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1st June 2021
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) takes place this month on 15 June. Minister for Seniors Ayesha Verrall talks about the significance of this day and we profile one of…
29th May 2021
Press Release from the Minister for Seniors
6th April 2021
In this issue Minister for Seniors Ayesha Verrall gives us an overview of the first stage of the vaccine roll-out, Alzheimers NZ talks about making Aotearoa dementia-friendly, and how you…
2nd February 2021
In this issue we celebrate the hard work of the three people honoured for services to seniors in the New Year’s honours list, and there’s a message from Retirement Commissioner…
1st December 2020
In this issue we hear from the new Minister for Seniors, Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall, about what she is looking forward to working on. CERT NZ tells us about common scams…
1st October 2020
In this issue we have information on Canine Friends Pet Therapy, a organisation of volunteers and their well behaved dogs that visit residents of rest homes, as well as patients…
