Three months into 2026 and Grey Power Federation is into a busy year as is the magazine team.
As ever, our first priority is to inform members about the Federation’s work – it’s visits to Parliament, advocacy issues and subsequent reactions.
In addition, we love to feature initiatives by the various associations and, of course, by individual Grey Power members as well as providing helpful information and a touch of laughter to enhance life after reaching the magical age of 65 years.
This year starts with a mountain of Federation news from the November parliamentary visits plus more visits in February this year. We report on the launch of a new government Better Later Life Action Plan and include regular features such as Chit Chat, Age Has No Bounds, a recipe, book review and more.
Now that students are back at study many seniors will be using these last summery weeks to travel either abroad or within our own beautiful country or at least those parts that have survived the catastrophic weather of the past weeks. Whilst I haven’t done much touring myself, I have had visitors from Finland.
Two of these visitors were here especially for geocaching. In case you are wondering about this world-wide ‘craze’, it can be loosely described as an extensive outdoor treasure hunt using GPS-enabled devices or smartphone apps to find hidden containers, called “geocaches”.
These are found at specific coordinates around the world, encouraging players to explore new places, from urban parks to remote mountains, as they navigate to the hidden spots and record their findings.
Amazingly, my visitors found more than 80 caches between Auckland and Invercargill – I was flabbergasted! Maybe some of our members will take up the sport.
Finally, to survive, the magazine needs reader and advertiser support. A $10 subscription covers four magazines! I also encourage members to make use of the many worthwhile offers and services featured within the magazine – partner and advertising support is essential to keep it going; without their support the magazine won’t survive.
And, on that note, I’ll just say all the best to everyone for 2026,
Cheers,
