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To determine the nutrition risk prevalence and associated health and social risk factors amongst community‐living Māori and non‐Māori older adults in New Zealand.

As part of the 2014 Health, Work and Retirement postal survey, 2914 community‐living older adults (749 Māori) aged 49‐87 years completed the Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition (SCREEN II‐AB) to determine nutrition risk status and sociodemographic and health measures.

Half (50.2%) of Māori and 32.7% of non‐Māori were at nutrition risk. Independent risk factors were as follows: for Māori, being unpartnered and rating general health as fair, and for non‐Māori, being unpartnered and rating general health as fair or poor, lower life satisfaction, higher number of health conditions and emotional loneliness.

Findings highlight the need for culturally appropriate intervention …