Tauranga Electorate's Aged Care Challenge
Potential Solutions1. Create a Targeted Aged Care Infrastructure FundIssueTauranga already has a substantial aged residential care footprint. The challenge is ensuring existing facilities can refurbish, redevelop, expand and modernise before demographic growth outpaces current capacity. Potential actions• establish a national Aged Residential Care (ARC) Infrastructure Fund• support refurbishment, redevelopment and replacement of ageing fac...
June 21, 2026Who are we and what do we do?
It is distressing how many times I’m asked “What is Grey Power?” “What do they do”?Grey Power is an advocacy organisation striving to advance, support and promote the welfare and well-being of all those citizens in the 50 plus age group. This is being achieved in conjunction with other organisations or bodies with similar aims and purposes as it fights to protect the rights, security and dignity of superannuitants. Our mission is to be the most appropriate voice for all New Zealanders ...
June 1, 2023"Easter Mayhem"
As we head into Easter, it reminds me of my younger days when our family often ended up on some wild cap adventures over the holidays. Adopting unusual pets was not uncommon – sheep, ducks, puppies, rabbits and even one of those tiny turtles that my mother thought were fascinating. Although Easter falls in the early autumn, it has an odd spring like feel to it – but with more urgency to get things sorted before the cold of winter sets in.There seemed to be more time back then to mow the lawn...
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