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Helen Ellis, the founder of DistanceFamilies.com and the author of the recent release Being a Distance Grandparent – A Book for ALL Generations, talks us through the 'Distance Family Thinking Pie' in her final article of the three-part series.

This year the Christchurch residents are celebrating 75 years as best friends. Their milestone coincides with the 10th International Day of Friendship on July 30, a United Nations initiative that promotes friendship between people, countries, cultures, and individuals as a way of inspiring peace efforts and building bridges between communities.

It’s been a particularly polarising few years, both here in Aotearoa and across the world. As a result, it seems people have become more divided than ever.

From Friday 23 July, people in Group 3 can call the COVID Vaccination Healthline on 0800 28 29 26 to book their vaccination if they don’t already have an appointment.

This week (26 July - 30 July) sees Netsafe host New Zealand’s inaugural Netsafety Week, designed to Make Aotearoa Safer Online.

The voices of New Zealand Distance Grandparents offer a particularly broad perspective due to a combination of five barrier/boundary factors they all experience.

The 2021 – 2022 annual rates rebate programme is now underway.

The office of Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson has released a report calling for a review of retirement village legislation to reset the balance of power between consumers and village operators.

Helen Ellis, the founder of DistanceFamilies.com and the author of the recent release Being a Distance Grandparent – A Book for ALL Generations, explains the concept of Ambiguous Loss and how it can be used to describe the loss felt by distanced families.

Menzshed Chairman, Trevor Scott, wrote a piece explains the difference a men's shed can make it the life of a 'sheddie.'