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.
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Free 0800 number set up to help people book Covid-19 vaccine
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.
Read More »Make Aotearoa Safer Online – Netsafety Week 2021
This week (26 July - 30 July) sees Netsafe host New Zealand’s inaugural Netsafety Week, designed to Make Aotearoa Safer Online.
Read More »Hats off to New Zealand Distance Grandparents – the Voice of Knowing
The voices of New Zealand Distance Grandparents offer a particularly broad perspective due to a combination of five barrier/boundary factors they all experience.
Read More »The rates 2021 – 2022 rebate programme is open
The 2021 – 2022 annual rates rebate programme is now underway.
Read More »Retirement Commissioner recommends urgent review of retirement villages legal framework
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.
Read More »Distance Grandparenting and Ambiguous Loss
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.
Read More »Menszhed: Down at the shed
Menzshed Chairman, Trevor Scott, wrote a piece explains the difference a men's shed can make it the life of a 'sheddie.'
Read More »Leave no-one behind: Campaign to address digital exclusion
You've still got time to sign Citizens Advice Bureau NZ's campaign to address digital exclusion before it is presented to Parliament on 7 July.
Read More »Theatre Review
Directed by Harry Lawrence Written and devised by the cast and crew It would be fair to open this review by saying that as much as I love traditional stage craft ‘experimental’ theatre always has me feeling a little out of my depth and sometimes a bit “emperor’s new clothes-y”. …
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