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Celebrations have rung out across Hopper Living retirement villages in recent weeks after the group scored multiple wins in NZ’s Best Retirement/Lifestyle Villages and Care Facilities Awards for 2025. In particular, the Enduring Excellence Award went to for Maygrove Village in Orewa (pictured above) which can toast 10 years of...

Seniors New Zealand is proud to announce the winners and finalists of NZ’s Best Retirement/Lifestyle Villages and Care Facilities for 2025 recognising 50 standout facilities and four group providers across Aotearoa for exceptional resident experience, care quality and community life. Hopper Living has delivered one of the most comprehensive showings...

Some Grey Power members are asking whether they can appeal a failed mandatory cognitive test, given by their GP (doctor) who then refuses to provide them with a medical certificate? After consulting with NZTA, the short answer is that the legislation does not provide an appeal to NZTA. However, just...

In November, just as we go to print, Grey Power Federation is gearing up for another round of advocacy visits to Parliament and other organisations in Wellington. We are especially pleased to be meeting with Ministers and other party representatives who we have not visited since I took over the...

I have just read, cover to cover, An Eccentric History in Batik – The Art of Dinah Priestley and Tony Burton. It was entirely unexpected. Author, Dinah Priestley says in her introduction: ‘Art, like music, doesn’t translate into words’. She is right. So, I do not want to describe this book; I...

Good news for superannuants – specialist online supermarket, Paddock to Pantry, is offering SuperGold card holders a 5% discount on all online orders. This will please those who already know the store well and is sure to entice those who are keen to discover this quality food market for themselves. Owned...

On October 1, Grey Power associations around the country celebrated the International Day of the Older Person. It was so uplifting to hear about the different ways those celebrations were held. This was a day to pause and celebrate the experience, generosity and care that older people bring to every...

One moment, life feels routine – you’re waving goodbye to family, heading out for the day. The next, everything changes in an instant. A sudden medical emergency or unexpected accident can happen anywhere, anytime. That’s when your local rescue helicopter is there – delivering life-saving care when every second counts. Across the...

Health New Zealand is urging Kiwi gardeners to take simple precautions this spring after 159 hospital admissions for Legionnaires disease were recorded across the country in the past year. Legionnaires disease is a type of pneumonia which can be caught by breathing in legionella bacteria. Legionella thrives in moist environments...

There are a goodly number of people who have achieved great things at the age of 72 but this issue focuses on just one – French acrobat, Blondin, who found fame as a tightrope walker. As the years went by on his career he insisted on making his tightrope walks...