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Time for employers to contribute to KiwiSavers of those aged over 65 years
8 hours ago

Time for employers to contribute to KiwiSavers of those aged over 65 years

Many New Zealanders are now working well past 65 years, but even if they are contributing to KiwiSav…

What to know when considering a retirement village
11 hours ago

What to know when considering a retirement village

There are lots of factors that come in to play when deciding whether to move into a retirement villa…

Tips for eating well in the colder months
2 weeks ago

Tips for eating well in the colder months

The winter months can prove a nutritional challenge for some of us; yet the wisdom of “Let food be t…

What to plant in your garden during May
3 weeks ago

What to plant in your garden during May

According to Palmers New Zealand, May is one of the most exciting gardening months on the calendar, …

Experience is an Arch: geriatric medicine, older people and ageing
4 weeks ago

Experience is an Arch: geriatric medicine, older people and ageing

Dick Sainsbury has decades of experience in geriatric medicine – first as a medical officer, then as…

Health & Wellbeing

  • What are the changes to New Zealand’s covid traffic light system?

    With New Zealand set to reach the peak of its Omicron outbreak …

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  • Pandemic planning: are you ready to isolate?

  • Strategies for coping with grief

  • How can I access a RAT test in New Zealand?

Community

  • The upsides of up-skilling in older age

    If there’s one thing that the pandemic has taught us, it’s the …

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  • Pandemic planning: are you ready to isolate?

  • Building stronger community connections can help reduce loneliness

  • New Drive-Through Christmas Foodbank Set to Help Preserve Dignity of Whanau

Retirement Living

  • What to know when considering a retirement village

    There are lots of factors that come in to play when deciding …

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  • Tips for eating well in the colder months

  • What to plant in your garden during May

  • Experience is an Arch: geriatric medicine, older people and ageing

Dementia

  • Can risks of dementia be avoided?

    For more than 12 years author Angela Caughey took care of her …

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  • A Better Brain for Life: Preventing Dementia and Other Chronic Diseases

  • New Zealand academics team up to develop book series for people with dementia: PLUS WIN ALL FIVE BOOKS

  • No, dementia is not a normal part of ageing

Resources

  • Time for employers to contribute to KiwiSavers of those aged over 65 years

    Many New Zealanders are now working well past 65 years, but even …

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  • What is a Funeral Trust?

  • Cracking Open the Nest Egg: how to make your retirement savings last the distance

  • Should kiwis expect a change to the superannuation scheme?

Eldernet Happenings

  • A new home for The Eldernet Group

    With our 25th birthday just around the corner, we’ve moved to a new home in the heart of New Brighton, Christchurch – less than 1km away from where the company began in 1997.

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  • Our latest Where from Here handbook proves a timely resource for older kiwis

  • Christchurch friends celebrate unbreakable 75-year bond

  • The latest Where from Here handbook is out now

Travel

  • What is the future of travel in a post-pandemic world?

    As New Zealand looks on track to curb its latest COVID-19 outbreak, many Kiwis are already starting to look forward to their next international trip. But how realistic is it that we will be travelling overseas in 2022? And if so, what might the process involve?

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  • Q&A – Practical Travel Tips

  • Tips to Prevent Jet-lag

  • Cruise tips

Transport

  • Renewing your driver’s licence simpler than you think

    A recent Stuff article written by journlaist Jim Tucker showed that renewing his driver's licence was much simpler than he thought. With permission from Waka Kotahi, we have taken some excerpts from its Renewing your driver licence as a senior handbook and website to give a brief overview of the licence renewal process. You can download the full handbook for free from the Waka Kotahi website or request free hardcopies by calling 0800 822 422.

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  • Our latest Where from Here handbook proves a timely resource for older kiwis

  • 12 ways to save at the petrol pump

  • Staying safe on New Zealand’s roads

Reviews

  • Win a copy of A Funny Life, Michael McIntyre’s new autobiography

    Having read Michael McIntyre’s first book Life & Laughing years ago, I …

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  • Cookbook Review: Home by Stephanie Alexander (and win a copy)

  • Ecosa pillow review and giveaway: “I no longer wake up with a stiff neck or dead arms”

  • Book review: Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce

News

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    April 5, 2022

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