This isn't purely a New Zealand story, though, is it?

No, absolutely not.

So this is a dominant global trend now, given falling fertility rates and increase in lifespans.

So Japan is one of the most cited examples.

They're already deep into the reality of this.

But you can also see it happening across much of Europe and the Americas.

Governments and industries globally are grappling with the same fundamental question.

I mean, falls are one of the leading causes of serious injury and hospitalization for elderly people, so technology that can detect a fall and trigger an alert in real time is genuinely life-saving.And being able to track changes in movement patterns and your health records over time gives families and clinicians important early warning signs of decline.