New Zealand seems to think dental care is one of those things that is "nice to have".

Remarkably, two in five girls born today will live for a century, and boys are close behind. But is longevity all it’s cracked up to be?

Naming clothes is one of the many new things you learn about when you first put your parent in an old folks' home, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

New research shows that people who are caring for elderly relatives are losing friendships, career opportunities and being heaped with financial and emotional pressure.

A blood test to determine how fast someone is ageing has been shown to work on a population of wild bird.

Nearly half of all senior drivers referred by doctors for on-road competency tests this year have failed, Transport Ministry figures reveal.

A surge in the number of older people being killed or seriously injured on the roads is being blamed on their fragility and New Zealand's ageing population.

An Alexandra rest home resident who loved sweets choked to death on one of his favourites, Turkish Delight, the Alexandra Coroners Court heard.

A positive self-image helps take the angst out of ageing.

Anyone who can understand the difference between rape and lovemaking can understand the difference between killing and compassionate assistance to die, writes Ann David.

New Zealanders and their fund managers can't seem to stomach investing in big, hairy, risky long-term privately funded infrastructure projects.

A man's pre-death spend up, unappreciated by his family, landed him in a psychiatric hospital.

When I turn 80 and before I need pre-packaged, means-tested care from one of NZ's friendly retirement corporations, I plan to live like a king.