Retirementvillages.co.nz, the newest kid on the Eldernet block, has marked its first birthday! To celebrate the milestone we enlisted Driving Miss Daisy to deliver a scrumptious birthday cake to all those lovely clients that signed up right at the start. As you can see from the photos, the cake and …
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Learning on the job
Kia ora koutou, Mark Wilson here, Eldernet’s newest staff member. I have joined the team as a writer and editor for print and online, so you can expect to hear from me quite often. I hope to hear from many of you also. When I say ‘joined’ the team, as …
Read More »Our Transformation in response to crisis
As the COVID19 lockdown is in place across the country it’s given me (Esther Perriam, Director of Eldernet) some time to think about what we’ve done so far, and what we might yet have to do. It’s fair to say, that being a nationwide business based in Christchurch we’ve faced …
Read More »Eldernet and Care Publication’s 2019 Christmas Work function!
The Eldernet team spent their Christmas end of year function giving back to their community. The team had a working bee, gardening next to some great apes at the incredible Orana Park in Christchurch. The team were then treated to an experience …
Read More »Eldernet celebrates Chinese Language Week
Last month here at the offices, we celebrated Chinese Language Week (a week early) at our team day on the 17th September. We love having a multi-cultural team and we all were excited to learn from Damien, one of our talented software developers, about his home country. We got a …
Read More »Rock’n and Roll’n – Eldernet’s Mid Year do
At the end of last month we had our mid-winter work do. This was a little different to previous years – for starters it was 1950s theme which required us all to don our best glad rags to come together as a team to celebrate our achievements. It was also …
Read More »Chinese New Year at the Eldernet Offices
Happy Chinese New Year! This year Eldernet celebrated Chinese New Year by adorning the offices with lanterns to bring in the year of the pig! Take a look at some photos: A little bit more information about this Chinese New Year: 2019 is a Year of the Pig according to …
Read More »Eldernet and Care Publication’s 2018 Christmas Work do!
A few weeks ago we had our surprise Christmas do! With clues of “wear jandles if you are squeamish”, “wear comfortable clothes that you don’t mind if they get messed up” and “bring glasses for ‘close up’ stuff”, we really didn’t have any idea what we were in for! However, …
Read More »Matt’s Baby Shower
Last week we held a baby shower for “dad-to-be” Matt our software programmer extraordinaire. Summer put her skills to good use and made an incredible cake to mark the event! We hope it is not long until we can meet your new arrival!
Read More »Life on the Road – Middle North Island
Every 4 months the Eldernet team visits a different area of New Zealand so we can touch base with local communities and those in the aged care sector. This “on the ground” knowledge is invaluable, and often means we know where the best place to get a good coffee or …
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