on the National Clinical Network for FLS and broader bone health strategy. ONZ advocates for formal recognition of the FLS network as an official National Clinical Network by Health NZ.
• bpacnz (Best Practice Advocacy Centre)minorStrategic or Co-development Partnerbpacnz adapted the Stay Independent Falls Prevention Toolkit for use in New Zealand in collaboration with the Health Quality and Safety Commission. ONZ references this resource in its falls prevention guidance for healthcare professionals and individuals.
• Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ participates in APCO, which partnered with IOF to produce the 2025 Asia Pacific Regional Audit covering 22 countries and regions. New Zealand achieved a leading country rating in this audit. ONZ's Strategic Advisor Paul Mitchell is a member of the APCO Executive Committee.
• Fracture Liaison Network New Zealand (FLNNZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLNNZ is a professional network of FLS coordinators and clinical leads across New Zealand, coordinated by ONZ's Kim Fergusson as Fracture Liaison Professional Development Facilitator and Coordinator. FLNNZ facilitates professional development and information sharing among FLS teams.
• Health Quality and Safety Commission New ZealandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Health Quality and Safety Commission collaborated with bpacnz on the New Zealand adaptation of the Stay Independent Falls Prevention Toolkit. ONZ references this resource in its clinical guidance and patient information.
• Ministry of Health New ZealandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ advocates for government policy support from the Ministry of Health as part of its 'Stronger Together' strategy. ONZ's work aims to influence health policy priorities and integrate bone health into national health strategies.
• University of AucklandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ's Board Member Professor Jillian Cornish leads the Cell and Molecular Bone/Joint Biology Research Group at the University of Auckland. ONZ's Dr. Susannah O'Sullivan is an honorary senior lecturer at the University's Department of Pharmacology. Distinguished Professor Ian Reid is also at the University of Auckland.
• University of Notre Dame AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ's Strategic Advisor Adjunct Professor Paul Mitchell is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame Australia, providing academic credibility and international research connections.
• Health New Zealand WaitemataminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerONZ's Advisory Group member Dr. David Kim works as a consultant at Health New Zealand Waitemata and chairs the clinical lead group of Fracture Liaison Services in New Zealand. The Waitemata Hip Fracture Team has won five consecutive ANZHFR Golden Hip Awards.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Royal Osteoporosis Society (UK): The UK's national charity for osteoporosis, and a Strategic Partner that endorsed Stronger Together. Directly comparable in mission (bone health, FLS advocacy, vertebral fracture initiatives, DXA investment), with ROS used as a benchmark for ONZ's per-capita workforce impact estimates.
• Osteoporosis Canada: Canada's national osteoporosis charity; ONZ's Kim Fergusson trained in Canada before moving to NZ. Directly comparable as a non-profit focused on fracture prevention, FLS implementation knowledge-sharing, and patient/policy advocacy.
• Swiss Association against Osteoporosis: Switzerland's national osteoporosis charity. Directly comparable as a European non-profit providing patient education, clinical guidance, and advocacy to reduce fragility fractures, operating under a similar donation-funded model.
• Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (US): The US national bone-health charity (formerly National Osteoporosis Foundation). Directly comparable as a non-profit providing patient education, clinical guidance, and advocacy for secondary fracture prevention, though operating at a much larger US scale.
• Healthy Bones Australia: Australia's national osteoporosis charity and trans-Tasman sister organisation. Directly comparable as a non-profit dedicated to bone health awareness, secondary fracture prevention, and clinical standards; Australian FLS standards were significantly informed by ONZ's Clinical Standards.

Broad incumbents

• International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF): The global umbrella organisation for osteoporosis that endorsed ONZ's Stronger Together strategy and operates the Capture the Fracture Programme. Comparable as a coordinating body for bone-health policy, registries, and clinical standards across many national members.
• Fragility Fracture Network (FFN): The global network promoting multidisciplinary fragility fracture care, whose Global FFN Special Interest Group for Secondary Fragility Fracture Prevention is co-led by ONZ's Kim Fergusson. Comparable in its FLS advocacy, and awarded ONZ's Paul Mitchell a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.

Regional players

• Japan Osteoporosis Society: Japan's national clinical and patient-oriented osteoporosis society; Japan was among the four leading countries in the APCO-IOF 2025 Audit alongside NZ. Comparable as a national bone-health organisation with strong policy and clinical engagement, but operating primarily in Japan rather than competing with ONZ.
• Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO): The Asia Pacific regional bone-health body that partnered with IOF on the 2025 Asia Pacific Regional Audit, in which NZ achieved a leading-country rating. Comparable as a regional coordination and benchmarking organisation, with ONZ's Paul Mitchell serving on its Executive Committee.
• Osteoporosis New Zealand Sister Society (Singapore): Singapore's national osteoporosis society; Singapore was one of the four APCO-IOF leading countries. Comparable as a national bone-health body focused on awareness, prevention, and FLS-style care coordination in an Asian context, not directly competing with ONZ.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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