Eldernet Happenings

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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!

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 …

Earlier this month we turned off all our phones so that we could all sit down and learn more about each other and Eldernet. The main objective of this day was to get everyone thinking about big picture stuff for Eldernet, and for Esther and Eleanor to share their vision …