Grey Power November 2015

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ISSUE 24: NOVEMBER 2015
Future-proofing
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PRESIDENT TERRY REPORTS - PAGE 6
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SUPERMODELS STORM RUNWAY
Ryman’s supermodels have
lit up the Fashion Week
runway modelling Annah
Stretton’s new designs.
The models came from all
over New Zealand and
included nurses, caregivers,
administration, maintenance and
housekeeping staff.
They were there to show off
Annah’s stunning new uniforms
which have been designed specifically
for New Zealand’s biggest retirement
village operator’s 4,000 staff.
The design brief for Annah
Stretton and her team was simple –
the new uniforms had to be
comfortable, practical and beautiful.
“We wanted garments that
brought a smile to the faces of
residents, increased the level of pride
in what staff wear and emphasized
the vital role they play in residents’
lives,’’ Annah says.
“We put a lot of thought into
the design of our villages and
we wanted to do the same for
our uniforms.’’
The uniforms are made of lighter
materials for staff working in kitchens
and laundries and a popular change
was to introduce three-quarter length
trousers for caregivers and
housekeepers instead of dresses.
Managing director Simon Challies
said Annah’s designs were a radical
departure for Ryman, which is
exactly what staff were after.
“We put a lot of thought into the
design of our villages and we wanted
to do the same for our uniforms.’’
“We love the designs that Annah’s
come up with. The reaction from
staff has been tremendous and we
think they’re bound to put a smile on
the faces of our residents.’’
Annah’s team worked closely with
Ryman staff to develop the uniforms
and produced prototypes before
honing the designs further. The
uniforms have been supplied by
Lower Hutt-based Arrow Uniforms.

MOH prostate cancer
management, referral
guidelines welcomed
FROM MARK VON DADELSZEN QSM,
president Prostate CancerFoundation
of New Zealand
The Prostate Cancer Foundation
of New Zealand welcomes the
announcement by the Minister of
Health of the new Guidelines of
the Management and Referral of
Prostate Cancer and encourages
health professionals to adopt and
implement these without delay.
The issue of comprehensive
guidance
for medical
professionals advising,
managing and referring
men in respect
of prostate cancer is
a significant step in
building awareness
about prostate cancer,
its management and
treatment.
It is also a world-leading
initiative which will be
of considerable interest to
other countries.
The Foundation congratulates
the Ministry
of Health and all the organisations
involved in
establishing the agreed
improved guidance now
available, especially the
Urological Society of Australia
and New Zealand,
the Royal New Zealand
College of General Practitioners,
New Zealand
Society of Pathologists,
the New Zealand Urological
Nurses Society, and
the New Zealand branch
of the Royal Australian
and New Zealand College
of Radiologists.
The fact that those different
professional organisations,
along with the
Prostate Cancer Foundation,
all endorse the new
guidance is a milestone for
men’s health in New Zealand.
The founders of the
Prostate Cancer Foundation
in 1996 (including
celebrity gardening guru,
the late Eion Scarrow)
dreamed of a day when
the Government and the
medical profession would
recognise the need for better
awareness of prostate
cancer and better care for
those who suffer from it.
Almost 20 years later, that
day has dawned.
Primary care health
professionals have an obligation
to their patients
to be up-to-date with the
Continued on page 4
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Your knowledge may assist
Grey Power
In the September issue of the Grey Power magazine new board member
and vice-president Tom O’Connor commented on the depth of knowledge
and ability that exists within many Grey Power associations.
All experience, whether it be in a professional field, a trade or as a home-maker,
no matter where it has been gained, can be invaluable to a voluntary organisation like
Grey Power.
The Federation and Grey Power associations are always looking for proficient
people to help advance, support and protect the welfare and wellbeing of older persons
in New Zealand. Therefore if you have a particular skill, a genuine desire to help
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“To serve our patients”
From Dr Stephen Child, chair, New Zealand Medical Association
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Following the atrocities and medical
experimenting of WWII, the World
Medical Association combined to
reaffirm and modernise the original
Hippocratic Oath.
The subsequent
statement is known
as the Declaration
of Geneva and has been
updated regularly by
subsequent WMA meetings.
This document is the
MOH prostate cancer management
From page 3
best, latest information
about prostate cancer.
And when prostate
cancer is just one of
the many things a general
practitioner needs
to know about, the new
guidance will give doctors
most of what they
need to know when consulted
by men about
prostate health.
In particular, this
guidance will help them
to identify the men who
should be tested, and
how to interpret the test
results and what to do if
modern template for the
medical profession, and
begins:
“I pledge to consecrate
my life to the services of
humanity”. This means
the core of our professionalism
is to “serve our
further advice or treatment
is indicated.
Failure by health professionals
to be up-to-date
and to act on available
guidance can have literally
fatal consequences when
a man’s prostate cancer is
not detected early enough
or is not treated properly.
The new 2015 Prostate
Cancer Management and
Referral Guidance should
not be seen as an end in
itself.
It needs to be understood
and implemented
by general practitioners
and health professionals
patients”.
What does this mean
today? Has it changed
over time? Do we still
serve?
Indeed the whole concept
of service seems to
have changed somewhat
over the generations.
WWII veterans signed a
conscription form that offered
their lives to “King
and Country’. Sacrificing
oneself for others was
seen by society then as a
virtue to a greater extent
Continued on page 10
all around the country.
That may require some
retraining and further
professional development,
and may also require
some doctors to
re-examine their understanding
of prostate cancer
issues.
The Prostate Cancer
Foundation is committed
to providing awareness
campaigns and information
and also providing
support to men, and their
families, who are living
with a diagnosis and
treatment of prostate cancer

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT:
A feature for many members in
the recent September magazine
was the Advocacy Report covering
the team’s visit to Parliament to
meet with Government, opposition
parties and other decision makers
to discuss issues raised by our
membership at large.
Many associations
extract some of
the detailed information
presented in the
report and recycle it in
their own newsletters.
Due to the depth of the
report it is great to receive
good feedback and congratulations
from around
the country.
Some members have
asked for background on
Advocacy visits and how
they work.
Unlike earlier Advocacy
visits to Parliament, since
the Modernisation Plan
was adopted three years
ago by the AGM, visits are
carefully structured to obtain
maximum benefit for
our members.
Firstly, the advocacy
chair contacts the national
advisory group chairs, peruses
correspondence to
the board and considers
remits passed at AGMs,
especially regarding election
strategy, to ensure that
relevant issues are presented
to Wellington decision
makers.
Secondly most issues
are researched to provide
the team with background
information and also to
supply decision makers
with a position paper which
sets out Grey Power policy
and recommendations in
relation to specific issues.
Then appointments, to
discuss the matters raised
by members, are made
with the decision makers
who, in most cases, require
notification of topics to be
covered during the visit.
And finally following the
visit the advocacy report is
written. The core Advocacy
team consists of national
president, Terry King; Advocacy
chair Jan Pentecost;
Research chair Pete Matcham,
and Election Strategy
chair Miles Jackson.
This core group is supported
by advice from the
respective National Advisory
Group chairpersons,
who have expertise in areas
such as superannuation,
local bodies and housing,
health, retirement villages,
social services and more.
Over the years Grey
Power Federation has had
some major successes with
its advocacy, but more important
is the fact the wide
range of issues raised on
behalf of our membership
Terry King
have been acknowledged
at ministerial level, by government
officials, and opposition
members.
Guest speaker at the
upcoming November Federation
board meeting is
the Hon Maggie Barry,
Minister for Senior Citizens
who is readily available to
represent Grey Power interests
at a Parliamentary
level, and also provides
assistance to the Advocacy
team when it visits Wellington.
Minister Barry has also
taken time out from a busy
schedule to address some
This is the last
magazine for
the year and
although as
you read it
the timing is
probably late
November,
I would like
to take the
opportunity to
extend Season’s
Greetings
to everyone
and hope the
Christmas
period is a time
of enjoyment
for all,
wherever you
may be
of our associations.
Although Grey Power is
an apolitical organisation
we have provided public
support in cases where a
political party’s policies
line up with our own.
This year we supported
the NZ First private members’
Bill on Health, and
more recently the Greens’
private members’ Bill titled
Fair Go for Solar Power.
This year from an administration
perspective, I
am pleased to report all our
policies are up-to-date.
This is important because
through 2016 all
political parties will be finalising
their policies in
readiness for the 2017 General
Election.
Next year in particular
our challenge is to encourage
all parties to seriously
consider our policies which
are designed to assist the
welfare and wellbeing of
the older person.
Another administration
matter which is vital to the
Federation is the updating
of all our manuals and a
sign-off by the Federation
board.
This is the last magazine
for the year and although
as you read it the timing is
probably late November, I
would like to take the opportunity
to extend Season’s
Greetings to everyone
and hope the Christmas
period is a time of enjoyment
for all, wherever you
may be.
Once again, on behalf
of the Federation board
our special thanks to all
the associations and their
volunteers who are the
strength of the Grey Power
organisation, because they
share their concerns and
issues enabling us to lobby
Government for a fair and
equitable outcome for the
older person.
TERRY KING
President
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Lifting the lid on coffin conversations
It’s not something that everyone
feels comfortable talking about, but
when it comes to choosing a coffin,
what do you and your family want?
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For some, that would
be the right casket.
For Leanne’s Dad it
was a complete mismatch
of his values. He valued
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authenticity and things
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life he made choices
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His family were not
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the last 10 years of
his life to ensuring that
families have choice and
the opportunity to farewell
their loved one in a
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Whether it is something
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Future-proofing our communities
Imagine living in a city where there
are wide footpaths and accessible
ramps (whether for wheelchair or
buggy), places for you to sit and
regular public transport so you can
get around.
Picture a place
where public areas
are well lit,
well designed, pleasant
and safe, where
buildings, including
the workplace, have
good access no matter
what our mobility level
is, with ramps, appropriate
signage and elevators.
If you like what you
hear, you’ll be glad to
know this has a global
following and a name -
an Age Friendly City (or
community!)
THE AGE FRIENDLY CIT-
IES PROJECT
Age Friendly Cities was
established in 2010 by the
World Health Organisation.
Its aim is to connect
cities, communities and
organisations around the
world with the common
vision of making their
community a good place
to grow old. Age-friendly
cities and communities
foster healthy and active
ageing and, thus, enable
wellbeing throughout life.
They help people to remain
independent for as
long as possible, and provide
care and protection
when they are needed,
respecting older people’s
autonomy and dignity.
In New Zealand, this
is increasingly important
as many of our cities
and towns are largely
designed around those
of us with fit or younger
bodies. With 1.2 million
New Zealanders going to
be aged 65 years and over
in the next 20 years, we
need to look at creating a
more enabling and inclusive
environment that is
supportive and inclusive
to people of all ages, including
older people.
All of this is a benefit
to the entire community,
because what’s good for
older people is almost always
good for everyone
else – for example, those
in wheelchairs as well as
parents with young children,
or anyone with limited
mobility.
For those of us 55
years and above this is
great news as we will be
able to take part in all
sorts of community activities,
or employment if
they choose to continue.
CONNECTING COMMU-
NITIES
The Office for Senior
Citizens has begun promoting
Age friendly Cities
and communities
through “Community
Connects”. “Community
Connects” is an initiative
that started in Napier.
It began by bringing organisations
together to
tackle the issue of social
isolation of seniors in the
community.
It’s now being used as
a model to bring together
community groups to focus
on developing age
friendly communities by
focusing on areas such as
respect and social inclusion
and communication
and participation.
You’ll start hearing
more about creating age
friendly communities in
the coming months.
In the meantime we
encourage you to find
out more and spread the
word. Whether it’s finding
out what your local
council is doing, talking
about age friendly cities
with those you know,
or providing feedback to
your community there
are many ways to get involved.
One example is a brochure
we’ve just released,
aimed to help people be
alert to friends and family
who might be isolated.
You can request it at no
cost by emailing us on
osc@msd.govt.nz. You can
find out more about Age
Friendly Communities and
our other work on our website,
www.superseniors.
msd. govt.nz.
The core of medical professionalism
From page 3
than today’s consumerist
society of “what’s in it for
me?” might consider.
During my travels
around New Zealand—as
well as to the recent World
Medical Association meeting
in Moscow—I have
been struck by the amazing
altruistic behaviour of
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NATIONAL GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2015 11
Future of funding local government
How councils fund their activities has
been a source of contention since
local government was established.
In attempts to find more effective and efficient
means to fund community services, local governments
- or central government through third
party execution - have delivered at least one report
a decade since the 1950s.
The most recent effort was created earlier this year
with Local Government New Zealand’s (LGNZ’s) 10
point plan; incentivising economic growth and strong local
communities.
This recent report is premised on economic, demographic
and population profile changes that make the
existing funding regime anachronistic.
An effective and efficient funding structure for local
government requires both improved innovation and efficiency
and likely a modification to the Local Government
Act (LGA) to allow local councils to utilise tools that most
effectively and fairly distribute the cost burden of community
infrastructure and services.
Local government has capital assets valued at around
$120 billion (roughly the same as central government).
This seems like a large amount of infrastructure, but
local government has the responsibility for 16 resource
areas including roading, 3 waters, environmental management,
emergency management and recreation and
sport, among others.
The value of this infrastructure and service is not
small - and based on the kind of local government you
live in - may be skewed toward roading and water.
Local governments in New Zealand manage more
than 80,000 kilometres of roads (88 percent of the New
Zealand’s roads), and 3 waters infrastructure has a value
of more than $35 billion.
As such, roughly 44 percent of all local government
operating expenditure goes toward operating these resources
alone.
However, inquiry is often oriented toward whether
the funding sources are fit for purpose and if execution
is efficient. As community members age, the impact of
a tax based on property value (rather than income) can
be burdensome. Further, with populations in some 30
communities expected to decline over the next 20 years,
are ratepayers getting the most from their
contribution?
These and other questions
are what prompted Local
Government New Zealand
to research the
appropriateness
and effectiveness
of how and
where we collect
our rates.
In analysis,
it was
difficult to
find another
country that
has as few
alternatives
to raise local
revenue.
The LGA
prohibits local
governments
from collecting
sales or income
tax, or to source
other opportunities
including a regional
fuel tax or a visitor levy.
LGNZ’s approach, which
makes its report a bit different
from others, was to premise a discussion
on incentivised economic success.
Incentives that are mutually beneficial for central and
local government, and meet the needs of business and
volunteer interests, are likely to be supported in possible
trial and potential adoption.
LGNZ’s 10 point plan is intended as a conversation
starter.
There may be other options and opportunities that
exist for local government to appropriately support its
citizens. Each community is unique, but the
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NATIONAL GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2015 13
If you are ‘mentally capable’ of making a
Will then you have ‘testamentary capacity’
For clarification, please read this article.
When you make or revoke a legal document, e.g. a
will or enduring power of attorney, you have to be
mentally capable at the time of signing, otherwise the
document will not be valid.
What does “mentally
capable”
mean, for the
purposes of making a
Will or relating to enduring
powers of attorney?
Capacity to make a
Will
If you are mentally
capable of making a Will
you are said to have testamentary
capacity.
At the time of signing
the Will you must be of
sound mind, memory
and understanding,
i.e. you must understand
the nature of the document
you are signing,
be free of any condition
causing a loss of reason
and judgement, and
know and approve the
contents of the Will, both
with regard to knowing
the extent of the property
you are disposing of and
how your property will
be divided between the
people who will benefit
under the Will.
When you talk to your
lawyer to give instructions
for preparing your
Will and when you sign
the Will, your lawyer
will need to be satisfied
that you have testamentary
capacity, that your
instructions are freely
given and that you understand
the effect of the
Will.
Just because a client
is elderly, has a degree
of mental impairment, or
demonstrates some unusual
behavioural traits,
the lawyer cannot assume
that that client lacks testamentary
capacity.
If your lawyer has concerns
about your testamentary
capacity, he or
she is entitled to make
further inquiries, e.g. by
consulting an appropriate
medical professional,
before preparing the Will
and having you sign it.
Capacity and Enduring
Powers of Attorney
If you are the person
who makes an Enduring
Power of Attorney
(“EPA”) you are called
the “donor”.
As for Wills, it is the
capacity of the donor to
grant and revoke the EPA
at the time of signing the
document, which is relevant.
EPAs differ from ordinary
powers of attorney
because they continue to
be effective and are not
automatically revoked if
the donor becomes mentally
incapable.
In relation to property
you, as donor, are
mentally incapable if you
are not wholly competent
to manage your
own affairs in relation to
your property.
In relation to personal
care and welfare,
you are mentally incapable
if you lack capacity to:
• make decisions in
relation to your personal
care and welfare;
and
• understand the nature
of decisions
about your personal
care and welfare; and
• foresee the consequences
of decisions
about your personal
care and welfare; and
• communicate decisions
about your personal
care and welfare.
If your EPA is designed
to come into effect
only if you become
mentally incapable, the
assessment of mental capacity
must be made by a
professional health practitioner
who is qualified
to make the assessment;
this is not something
your lawyer or other lay
person can determine.
If you want to cancel
(revoke) one or both of
your EPAs, you must also
have the mental capacity
to revoke. This means
that you must be able to
understand the nature
and effect of the revocation,
but you don’t necessarily
have to have the
competence to manage
your property or affairs,
or the capacity to make
decisions regarding your
personal care and welfare.
The problem with this
is that, if you do revoke
your EPAs, but lack the
capacity to make new
ones, someone else may
have to apply to the Court
for orders to be appointed
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property is not a deed of
delegation of the powers
of a trustee.
If it is not possible
to remove or replace an
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the terms of the trust
or the Trustee Act 1956,
then it is necessary to
apply to the Court for orders
to remove or replace
an incapable trustee, or
to transfer land.
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It isn’t a pleasant
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Together with Prime
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for older people to access
what they need to know.
It’s called SuperSeniors, and was
unveiled along with a new Facebook
page, Twitter feed and newsletter
in September – I’d encourage
everyone to have a look at www.superseniors.msd.govt.nz
, and we’d
welcome your feedback and ideas
about issues you’d be interested in.
Since becoming Minister for Senior
Citizens, I’ve listened to what older people
across the country have been telling me
about their worries and concerns, and
their frustration that it is difficult to get
the information they are looking for easily
in one place.
SuperSeniors is designed to fill that
gap. It is a one-stop website which will
pull together the wealth of information
available on things like superannuation
entitlements, Enduring Power of Attorney,
falls prevention initiatives, efforts to
tackle elder abuse and social isolation and
SuperGold Card discounts.
There will be useful articles and regular
contributions from groups like Grey
Power, Age Concern and experts like Retirement
Commissioner, Diane Maxwell.
It also features helpful details about local
groups who are connecting with older
people and where you can go to exercise,
make friends and try new things.
I want more seniors to be connected,
informed and able to lead active, meaningful
and positive lives, and SuperSeniors
will help achieve those goals.
Since the launch, the website has had
more than 30,000 visitors and we’ve seen
almost 5000 people follow on Facebook.
You don’t have to open an account, but
have a look by visiting www.facebook.
com/OfficeforSeniorCitizens .
We have also launched a SuperSeniors
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couple of months to more than 200,000
people – ensuring as many people as possible
get access to the information.
There’s a stereotype that seniors don’t
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their skills all the time.
We also know around 50 percent of
seniors regularly use a smartphone.
There’s a clear, and growing, market for
online resources for older people, so a onestop
website which speaks directly to them
is timely.
Older New Zealanders do great things
in their communities, and SuperSeniors
website and newsletters are about telling
those stories too.
As I told the Grey Power AGM in Rotorua
earlier this year, I’m sick and tired of
hearing about how an ageing population is
a problem for this country.
Seniors are the backbone of our society
and highly respected and regarded by
many of the clubs and organisations which
enrich our towns and cities.
As Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister,
I know that many museums, theatre
groups and galleries could not survive
without senior volunteers, who also make
a big contribution to conservation groups.
The Business of Ageing report released
in June estimated that by 2051, seniors
will be putting in $35 billion in unpaid and
voluntary work each year, up from $8.5
billion in 2011. This represents a large
group of active consumers that retailers
and businesses ignore at their peril.
Seniors are already putting billions of
dollars into our economy each year and we
know that is only going to grow. The same
report estimated older people will spend
around $65 billion a year in 2051, up from
$14 billion in 2011.
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opportunities this gives them, and through
the development of SuperSeniors I have
been able to push for better, more meaningful
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NATIONAL GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2015
Biokinetics Clinic focuses on quality of life
Deann Forsyth, 74, noticed
the difference Wintec’s
Biokinetics clinic had made
when she was playing a
round of mini-golf with her
grandson.
FROM GEOFF LEWIS
“I found that when I went to place
the ball I could bend my knees
rather than bend from the waist.
The programme has made me stronger,
more supple and more confident.”
With about 35 others Deann became
involved with the programme because she
wanted to get fitter, lose weight and become
more active.
Twenty one percent of New Zealand’s
population is expected to be more
than 65 years of age by 2031 and keeping
older people, and those with chronic health
conditions, in better health is seen as a positive
way of reducing the costs of caring for
the elderly - and improving their lives.
Last year Waikato Institute of
Technology(Wintec) Masters student Jodie
Collins undertook a programme of research
to strengthen through exercise and
improve the functionality of people aged 65
and more.
This led to the establishment of Wintec’s
Biokinetic Clinic. Using dietary protein supplements
and an exercise regime she sought
to build muscle and strength in a group of
volunteers.
Wintec Sports and Exercise Science principal
academic staff member Stephen Burden
said as people age there was a natural
tendency for muscles to atrophy.
“This is largely as a consequence
of disuse. But this
programme has shown that
with exercise muscles can
build and strengthen.
“The programme lasted
16 weeks and the results
showed that it is the exercise,
rather than protein
supplements, that encourage
the growth of muscle
and strength.”
Stephen, also a member
of the board of Clinical
Exercise Physiology
New Zealand (CEPNZ),
said New Zealand is behind
some other nations
when it comes to the use
of biokinetics to improve
the health and wellbeing of
older people.
“We realised that if we
had a group of subjects to
work with every week it
would also provide an op-
Continued on page 22
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From page 14
Since March, we’ve signed up 734 new
businesses, taking the number offering
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The card has come a long way from its
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able to be used in Australia too.
You can find out more about new SuperGold
offers on the website and through
the SuperSeniors newsletter.
The website will promote age friendly
communities, something I know Grey
Power is also very involved with. I would
like to see New Zealand cities and towns,
work towards becoming better and easier
places for older people to live.
I am developing more new resources to
help communities target age-friendly status,
and I hope to have the opportunity to
discuss this with Grey Power in future.
Being Minister for Seniors and advocating
for older New Zealanders is a big
responsibility and a great privilege.
I am committed to continuing to work
hard over the coming years to ensure seniors
who have given so much to this
country get the happy, positive and rewarding
lives they deserve.
www.superseniors.msd.govt.nz
www.facebook.com/OfficeforSeniorCitizens
Twitter: @SuperSeniorsNZ.
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NATIONAL GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2015
Flags do NOT
require change
Japan is embarking on
major changes to its
obligations under the
treaty signed with the
Americans at the end of
World War II.
The agreement forced
Japan into a pacifist roll
and prohibited it from having
armed forces save for
self defence whose roll was
solely to protect its people.
The upshot of the legislative
changes passed by
the Japanese parliament,
the Diet; is that defence
forces will be able to join the
Americans in peacekeeping
roles around the world.
In addition, be available,
as is New Zealand, to protect
other countries in situations
such as have arisen in
Iraq and parts of Africa.
The changes are controversial
but one thing is
certain, that when implemented
the Japanese flag;
The Rising Sun; could fly
again around the world. Its
flag embodies a history of
Japanese imperialism in
whose name mass murder
was committed and systematic
brutality was used by its
forces in World War 11.
There is no overt move
to change that flag which
is symbolic of its history in
modern times. Just as New
Zealand’s flag embodies
a history which is not immune
from inglorious moments.
At one time both flags
flew over forces united in a
common cause, the defeat
of the Kaiser’s Germany.
Decades on during World
War 11 New Zealand’s flag
flew along with those of its
allies, forces bent on preserving
free speech and the
right to dissent, the preservation
of democracy, and
indeed still does.
Both flags embody the
past and modern histories
of their nations and will do
so in the future. Neither
flag requires changing and
should continue to represent
their pasts and their
hopes for the future.
Don Robertson
3586928
Access to profits
using Grey Power
Over recent years I have
become increasingly
concerned and disappointed
about the character
and values of Grey
Power as portrayed by
the glossy magazine.
As a very early member
I clearly recall the intent
of Grey Power was to be
an effective political lobby
requiring governments to
treat older citizens with
greater respect and fairness.
There is no doubt the
Wellington lobbyists uphold
this tradition and I
have no problem with the
editorial content of the
magazine.
However it is clear that
the advertising is giving
a completely undesirable
view. It is apparent that certain
advertisers are using
Grey Power to greatly improve
their access to profits.
My particular concern is
the use/misuse of the magazine
to advertise retirement
villages and their ilk.
Originally such developments
were strongly opposed
by Grey Power as the
organisation recognised
the growing fleecing of the
elderly of their lifetimes
earnings to line the pockets
of developers, often overseas.
(Farming and ghettoising
old people.) All too
often these developments
were less than honest with
the money with which they
were entrusted.
I was horrified when an
advocate for retirement villages
was a speaker at last
year’s conference. To see
Grey Power now allowing
these developments to use
the Grey Power profile to
their advantage is surely
contrary to our policies.
Furthermore the amount
of advertising of health
products, some of dubious
benefit gives, along with the
villages, the notion that the
elderly are wealthy and sick
and need more than their
share of the public purse.
I would be happy to receive
a much less glossy
magazine and read the
truth rather than have the
public perception that we
are greedy and needy.
This view has extended
to the associations where
too often, speakers at
meetings are selling health
products, death services
and boring aged facilities
rather than the local and
government policy makers
from which we should be
hearing. Let Age Concern
do their job and leave us to
do ours.
Elizabeth Foster
Warkworth
Rating system
article inspires
Re: “Rick Caddick’s” article
on property-based
rating system—Page 20,
September issue, Grey
Power Magazine, is an
illuminating and informative
article.
So much so, that I was
inspired to track down Rick
and invite him to speak on
the topic at a meeting of
more than 50 people in rural
South Marlborough.
In this historically
traditional farming and
drought-prone district we
are struggling under a land
value-based rating system
administered by the Marlborough
District Council
which is unbridled in its
empire building at the expense
of the few and scattered
people who reside in
the more remote areas.
In the last five years our
rates have gone up by 70
percent.
Compare that with the
bleating from Auckland,
and we don’t grow grapes.
Our council, of course
has its own agenda and is a
past master at First World
War naval battle tactics, e.g.
laying smoke screens repeatedly
to confuse the gullible,
sleep walking public.
Yes, we the public, have
a tendency to sleep walk
through life and simply
put up with these so-called,
life’s expenses, hoping it
will get better.
Believe me it won’t, as we
are traditional cash cows, to
be milked for life, through
old age to the grave.
Rick is an inspiration.
He is 84-years-old and still
battling along, taking the
trouble to share his knowledge
and experiences of life
with us. He deserves 100
percent support of all Grey
Power members.
A big thank you, Rick.
John Elliott
MPs’ travel costs
2015 on us
Periodically the news
media highlights the
ever increasing cost
to the New Zealand
taxpayer with regard
to MPs’ costs, particularly
general expenses
including internal and
external travel.
Cabinet Ministers are
regularly required to
travel extensively overseas
as well as throughout
New Zealand, however it
would appear that back
bench MPs, including opposition
party MPs, also
travel overseas on a regular
basis.
Examples in 2015 of
MPs travelling overseas
include a party led by
the Prime Minister to
the All Blacks versus Samoa
Rugby International
in Apia, Western Samoa
while opposition leaders
(Labour and NZ First) attended
the Coronation of
the Tongan King. These
trips followed a Parliamentary
delegation, led
by the House Speaker,
to Europe and Ireland
in April while the Prime
Minister and the two opposition
leaders travelled
to Rarotonga for the 50th
Anniversary of the Cook
Islands independence
during early August.
In April, May and
June 2015, the current
121 MPs in Parliament
cost the NZ taxpayer
more than $1.8 million
on travel and accommodation
as well as receiving
substantial salaries.
In retrospect it would
appear that MPs, as well
as being well paid, are a
privileged group of NZ
Citizens with the ability
to travel extensively
within NZ and overseas -
all paid from the NZ Consolidated
Fund.
Bill Stirling
Levin Horowhenua
Please continue
Advocacy report
I have read the latest
Grey Power magazine with
interest. Could I say I appreciated
the section dealing
with discussions with
Government and other organisations
and the benefits
obtained.
I hope you will continue
this section of the magazine.
The full reporting of these
discussions (as appropriate)
keeps the membership well
informed of the work done
at National level.
It could well form the basis
of increasing the membership
of the society.
M D Parker
Silverstream
New chief executive for Cure Kids
Frances Benge is returning
to New Zealand
from Hong Kong to
take up the role of CEO
at Cure Kids in December.
Having enjoyed a long
and successful career with
Pfizer, and as a former
nurse, Frances relishes
the opportunity to embrace
Cure Kids’ vision to
achieve a healthy childhood
for all New Zealanders.
Most recently Frances
has been the regional cluster
lead for Pfizer South
East Asia, having joined
the organisation in a sales
role in 1999. Before this
international role Frances
was country manager for
Pfizer New Zealand for five
years.
Her career in the pharmaceutical
industry spans
26 years with leading roles
in sales, marketing and
brand management within
Pfizer, Roche and Eli Lilly
Pharmaceuticals.
Known for its sector
marketing leadership in
the form of songs featuring
celebrities (‘Feel inside’;
‘Team, Ball, Player,
Thing’) and long lasting
campaigns such as Red
Nose Day, Cure Kids enjoys
a high profile as a
loved charity brand.
Cure Kids chairman
Roy Austin said the board
was delighted to have attracted
Frances to the role.
“We welcome Frances’
passionate leadership, her
vision for future growth of
investment in research in
child health and her experience
in leading successful
commercial organisations,”
he said.
Frances has received
the Trevor Eagles Memorial
Award for AMCHAM
Member of the Year and
has been a finalist in
the Women on Boards
Awards. She holds a Graduate
Diploma in Business
and completed the Macquarie
Graduate School
of Management, Strategic
Leadership Programme.
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Do what young people do: The key to senior health
Older person advocate and founder
of the senior citizen hip hop dance
group the Hip Op-eration crew, Billie
Jordan says the more youth-oriented
activities older people do, the
younger they will become.
ADVICE FROM
‘THE GRANNY
WHISPERER’
“When I set up my
hip hop dance
group three and
a half years ago, with
members aged 68 to 96
years old, people were
worried the members
would fall over and
injure themselves or
wouldn’t be able to
learn a dance style
only young people do.
However, not only did
they perform at the
World Hip Hop Championships
in the USA
eight months later, but
all members are still
alive today and their doctors
say they’re healthier
now than they’ve been in
years,” says Billie.
With many international
campaigns telling
senior citizens to keep
safe, avoid falls and take
part in activities that remind
them of their youth,
Billie Jordan’s approach
is the exact opposite -
earning her the name
‘The Granny Whisperer’.
“From my experience
working closely with
older people - especially
those in their eighties and
nineties, the key to keeping
young is to go outside
of your comfort zone and
take part in activities that
are traditionally youthoriented.
If people only do
activities that are already
familiar to them; there is
no personal growth, no
challenge, no goal to aim
for and limited stimulation.
Also you will only
meet like-minded people
and other old people - so
the social value is very
restrictive as well,” says
Billie.
Determined to encourage
senior citizens all
over the world to maximise
their full potential
and live a healthier and
happier life, Billie has
established an adventure
travel tour company
called Discover Me Travel
for the young-at-heart.
“Our tours are designed
to help senior citizens
extend themselves
while having the best time
of their life. In addition to
fun sightseeing activities,
one to two days of each
trip is dedicated to learning
a new skill. They learn
how to be stunt car drivers
and hip hop dancers
in New Zealand, elephant
mahouts in Thailand and
self defence street fighters
in the USA.
They don’t need to
have a high level of physical
fitness on any of our
tours. For example, in our
tour to Nepal and the Himalayas,
they only need
to be able to walk for ten
minutes at a time,” says
Billie.
Traveller, Kara Nelson,
aged 95, urges senior
citizens to focus on what
they can do, rather than
what they can’t do.
“The quickest way to
grow old is to do nothing
new, think the best
years are behind you, and
only travel on cruises and
coach tours where you are
removed from local life.
The reality is, if you can
manage your health issues,
being over 65 can be
the best time of your life,”
says Kara.
“When you retire, you
can live this amazing life
as you have no work pressures,
your children are
independent and you answer
to no-one. Your sole
aim can be in the pursuit
of happiness and fulfilment,”
she says.
Billie Jordan
“Over the past three
and a half years I have
noticed huge changes in
the members of my hip
hop dance group. Physically
they look about ten
years younger and mentally
they’re a lot happier,
joyous, confident, self
assured, positive and excited
about their futures.
They’re completely different
people.
“If any of them get
sick, their recovery time
is very quick because they
don’t want to miss out on
performances, rehearsals
or any events we have
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including the pharmaceutical
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engaged in constructive discussion. Instead
we have been labelled “politically
irrelevant” and “breathless children”.
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impact assessment remain and will go
unanswered.
The conclusion of negotiations on October
6, 2015 has been trumpeted by our
Government as a great success and the
promised benefits cleverly marketed to
giddy heights. Any downside to the deal
has been brushed off.
To our Government then the sizeable
sector of concerned expert and civil
groups, in New Zealand and elsewhere,
are either hopelessly naïve or selfishly
seeking self promotion.
It is ironic that as I write this, and after
investing so much time and energy, I
hope that we are wrong in our analysis of
the TPPA.
I hope that we are wrong because the
alternative is unconscionable. The alternative
is that New Zealanders have been
lied to and manipulated, and as a consequence
our faith in the political process
will be irreparably damaged. Democracy
is not a toy to be roughly handled and
broken if it doesn’t suit the incumbent
government’s agenda.
Despite what is at stake, it is extraordinary
that our Government has consistently
refused to release any detail of
what is being negotiated, even to expert
panels or select committees.
As if it were a self-evident truth, we
have been repeatedly told that total secrecy
is the only way to conduct such negotiations.
Yet the negotiating documents have
been available to and shaped by 600 US
corporate representatives, who no doubt
have set terms that further their interests
ahead of those of the New Zealand
people. The legality of the NZ government’s
refusal to release information on
the TPPA has been questioned by The NZ
High Court.
It has ruled that Trade Minister Groser
had no lawful basis to withhold some
of the information requested under the
Official Information Act and he should
reconsider his decision.
The Government is considering an appeal
against this decision.
In the meantime even though the negotiations
have been completed we still
have no access to the documents.
We are still forced to rely on leaked
documents and government released
“fact sheets”. Should we not be suspicious
of a deal, over which ministers have invested
enormous political capital and are
congratulating themselves but dare not
release the full text?
In contrast to our widespread concern,
Tim Groser and John Key have repeatedly
told New Zealanders that medications
will not cost anymore and Kiwis won’t be
worse off- “New Zealanders will not pay
more for medicines”.
They also give bland reassurance that
the government won’t be sued under
TPPA provisions for investor-state dispute
settlement (ISDS). This provision is
arguably the most controversial part of
the deal. It allows for secret arbitration
panels to effectively overrule national
regulations by permitting foreign investors
to sue governments over lost potential
future profits.
For example the tobacco giant Phillip
Morris is suing the Australian Government
over its introduction of plain packaging
laws. A pharmaceutical industry
giant is suing the Canadian Government
for $Can500million for not extending
patents on medications that were found
to be ineffective. In both cases the governments
decisions were upheld by those
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Has the TPPA broken democracy? - continued
From page 20
countries’ courts.
Global ISDS claim numbers have exploded,
rising from almost zero to 608 in
the past 20 years.
The dawning realisation of vulnerability
to ISDS claims has led Brazil, Argentina,
South Africa, Indonesia, Austria,
France and Germany to oppose them in
future trade deals.
However, our Government has confidently
committed us to ISDS provisions.
With pride they announce that they have
achieved a tobacco “carve out” that specifically
protects against tobacco industry
lawsuits. But if a “carve out” for the tobacco
industry is needed, then there is a
risk of similar lawsuits from other corporations
who are not excluded. If not, why
the “carve out”?
Could disputes over medication costs,
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epidemic, or environmental policies to
curb pollution and climate change leave
us vulnerable to ISDS claims?
A leaked version of final intellectual
property chapter suggests that although
the more extreme demands of the pharmaceutical
industry have not been
granted major concerns remain. Some
of these concerns relate to the introduction
of “patent term extensions” and
the potential for patent holders to seek
injunctions to delay the availability of
much cheaper generic medications.
Ambiguity of the TPPA wording and
how much room it leaves for continued
pressure from the US may also extend
monopoly periods for biological medications.
Biological medications include modern
life saving treatments for cancers,
a range of chronic health problems including
arthritis and vaccines. Each year
of additional monopoly for this medication
group has been estimated to cost an
additional $NZ25-50 million.
Any additional cost will divert money
away from other already overstretched
health care services. It is well reported
that financial shortfalls are already affecting
health services in NZ and that many
patients miss out on important medical
and surgical interventions or spend considerable
times on waiting lists.
Additional constraints or costs will
disproportionally disadvantage the most
vulnerable, including the young and the
elderly. In light of this it is important to
impress on our government that we are
holding them to account over their promise
that the cost of medications will not
increase.
But of course, as I write this I can
script the Government’s reply that I am
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hopelessly misguided and know not what
I talk about.
So let’s really hope that I am wrong
because the alternative is so destructive.
However, in matters of sovereignty and
access and equity to healthcare, is it good
enough (and democratically acceptable)
that we are left to hope?
Note. Over the last twelve months Dr
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on the TPP, we are grateful for his input to
our concerns, re the signing of this agreement.
Biokinetics Clinic
From page 16
portunity for our students to gain first-hand
experience in how to create exercise programmes
tailored to the needs of individual
clients.”
As a result the Biokinetic Clinic has continued
this year with a core of volunteers
who took part in the initial study.
Supervised by experienced Wintec staff,
students involved work toward qualification
as Clinical Exercise Physiologists. Having
access to the group of volunteer clients has
enabled them to gain real-life experience
which is invaluable in their professional development,
Stephen said.
“We have had support from Waikato District
Health Board rehabilitation physicians
with the key message that elderly people
can be treated in hospital but when they
are discharged they need specialist support
to be able to function at home. Our aim is to
keep people active and out of the retirement
homes.”
Stephen hoped the Waikato DHB would
see the value in the skills clinical exercise
physiologists can provide and translate that
into jobs for Wintec’s graduates. This had
happened with other health boards.
Along with Deann Forsyth, fellow Biokinetics
Clinic volunteer Andrew Malloch has
also gained benefit from twice-weekly sessions
with clinic physiologists.
A self-employed Hamilton business consultant,
Andrew, 64, used to surf and play
social rugby. From his mid 30s he took up
running but stopped at about 55, “just got
lazy”.
Andrew answered a newspaper advertisement
for participants in Collin’s research
last year and has continued this year. The effects
have been dramatic.
“We each have an individual assessment
and programme designed for us.
“When I started I could leg press 80kgs,
now I can press 120kgs. My resting heart
rate was 90 beats per minute, now it is 70
bpm and I’m aiming for 60 bpm.
“Jodie’s study was to find out if biokinetics
can make an improvement in the
wellbeing of older people.
“I do a lot of walking, up to 5km a day,
and the programme has improved my
strength and balance. It has made me more
aware of my weight.”
Wintec Biokinetics Clinic manager Dr
Glynis Longhurst said the vision for the programme
was to provide a community service
for anyone with chronic disease at any
age - things like diabetes, respiratory issues,
cardiac and thyroid problems - resulting in
not being able to lose weight.
“Ours is a teaching clinic which means
we run 12-week exercise programmes during
the two semesters. We are always on the
lookout for clients and will probably start
taking new people in January.
“Once clients have completed our clinic
they are encouraged to continue in the
maintenance programme at $4 a week.” she
said.
Anyone interested should contact Dr Glynis
Longhurst at Wintec. glynis.longhurst@wintec.
ac.nz to set up an appointment for assessment.

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Do what
young
people do
From page 19
planned. One person had a stroke and
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Are you giving your
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We are good at looking after our faces and even our
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Parking wars: Seniors
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More than 90 percent of senior
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Those under the age of 30 showed the
least amount of confidence in their parking
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age groups, says Canstar New Zealand,
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“There is a nationwide feeling of confidence
in our parking skills with 82 percent
of New Zealanders stating that they
consider themselves to be good parkers,
parallel parking included.”
The majority of men think they are
good parkers (88 percent) while just under
three quarters of women think the
same (74 percent).
TYRE MAINTENANCE
More than three quarters of Kiwis (76
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before undertaking a long trip, with Wellingtonians
(82 percent) the most safety
conscious when it comes to pre-drive
checks.
According to AA New Zealand looking
after your tyres will not only save you
money - on tyres and also on fuel - but
they are an essential safety feature of
your car, says Jose.
“One fifth of Aucklanders don’t know
how to check if they need new car tyres
and 30 percent don’t know what the correct
air pressure of their tyres is meant to
be, meaning that there is a need for more
awareness and education. If you don’t
know what to look for, see what Tyre
Safety NZ has to say.
Women are more likely than men to
be unaware if they need new tyres, with
a quarter saying they don’t know what
to look for compared with 13 percent of
men.
Women are also more likely to be unaware
of the correct pressure (41 percent)
while just 20 percent of men said they
were unsure. The same can be said for the
younger generations; 45 percent of under
30-year-olds don’t know the correct air
pressure and 35 percent don’t know how
to check if they need new tyres.
“You can find the correct pressure for
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“Tyres lose air pressure naturally so
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Despite the majority of Kiwis being
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Aucklanders are the most likely to prioritise
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14 percent of people in Otago and the Bay
of Plenty.
READY AT CRUNCH TIME
But Kiwis are prepared for the worst.
An encouraging 92 percent of adults have
at least one spare tyre, and only 15 percent
have continued to drive on a spare
tyre because they couldn’t afford a new
one. Seventeen percent of New Zealanders
have called roadside assistance to
change a tyre on their car.
A TRUSTY MECHANIC
Close to three out of four New Zealanders
(74 percent) rely on the recommendations
of their retailer when purchasing
new car tyres – so it’s important
you find a mechanic whose knowledge
you can trust, says Jose.
“Consumers rated point of sale service
as the biggest driver of satisfaction (25
percent) when choosing a car tyre retailer,”
he says. “It’s clear that when looking
for tyres a range of factors make for great
customer satisfaction and value for money
isn’t the top consideration.”
The survey asked respondents to rate
their car tyre retailer across eight variables:
1. Value for money
2. Range of brands
3. Point of sale service
4. After sale service
5. Tyre fitting speed
6. Tyre quality
7. Store location
8. Overall satisfaction
This year Tyrepower has won the Canstar
Blue Award for Overall Customer
Satisfaction, achieving five-star ratings
across the majority of categories.
They were the only retailer to score five
stars for point of sale service and speed of
fitting tyres, which were rated the number
one and two drivers of satisfaction by
consumers, says Jose.
“Tyrepower clearly has their model
right, pleasing their customers with their
service as well as providing a cost effective
solution for what is considered an
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Families and collectors sometimes find it a challenge to
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Mowbray Collectables held
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This year, John Mowbray celebrated
50 years in the stamp business and is
still going strong. The company is much
more than one person, with eight expert
stamp staff having hundreds of years’ of
experience between them. Many work
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David Galt manages Mowbray’s coin,
medal and banknote auctions. He joined
the company this year as a director after
retiring from the Treasury. He is also
A 1935 New Zealand proof coin set
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president of the Royal Numismatic Society
of New Zealand, which looks after
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David would be pleased to hear from
people with coin collections, to discuss
options for selling. He says, “Where we
get value for vendors is in identifying
valuable material, accurate descriptions,
appropriate estimates and reserves
to be agreed with sellers, marketing
and presenting the material well for
international buyers. We know our auctions
get good results”.
“It can take many months to prepare
the auctions, so you should contact us
early if you have coin collections to sell.”
Coins of particular interest to collectors
include those with silver and
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and ancient coins, while scarce older
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“We can’t always sell low value pocket
change and common coins sets, or
stamps from recent decades at auction
for clients, but we can suggest options
Top stamps include the unissued three
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Waikato GP Dr Sakkie Fourie is
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Dr Fourie works as a general practitioner
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“Skin scanning is a more personalised
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PwC local government director David
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- there’s no single factor that drives
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“A recent report from the New Zealand
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regional economic zones in regions to boost
foreign investment and assist new enterprises
to start up. This cannot happen without
the directive from central Government.
“Developing into regions of opportunity
will take a collaborative effort by councils,
central Government and businesses,” he
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The publication offers three key steps of
advice for councils hoping to advance the
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Be ready – know what you offer. The best
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if material is not suitable for auction.”
“Top material, always suitable for
auction, includes New Zealand’s rare
Waitangi Crown, issued in 1935 showing
Hobson and Tamati Waka Nene and
high grade New Zealand or world silver
coins up to 1946. Two crowns sold
in September for $6,200 and $6,600
in September, while a 1935 proof set
brought $13,000.”
David and the team can be contacted at
Mowbray Collectables, Private Bag 63000,
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BOARD MEMBER COMMENT
Health is a little like the never
ending story. As one chapter ends
there are many more to follow.
The unfortunate part of ill health is
that it affects a person’s ability to
enjoy the quality of life which we
have become accustomed to.
FROM JO MILLAR
chair Health National
Advisory Group
As Grey Power
moves towards its
30 year anniversary
it is really pleasing
to see that the Health
Portfolio or as it is now
known, the Health National
Advisory Group,
has always been one of
the major focuses of
the organisation.
Although we still have
a number of issues to resolve
the great work done
by previous and present
chairs and committee
members has resulted in
some very good outcomes.
Grey Power has a number
of members on various
consumer groups in
the health sector.
These people have
been appointed or invited
to participate due to their
ability to contribute in no
small way to better outcomes
for all consumers
but more especially those
in the older age group.
Our advocacy visits
to Pharmac meant that
we were able to get very
good in-depth and invaluable
information on the
change to the diabetic
meters which had caused
a considerable amount
of fear and concern to
users. It was very heartening
to hear the belief
from members in the new
meters once they fully understood
exactly how they
worked.
Another very good
outcome has been that
Pharmac also keep us informed
of any changes in
funded medications and
other areas they may be
looking at.
We have also established
a very good direct
contact within the Ministry
of Health and this
Legacy
HEALTH... the neverending
story
has helped in being able
to have any requests for
information being sent
to the right personnel.
Another plus is the new
direction the Ministry of
Health is taking in that it
is now more focused on
clients rather than funding.
It is also interesting
to see that this attitude is
slowly creeping into some
district health boards.
It is to be hoped that this
will assist as we continue to
work through the frustrating
elective surgery issues
which seem to be increasing
rather than declining.
Even if we cannot resolve
all the problems if the
client becomes more important
they may receive
better explanations rather
than the current situation
of “you do not meet the criteria”
or “you do not meet
the threshold”.
From time-to-time we
have put out surveys to you
and I would like, on behalf
of my committee, to thank
you all most sincerely for
your responses. The one
response we get to all our
advocacy issues is “Give
us the stories.” It is your
information which enables
us to go to these meetings
and explain how different
In our modern world
everybody should pursue
a healthy lifestyle,
of which I say being
healthy is not by accident
but by pursuing
the right choices.
The classic medical
model did not cater for
much other than chemical
options and surgery.
Luckily an American
Natural Medical university
brought in a new course
for medical students and a
post-graduate called “Lifestyle
Medicine”.
One outcome of this is
the so-called CHIP diet
(Cardio Health Improvement
Program) by which
thousands, or by now millions
of lives have been
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with unbelievable recovery
outcomes - a great part
of our Western diet causes
the wrong utilisation of
calcium, producing plaque
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crippling stones in the
joints etc.
German scientists
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our diet contributes to recovery.
The Magnesium
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If this Magnesium is in
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With all of the other
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adversely deposited Calcium,
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There are many signs of
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which of course would
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ULTIMAG produce
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because the important elements
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have the greater credence
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Please think of UltiMag
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Instead of purchasing
un-useful and moneywasting
items, why not invest
in benefiting someone
to create a long-lasting
blessing with a message of
health!
To help our beloved
GreyPower clients, we will
make (for the first time)
this Christmas an excellent
offer to you:
• Buy 1 and receive a discount
of 10 %
• Buy 2 and receive a discount
of 20 %
• Buy 3 and receive a discount
of 30 %
• Buy 4 and receive a discount
of 40 %
• Buy 5 and receive a discount
of.45 %
For this Christmas Special
we will unfortunately
charge Packaging & Courier
$9.50 -Included.
CHOCOLATE with each
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Season you will receive
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Our anecdotal tests at
this time have proved that
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CHARL MARAIS
Doctor of Natural Medicine
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Parking wars: Seniors claim superiority
From page 24
expensive product. They have a ‘won’t
be beaten on price’ motto meaning that
consumers know they can always come to
them to find the lowest price in the market.”
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CAR TYRE RETAILERS BY REGION:
Auckland:ikely (equal with Canterbury
and Bay of Plenty) to not know how to
check if they need new tyres (20 percent),
most likely to have called roadside assistance
to change a tyre on their car (20 percent),
most likely to have driven on their
spare tyre because they couldn’t afford a
new tyre (17 percent), most likely to be
willing to pay more money for a great pair
of shoes or a hi-tech gadget than a great
set of tyres (25 percent) and least likely
(equal with Wellington) to rely on their
retailer recommendations when they
bought their car tyres (72 percent).
Waikato: In this region motorists are
most likely (equal with Wellington and
Bay of Plenty) to delay buying new tyres
for as long as possible (47 percent), and
least likely (equal with Wellington) to not
know how to check if they need new car
tyres (16 percent).
Wellington: Here motorists are most
likely to check the condition of their tyres
before undertaking a long trip (82 percent),
least likely (equal with Waikato and
Bay of Plenty) to delay buying new tyres
for as long as possible (47 percent), least
likely (equal with Waikato) to not know
how to check if they need new tyres (16
percent), least likely to not know the correct
tyre pressure that their tyres should
be (26 percent), least likely to have driven
on their spare tyre because they couldn’t
afford a new tyre (12 percent) and least
likely (equal with Auckland) to have relied
on the retailer recommendations when
they bought their car tyres (72 percent).
Canterbury: Cantabrians are most
likely to carry a spare tyre in their car
as well as the tools to do a tyre change
if necessary (96 percent), most likely
(equal with Auckland and Bay of Plenty)
to not know how to check if they need
new tyres (20 percent), least likely to consider
themselves a good parker (including
the ability to reverse park) (79 percent),
and least likely (equal with Otago) to not
know what the correct pressure of their
tyres should be (32 percent).
Otago: Those in Otago are least likely
to check the condition of their tyres before
undertaking a long trip (72 percent),
least likely to delay buying new tyres for
as long as possible (41 percent), most likely
to consider themselves to be good parkers
(including the ability to reverse park)
(86 percent), most likely (equal with Canterbury)
to not know what the correct air
pressure of their tyres should be (32 percent)
and least likely (equal with Bay of
Plenty) to be willing to pay more money
for a great pair of shoes or a hi-tech gadget
than a great set of tyres (14 percent).
Bay of Plenty: Motorists in this region
are most likely (equal with Waikato
and Wellington) to delay buying new
tyres for as long as possible (47 percent),
least likely to carry a spare tyre in their
car as well as the tools to complete a tyre
change if necessary (90 percent), most
likely (equal with Canterbury and Auckland)
to not know how to check if they
need new tyres (20 percent), least likely to
have called roadside assistance to change
a tyre on their car (11 percent), least likely
(equal with Otago) to be willing to pay
more for a great pair of shoes or a hi-tech
gadget than a great set of tyres (14 percent)
and most likely to have relied on
the retailer recommendations when they
bought new car tyres (78 percent).
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says…
Every 7 minutes and 42 seconds New Zealand
gains one new resident from migration.
But is the health system keeping
up. No, not if the numerous
stories we hear are an indicator.
Unfortunately, there seems to be
little effort being put into increasing
our public services to cope with more
and more people. New Zealand now
has more than 4,620,000 people, and
a population growth rate faster than
Australia’s.
The outcome for our sons and
daughters and grandchildren is not
rosy.
They could very well end up standing
in the queue for medical care that
we paid taxes to build and sustain.
Why should they have to compete
for basic services with people arriving
from overseas.
New Zealand First believes in reducing
immigration to a level which
benefits our country in terms of bringing
in people to fill skills shortages.
We must also balance our intake
with the ability of health and education
systems to provide an adequate
level of service.
There is also another possibility of
taking pressure off. New Zealand First
has proposed requiring immigrants
coming under the parent reunion category
to take out private health insurance
for the first 10 years.
Authorised by Winston Peters,
Authorised by Winston Peters,
Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Contact
Kerikeri Office
Shop 2, The Courtyard, 3 Homestead Rd
PO Box 244
Kerikeri 0245
Ph: 09 407 1545
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This is a pre-requisite in other
countries. Tens of thousands of parents
have entered New Zealand without
being required to work or pay income
taxes.
If a couple immigrate to this country,
with their children, they may still
bring four parents as well, who can
use the taxpayer funded health system
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at the same level as Kiwis who have
paid taxes here all their lives. Another
common sense measure would
give senior citizens a rebate on their
health insurance premiums to encourage
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At present, many older people stop
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This is the one time in their lives
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healthcare. A 25 percent rebate would
encourage them to stay in the private
system. Change is needed as the population
clock keeps ticking and our services
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• To provide intending residents with a disclosure statement, occupation right agreement
and other important documents before buying into the village
• To Provide a process for communicating with and involving residents in the village
• To provide a process for handling complaints and disputes
• The Act also requires all intending residents:
• To get an independent lawyer to explain their occupation right agreement and its
implications before signing the agreement.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is responsible for administering
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The Register of Retirement Villages is operated by the Companies Office. Use the register
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Prime Minister John Key says…
It’s been a busy year for National
In recent months,
we’ve announced a
620,000 km2 ocean
sanctuary in the Kermadec
region – one of
the most pristine and
unique environments
on the planet.
The Kermadec Ocean
Sanctuary will be one of
the world’s largest and
most significant fullyprotected
areas, preserving
important habitats
for seabirds, whales, dolphins,
endangered marine
turtles and thousands of
fish species.
In context, the ocean
sanctuary is an area twice
the size of New Zealand
and 50 times the size of
our largest national park
in Fiordland. New Zealanders
can be proud that
we are creating the Kermadec
Ocean Sanctuary
for future generations.
The Government was
also pleased to announce
we achieved surplus in
the financial year ending
June 30, 2015, a target
we first set in 2011 following
the Canterbury earthquakes
and the Global Financial
Crisis. Alongside
the Trans-Pacific Partnership
negotiations being
successfully concluded,
these achievements are
helping to build a stronger,
more prosperous New
Zealand, with more jobs
and higher incomes, and
more opportunities for
Kiwi families.
TPP involves 12 Asia-
Pacific countries, and allows
New Zealand exporters
to sell more products
and services to the world,
with 800 million potential
customers in TPP.
Our economy is estimated
to benefit by at
least $2.7 billion a year by
2030 from TPP, and it will
save Kiwi exporters $259
million a year in tariffs.
This is a great deal for
New Zealand. It will help
our home-grown businesses
to create more
jobs and deliver higher
incomes as they get better
access to international
customers.
In October, we unveiled
a comprehensive
plan to reduce childhood
obesity.
Obesity is projected to
overtake tobacco as the
leading preventable risk
to New Zealand health in
Opposition Leader Andrew Little says…
Unmet need means “suffering”
You would have to
have been living
under a rock not
to know there’s something
wrong with the
state of our health system.
One of the most common
refrains my Labour
colleagues and I hear from
people is about unmet
need.
Unmet need, as Christchurch
Hospital intensive
care specialist Dr Geoff
Shaw has described it, is
a “euphemism for suffering”.
Health Minister Jonathan
Coleman has repeatedly
denied there’s a
problem - until recently
when he was caught out
in a television interview
and had to admit that, yes,
there were some issues
with waiting lists.
Those ‘issues’ are
160,000 people who don’t
appear in any official figures.
They’ve been sent for
a specialist assessment by
their GPs, but don’t meet
certain clinical criteria so
get refused an appointment.
Some doctors say they
aren’t even attempting
to refer some patients on
because they know it’s a
pointless exercise.
Others are managing
patients – in a sort of
holding pattern – using
guidelines provided by
specialists, until they get
‘sick enough’ to qualify for
another referral.
Meanwhile DHBs have
also confirmed they use
suspended waiting lists because
they can’t meet the
Government’s new target
of four months for operations.
It’s about distorting
elective surgery waiting
lists to conceal thousands
of patients who would benefit
from an operation, but
do not qualify to have the
operation done in the public
system.
In a country that has
prided itself on having one
of the most effective health
systems in the world that’s
a pretty damning indictment.
The breadth of the problem
was brought home to
me earlier this month after
a grandmother contacted
Health spokesperson Annette
King regarding her
4-year-old granddaughter.
The little girl has nasal
problems and poor speech.
the next 12 months. Particularly
concerning is
obesity in children, as it
is associated with a wide
range of health conditions
and an increased
risk of premature illness.
New Zealand has the
third highest adult obesity
rate in the OECD
and our rates are rising.
There is no single solution
to fix obesity, so we
have developed a range
of interventions across
Government, the private
sector, communities,
schools and families
to focus on children’s
While she did get to see a
specialist, that was as far
as it went. The specialist
confirmed she needed her
tonsils and adenoids removed,
and grommets fitted
in her ears.
Apparently, however,
she didn’t meet the criteria
for surgery and was referred
back to the GP.
So what happens when
she starts school next year?
Presumably she’ll need
speech therapy (though
she has been turned down
for that as well) and some
pretty intensive one-onone
tutoring to help with
her hearing issues.
All that when an operation
would have fixed
the problem and saved
the little girl, her parents,
and grandparents a lot of
heartache.
health. At the core of our
plan is a new childhood
obesity health target,
that requires 95 percent
of children presenting as
obese at their B4 School
check to be referred to
an appropriate health
professional for clinical
assessment and familybased
nutrition, activity
and lifestyle interventions.
Tackling the issue of
obesity is a key priority
for this Government, as
we continue to help Kiwi
families get ahead in
2016 and beyond.
At the other end of the
spectrum we have also
heard this week from a
woman whose husband
has been waiting almost
two years for an operation
on his shoulder. She
says he lives with extreme
pain every day. Having to
dress and bathe him takes
a huge toll on her.
And what does the Government
say to Northland
man Graham Higgins,
who needed a procedure
to diagnose his cancer,
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Opotiki Secretary & Contact: Mrs Joy Forbes, 52 Grants Road, Opotiki 3122. Phone: 07 315 5469.
Otago Office & Contact: 11am – 2 pm, Mon to Thurs. 211A King Edward St, South Dunedin, Phone: 03 456 1685, Email: gp.otago@
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Queenstown President & Contact: Mrs Lesley Jones, 79 Cedar Drive, Kelvin Heights, Queenstown 9300, Phone: 03 442 8826,
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Rangitikei Secretary/Treasurer & Contact postal address: Del Bettridge, PO Box 82, Marton 4710.
Rotorua President & Contact: Mrs Rosemary MacKenzie, Phone: 07 349 0477, Email: rmackenzie84@gmail.com. Office, Postal
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Ruapehu (sub branch of Waitomo) President & Contact: Mr Alan Turton, 37 Falkner Park, Taumarunui 3920. Phone: 07 895 5385,
Mob: 027 814 2279, Email: theateam33@xtra.co.nz.
Ashburton Southland Office, Postal Address Natalie & Contact: Blampied Hours: 9.30 am to 1pm. 122 Esk St, PO Invercargill, Box 519, (Cnr Esk Ashburton and Deveron 7740 Sts), Phone: 03
Auckland Mr Jens Meder (Acting Vice President) PO Box 44 008, Pt Chevalier, Auckland 1246
214 5008, Fax: 03 214 5009, Email: Mrs greypowersouth@xtra.co.nz
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Buller South Area Otago President & Contact: Mr Mrs Frank Joanne O’Connell Blackie, 14B Barr Street, Balclutha 140 9230, Derby Phone: 03 Street, 418 1777. Westport Secretary 7825 & Contact:
Cambridge Miss Noeline Jamieson (Secretary) PO Box 369, Cambridge 3450
Central Mrs Rowena Hawkes Bunting, Bay Phone: 03 418 Mrs 1340, EF Email: Dolding rowenabunting@xtra.co.nz. 21A Charlotte St, Takapau, Central Hawkes Bay 420
Central South Otago Taranaki Secretary & Contact: Mrs Jenny Jacqueline Nager, PO Goyen Box 167, Hawera 4640. 32 Ventry St, Alexandra 9320
Christchurch Mr Colin Taylor (Acting President) PO Box 31010 Ilam, Christchurch 8444
Coastal South Waikato BOP & Secretary Dists (380) & Contact: Dorothy Heather Seymour Williamson, (President) 158 Elizabeth Drive, Tokoroa 2 Santa 3420, Fe Phone: Key, 07 Papamoa 886 5658, Email: Beach, hwilli@xtra. Papamoa 3118
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Mac Welch (President)
Mrs Pat Williams (Secretary) PO Box 76, Coromandel 3543
Counties Stratford Manukau Secretary & Contact: Gavin Mr John Belton, Ballantyne PO Box 50, Stratford (President) 4352. Phone: 06 PO 765 Box 8286, 75-722, Email: gavbelton@xtra.co.nz.
Manurewa, Manukau 2243
Mr Graeme Moffat (Membership Contact)
Dannevirke Taupo President & Districts & Contact: Mrs Eda Mrs Terry, LA Phone: Haste 07 378 9592, Email: edaterry@xtra.co.nz. 26 Victoria Postal Address: Avenue, PO Dannevirke Box 862, Taupo 4930 3351.
Eastern Tauranga Southland & Western Bay of Plenty Dick President Stark (Secretary) & Contact: Christina Humphreys, Phone: PO Box 07 571 100, 6491, Gore Email: 9740 chrisray4756@
Far North G & E Rogerson PO Box 505, Kaitaia 0441
Gisborne gmail.com. Office & Contact: 10 am to 1 pm, Mon-Fri, Historic Village, Seventeenth PO Avenue, Box Tauranga, 1222, Phone: Gisborne 07 5714040
2558, Email:
Golden tgagreypower@gmail.com. Bay Postal Mr Address: R. Reid PO Box 841, Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga 14 Sunbelt 3140. Cres, Takaka 7110
Greymouth Mr Peter Frankpitt PO Box 291, Greymouth 7840
Hamilton Te Aroha President & Contact: Mr 9.30-12pm Rod Gibson, Phone: Mon-Thurs 07 884 7414, Email: rodgibson49@hotmail.com. 30 Victoria St, Hamilton Postal Address: 3204PO Box 39,
Hastings & Districts Mrs M Dunningham (Secretary) PO Box 8756, Havelock North, Hastings 4157
Hibiscus Te Aroha Coast 3342.
Jim Pringle PO Box 129, Orewa, 0946
Hokitika Te Awamutu President & Contact: Mr Hazel Arthur Barnes, Haworth Phone: 07 871 9661, Mobile: 027 Office 357 0024, 1-4pm Email: Mon-Fri, edithhazelbarnes@gmail.com.
PO Box 233, Hokitika 7842
Horowhenua Thelma Massey (Membership) PO Box 328, Levin 5540
Howick/Pakuranga Secretary & Contact: Vacant Contact Sandy Address: Feringa PO Box (Acting 540, Te Awamutu Secretary) 3840. PO Box 38281, Howick, Manukau 2145
Hutt Temuka City Secretary & Contact: Les Mrs Howard, Sandra 12 Grantlea CreigDrive, Timaru 7910, Phone: PO 03 684 Box 3212, 33274, Email: Petone, les_ann@xtra.co.nz. Lower Hutt 5046
Kaipara Mr Ken Cashin 27 Seaview Rd, RD7, Dargaville 0377
Kapiti Thames: Coast Secretary & Contact: Carolyn 1st Floor, Young, 303 Coastlands Kauaeranga Valley Road, RD2, Thames PO Box 3577, 479, Phone: Paraparaumu 07 868 6353, Mobile: 52540274
Kawerau & Districts Alistair Holmes PO Box 209, Kawerau 3169
Kerikeri 634 948, Email: barry.carolyn@xtra.co.nz. C. Driver Membership Contact: Larraine Crowther, PO 105 Box Totara 401, Close, Kerikeri Thames 3500, 0245 Phone: 07 561
Mana/Tawa 4149, Email: crowthers@orcon.net.nz. Brian Tutton PO Box 50034, Porirua 5240
Manawatu 753 Main Street PO Box 9051, Terrace End, Palmerston North 4441
Marlborough Timaru President & Contact: Mrs Mrs Denise Jewel Fitzgerald, Perfect Phone: 03 688 3833, Email: denise_fitzgerald@xtra.co.nz PO Box 875, Blenheim Postal 7240 Address: PO Box
4060, Highfield, Timaru 7942. Membership Marlborough Contact: Community Mr Graeme Wood, Centre Phone: 03 688 19/25 3833, Alfred Email: graeme.wood@xtra.co.nz
Street, Blenheim 7201
Matamata Mr Ron Moles 8 Karamu Crescent, Matamata 3400
Mercury Upper Hutt BayPresident & Contact: Mr Pat Barney Christenson, Bowen Phone: 04 528 2710, Email: pjc.pinehaven@xtra.co.nz. 5 Panorama Ave, Secretary Ferry Landing, & Contact: RD1 Marie Whitianga 359
Morrinsville Brophy, Phone: 04 977 7942, Email: Mr mariebrophy@paradise.net.nz. Bruce Purchase Membership Contact: 4 Wightman Sally Becker, Place, Phone: Morrinsville 04 973 4247, 3340
Motueka Mary Quested PO Box 350, Motueka 7143
Email: mpbecker@clear.net.nz. Postal Community Address: PO House, Box 40306, Motueka Upper Hutt 5140. Office 9.00-1.00pm Mon-Fri
Napier & Districts Maxine Boag PO Box 4247, Marewa, Napier 4143
Nelson Waiheke & Gulf Islands President The & Contact: Secretary Allen Davies, 422 Seaview Road, Onetangi, PO Box Waiheke 2190, Island Stoke, 1081, Nelson Phone: 097041
372 7481,
New Email: Plymouth allen.davies38@gmail.com. Mr Secretary: Don Reeve Vacant (Secretary) 10 Koromiko St, Inglewood 4310
Office: 27 Liardet St, New Plymouth 4310
North Waihi Canterbury President & Contact: Merv Miles Lauder, Jackson Phone: 07 863 (President) 9555, Email: mervl@slingshot.co.nz 20 Melford Secretary Close, & Postal Rangiora Contact: 7400 Elspeth
Heaton, 9a Athenree Road, RD 1, Katikati Mrs Jan 3177. Pentecost Phone: 07 863 (Secretary) 5853, Email: greypowerwaihi@gmail.com.
Mr D & Mrs B Palmer (Membership)
North Waimate Otago President & Contact: Ann Mrs Wright, Diana Phone: McGregor 03 689 7377, (Secretary) Email: mrswubbleyew@hotmail.com. PO Box 236, Oamaru Office & Postal 9444Address: C/-
North Resource Shore Centre, Old Post Office, 75 Barrie Queens Church Street, Waimate (President) 7924. Membership, Secretary PO Box & 32-635, Contact: Mrs Devonport, M Henshaw, North Shore 0744
Mr Des Stobbs (Membership contact)
Opotiki Phone: 03 689 7539 Mrs Glenda John (Secretary) PO Box 32, Opotiki 3122
Otago PO Box 591, Dunedin 9054
Wainuiomata President & membership Office: contact: Hours: Jane 11-2pm Chamberlain, Mon-Thur 87B Main Road, 211A Wainuiomata King Edward 5014, Phone: Street, 04 971 South 9189, Dunedin Mobile:
Otaki 027 – 320 Sub 8879, branch Email: horatio@paradise.net.nz. Vacant
Paeroa Ms Barbara Dawson (Secretary) 33 Keepa Avenue, Paeroa 3600
Pohutukawa Wairoa & District Coast President & Contact: Mrs Eloise Richard Bateman Paap, Phone: (Secretary) 06 838 6438. Secretary PO Box & Contact: 42, Maraetai Shirley E Callaghan, Beach, PO Manukau Box 26, 2148
Queenstown Wairoa 4160. Phone: 06 838 8770, Mrs Email: Gwen shirley.cally@gmail.com. Marshall Treasurer & Membership 14 Nairn Contact: Street, Les Arrowtown Hine, Phone: 06 9302 838 6545,
Rangitikei M Field (Secretary) PO Box 82, Marton 4741
Rotorua Email: greypower@outlook.co.nz Or Mr leshine@xtra.co.nz.
Ashton Peat PO Box 414, Rotorua 3040
Ruapehu Sub-Assn Mr Alan Turton (Contact) 37 Falkner Place, Taumarunui 3920
Southland
Waitakere Office & Contact: 9.30
Mr
am
André
– 12 pm,
Ozanne
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PO Box 861,
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Invercargill
Phone:
9840
09 838 5207,
Fax: 09 838 5237, Email: waitakgp@xtra.co.nz. Office: 9.30-1.00pm Postal Address: PO Box 83300, Edmonton, 122 Esk Waitakere St, Invercargill 0652. 9810
South Otago Mrs Andrena Hattrill 181 Hina Hina Road, RD2, Owaka 9586
South Waitomo Taranaki President & Contact: Ngaire Jenny Grayson, Nager Phone: 07 878 6938, Email: rknegrayson@clear.net.nz. PO Box 167, Hawera Membership 4640Contact: Mr
South Merv Waikato Williamson, Phone: 07 878 6018, Mrs Email: Graewyn mvw@clear.net.nz. O’Sullivan Secretary, Contact 30 & Postal Edinborough Address: Brian St, Watson, Tokoroa 253420
Ailsa Street,
Stratford Mrs Daphne Grainger (Secretary) PO Box 50, Stratford 4352
Te Kuiti 3910, Phone: 07 878 5177, Gavin Email: bandmwatson@xtra.co.nz.
Belton (Contact)
Tararua Wanganui Administration & Contact: Mrs Graham Anne Liddington and Cynthia Adams, PO Box 4197, Wanganui 15A Grey 4541, Street, Phone: 06 Woodville 345 4559, 4920
Taupo Vicky Kain PO Box 595, Taupo 3351
Te Email: Arohagraham.adams@xtra.co.nz.
Mr Len Bootten PO Box 39, Te Aroha 3342
Te Awamutu Mr Paul Hobbs PO Box 540, Te Awamutu 3840
Temuka Warkworth President & Contact: Mr Anne Gavin Martin, Somerville Email: anneburn@clear.net.nz. Contact 5 Dyson Address: St, PO Temuka Box 351, 7920 Warkworth 0941.
Timaru Wellington Central Membership Mr Contact: John Ray Button Markham, PO Box 13755, Johnsonville, PO Wellington Box 379, 6440. Timaru Phone 7940 04 478 6091,
Mr Graeme Wood (Membership Contact)
Upper Email: Hutt rbmarkham@clear.net.nz. Sally & Max Becker PO Box 47174 Trentham, Upper Hutt 5143
Waiheke & Gulf Islands Margaret Owen (Secretary) 94 Ostend Rd, Waiheke Island 1081
Waihi Wellington South East President Lynnette & main Contact: Hanson Peter Munn Redfearn, (Secretary) Phone: 04 97024 9293, Tauranga Mob: 021 Road, 0273 6608, Waihi Email:pebhr@ 3610
Waimate paradise.net.nz Contact Address: Mr PO Box David 14051, M Kilbirnie, Holmes Wellington 6241. Second PO contact: Box Dot 17, Doherty, Waimate Phone: 7960 04 387 8208,
Wainuiomata Ken Wells (Secreatry) 39 Sunny Grove, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt 5014
Wairarapa Email: dorothyad@xtra.co.nz. Please contact Grey Power Tararua for membership.
Wairoa Whakatane & District President & Contact: Angela Mrs Betty Haggerty Hudson, PO (Secretary) Box 830, Whakatane 3120. PO Phone: Box 0726, 308 Wairoa 5210, Email: 4160 betty.keepa@xtra.
Waitakere Office 9.30-12.00 noon PO Box 83300, Edmonton, Waitakere 0652
Waitomo co.nz
Mr Merv Williamson (Secretary) 15 Earl St, Te Kuiti 3910
Wanganui Mrs Cynthia Adams PO Box 4197, Wanganui 4541
Warkworth Whangamata President & Contact: Elizabeth Mrs Jo Schneebeli, Foster PO Box 223, Whangamata PO 3643. Box Phone: 351 07 865 Warkworth 9288, 0941
Wellington Email: joschneebeli@value.net.nz. Central Secretary Mr Duncan & Contact: McDonald Mrs Cushla Jarvis, Phone: 07 PO 865 Box 7111, 13755, Email: bruges@xtra.co.nz.
Johnsonville, Wellington 6140
Wellington South East Ian Mulholland PO Box 14-051 Kilbirnie, Wellington 6241
Western Membership Bay Contact: of Plenty Maree Burt, Phone: 07 865 8924, Email: malmarb50@gmail.com PO Box 841, Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga 3140
Office: 10.00-1.00pm Mon-Fri C/- Historic Village, Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga
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Whangarei President & Contact:
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Mr Jim Beniston,
Simpson
Phone: 09 437 3827, Email: jimbeniston@gmail.com
PO Box 830, Whakatane
Second Contact:
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436 1822,
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NATIONAL GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2015 37
Funerals – of telling tales, bonding
and a good old-fashioned reunion
Yes, funerals are, or should be, for the
people left behind to renew family
and community bonds, retell old
tales of the deceased and generally
have a good old fashioned reunion.
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FROM TOM O’CONNOR
In recent discussions
with some Grey Power
members the cost
of funerals was raised.
Most people in the debate
were of the view that
funerals were far too costly
but no one knew how to
avoid that expense.
Most people have
some form of life insurance
and many even have
prepaid funeral plans but
even then a sudden death
can leave many bereaved
families vulnerable to unexpected,
but often avoidable
costs.
Not many years ago a
funeral was conducted in
the local church with the
clergyman also acting as
part-time director of proceedings.
There was usually,
but not always, some-
one called an undertaker
who provided the coffin,
at a reasonable fee, and
someone to dig the grave.
In many rural communities
in the early part of
last century, family members
or neighbours dug the
grave, a coffin was often
not required and catering
for the mourners was a
communal responsibility.
Relatives and near neighbours
would take care
of the baking, usually as
soon as they learned of
the death. Anything more
substantial, like a mutton
or pork carcass, was the
realm of the menfolk and
everyone else became involved
in the preparation
and cooking.
From these very simple
beginnings not all that
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many years ago, funerals
have now become a
major industry. They are
highly organised, minutely
planned and expensive
productions with a subtle
underlying but false assumption
that a big sendoff
somehow matches the
regard in which the recently
departed was held.
It does not and never has.
Funerals are, or should
be, for the people left behind
to renew family and
community bonds, retell
old tales of the deceased
and generally have a good
old fashioned reunion.
Costs are, or were, minimal
and usually shared
among those closest to the
family.
Now, at this sad, and
often tragic, time most
people are not in the right
frame of mind to make
decisions about costs and
they can be considerable.
While we can avoid some
of the costs of a funeral,
there are some which are
unavoidable.
Among those is a burial
plot in the local cemetery,
which in some communities
has reached in excess
of $4000. We can’t put
Grandma down the back
garden among her beloved
Opposition Leader Andrew Little says…
From page 33
but had to wait more than
six months to get it — by
which time his cancer had
become terminal?
I’ve had to deal with
cancer myself. I know
what it’s like to wait for
the results of that test that
could change your life. It
is ghastly.
National has slashed
$1.7 billion from Health
over six years and further
under investment has
been signalled.
It doesn’t take a rocket
scientist to understand
that if you’re failing to
maintain current funding
in an area where there’s
growing demand something’s
got to give.
Unfortunately, under
this Government, that
something is essential
health services and it’s
New Zealanders, young
and old, who are bearing
the brunt of it.
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roses so there is little
choice, other than cremation,
but to buy what must
be a small piece of the
most expensive real estate
in the country.
While the majority of
funeral directors are thoroughly
professional and
highly ethical in these
delicate times, they have
responded to, rather than
created, the demand for
lavish funerals. It is something
we have, perhaps
unwittingly, imposed on
ourselves.
They take over most of
the organising and logistics
of a funeral, at a time
when grieving families
are not in a good frame of
mind to worry about the
type of flowers, music, order
of speeches and eulogies
and all the things that
make up a modern funeral.
Things that, not long
ago were spontaneous.
Their costs, although
well-earned however, are
also not inconsiderable.
Then there are things
like the coffin, or casket
as it is known as today.
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This highly polished item
of one way temporary furniture
can cost anything
from $1000 to three times
that amount.
No one wants the dearly
departed to take their last
journey in a spud sack or
repainted tea crate but is
an ornate, varnished boatsized
box anything more
than following an illogical
and quite new tradition?
Sometime in the late
1950s a family associate
was buried on the door
of his little house. He had
fashioned the door from a
single slab of totara with
little more than an adze
and other basic hand tools.
He was dressed in his best
suit wrapped in bed sheets,
driven to the cemetery on
the back of his old farm
truck and lowered into his
grave on the door. It didn’t
cost anything. The wake in
the little village pub afterwards
was probably quite
costly but everyone dug
into their own pockets as
the evening got later and
stories were longer and
taller.
The next issue of The Grey Power Magazine will be
published in March 2016. Deadlines are:
Editorial: Thursday, 18 February
Advertising: Monday, 22 February
Delivery Address:
The Grey Power Magazine
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P.O. Box 1425, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240
Phone: 07 838 1333 • Fax: 07 838 2807
Editor: Mike Blake
Email: mike@wbn.co.nz
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A few years ago we
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whole show. This is another
project which cannot
be carried out at home in
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There are special facilities
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not include any optional
extras like catering and the
wake in the pub.
They are a matter of
choice and need not impose
unreasonable costs
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the beautiful Tuscany and Umbria areas of Italy.
apartment at the Australis Sovereign hotel. We include
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SOUTHERN STATES TOUR &
PANAMA CANAL CRUISE
Tour departs: 20 April 2016
Tour length: 30 Days
EUROPEAN CAPITALS
Tour departs: 29 June 2016
Tour length: 30 Days
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE TOURS, OR ANY OF OUR OTHER TOURS IN 2016,
PLEASE CALL US ON 0800 500 518, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE
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Experience the real South Island ...and take home
“a lifetime of memories, tales and friendships.”
FROM NIKKI SIMMONDS
ESCORTED TOURS 2016
"Complete hassle-free travel, with home
pickup & return (Auckland), quality hotels, meals
(as specified), & sightseeing fees."
• NAPIER ART DECO TOUR
5 days, depart 18 February. Enjoy New
Zealand’s celebration of the Art Deco style
in Napier.
• BEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TOUR
15 days, depart 09 April. The best
southern highlights featuring Akaroa, Mount
Cook, Stewart Island, Milford Sound,
Queenstown, Wanaka and Franz Josef.
• CHINA DISCOVERY TOUR
24 days, depart 05 May. A leisurely
paced itinerary featuring an 8 night Yangtze
River Cruise plus stopovers and sightseeing
in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
• NORFOLK ‘COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL’
8 days, depart 15 May. Enjoy a fabulous
week of Country Music plus some of the
wonders of Norfolk Island.
• EUROPE BALTIC CRUISE
5 days, depart 18 February. Enjoy a
14 night roundtrip cruise ex London &
stopovers in Paris and London with Eurostar
rail travel inbetween.
• PORT DOUGLAS & CAIRNS
9 days, depart 21 July. An exciting ‘winter
explorer’ featuring Cape Tribulation & the
Daintree, Great Barrier Outer Reef cruise,
Kuranda & the Atherton Tablelands.
• ALASKA & CANADIAN ROCKIES
20 days, depart 11 August. Enjoy a
Canadian Rockies highlights rail tour, a 7
night Alaska inside passage cruise and
stopovers in San Francisco & Vancouver.
• EUROPE RIVER CRUISE
25 days, depart 16 September. Enjoy
a 12 night ‘Rhine & Moselle’ cruise Basel/
Amsterdam plus stopovers in the Italian
Lakes District, Zurich and Dubai.
For full details
Freephone 0800 11 60 60
www.travelwiseholidays.co.nz
11203
Take a trip with the Molesworth Tour Company and feel like you
have stepped back in time or into the pages of a coffee table
book of landscape photography. Be immersed in the heart and
soul of New Zealand’s South Island as you are welcomed into the
homes of locals and listen to your guide tell you stories of the early
settlers who beat all odds to live, work and raise their families.
These are no ordinary tours; they
are trips of a lifetime. A lifetime of
memories, tales and friendships.
Molesworth and the Marlborough high
country is one of our country’s most precious
and stunning natural destinations.
The area is a similar size to Stewart Island
and is literally ‘off the main road’. The first
sheep to be brought to the South Island were
driven to and through its valleys, rivers and
across the mountains. The Molesworth Station
itself is NZ’s largest ever farm.
Travelling with the Molesworth Tour
Company, be it through the Molesworth
Station or anywhere else in the South Island,
you will be enthralled, intrigued and
captivated by the stories, facts and history.
It seems that every inch of land has a tale to
tell as you listen to your guide.
I have to admit, our overnighter in Hanmer
Springs (after we headed out of the
Molesworth on day one) was a good time
to soak in all the new knowledge I had acquired
- as well as literally soak, relax and
pamper myself in the famous hot pools and
enjoy an exceptional dining experience incorporating
fresh local produce and fine local
wine.
The next day, refreshed and ready for
more discovery, tales of overcoming challenges,
of love and heartache and of prosperity,
we headed back into the Molesworth
and then into the Rainbow Station. A slight
detour to Lake Tennyson (the source of the
Clarence River and named after the beloved
British poet), we stopped and had what
I can only describe as the most delicious
morning tea with the view of all views.
Let Geoff, or one of the other professional
guides, take you to places you may
never have thought of travelling to. Tours
are available right across the South Island,
including the Abel Tasman to Farewell Spit,
the top of the West Coast and right down to
Stewart Island and Fiordland.
It seems that every inch of land has a tale
to tell when you travel with the Molesworth
Tour Company. Ask for a copy of our free
tour planner if you prefer small personable
tours.
For much more information, photos and bookings,
go to www.molesworthtours.co.nz.
Hi Lee and all the Molesworth Team,
I want to thank you and the team for a
wonderful tour - from start to finish.
I was treated to a very special experience
with such friendly, interesting people.
I knew the scenery would be spectacular,
but what I wasn’t expecting was the
in-depth commentary, history and humour
that really completed the package beautifully.
I have certainly been “spreading the
word” that while you can drive through the
property and marvel at the scenery, taking
your tour and learning the complex background
really completes the experience.
Please convey my grateful thanks to all
your team for their professional and friendly
approach.
Every moment was a joy.
Special thanks to you for allowing me
the opportunity to experience this stunning
part of New Zealand.
Best wishes
Shelley
Chatham Islands
Getaway on an adventure to the Chatham’s.
Staying 7 nights at Awarakau Lodge, explore
the diverse landscape and discover the history,
heritage and culture of these peaceful and unique
islands with your Chatham Island hosts.
Departures 11th February and 10th March 2016
Catlins & Stewart Island
Explore the ‘Wild South’ abundant with wild life,
from Dunedin to Stewart Island via the windswept
and rugged Catlins region.
Highlights include Ulva Island and 3 nights on
Stewart Island.
Departs 19th March 2016
East Cape & Pacific Coast
Get off the beaten track and discover the remote
East Cape region.
Highlights include Hicks Bay, East Cape
lighthouse, Gisborne, Eastwood Hill, Napier and
Cape Kiddnappers.
Departs March/April 2016
Festive Tours
Christmas in the Bay of Plenty:24 December 2015
3 nights in Tauranga including Waihi Goldmine
Tour & Hobbiton Experience
New Year Tour 5 days:29 December 2015
Taranaki Festival of Lights, New Plymouth.
All tours are escorted from Auckland, options
from other centres available. Further information
phone Shavourn.
Phone Shavourn for further information.
Twilight Travel & Tours
0800 999 887
www.twilighttravel.co.nz
A Broker of the Travel Managers Group - IATA Accredited and TAANZ Bonded
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Dream Tours
www.dreamtours.co.nz
Travel
rouTe
66
and see as much of the original highway as possible
Also ask about our
English Country
Cottage Tours
Beautiful English Villages
Scottish Highlands - Route 66
10384
• Famous
landmarks • Cafes
• Accommodation
places • Filling
stations
Contact Don 03-381-1694
dontours@xtra.co.nz
$100 off
discount
available
for Grey Power or
Gold Card members
please mention
this ad.
amazing Molesworth station
small Group Heritage tours
Quality small group tours departing from Blenheim. Discover
Molesworth Station, St James Lake Tennyson, the history and
heritage, the scenery and high country lifestyle. Choose from a 2
day Experience Tour, or 4 day Heritage Tour where you can meet
local farmers visit their homes and gardens and stay in historic
heritage accommodation. Friendly drivers and comfortable vehicles.
Molesworth Welcome to Spring Tours available Nov-Dec
Molesworth Wild Flower Tours available Dec-Feb
Molesworth Autumn Colour Tours available March-April
Upper West Coast & Tranz Alpine Tour
Stewart Island and Catlins Tour
Nelson & Farewell Spit Tour
ContaCt:
Molesworth tour
Company
Phone: 03 572 8025
email:
info@molesworthtours.co.nz
www.molesworthtours.co.nz
Let us bring the high country lifestyle to life for you
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