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<i>Bevan Rapson:</i> Boom, boom, boom get over it

A story worth telling

'This was my grandmother, a brilliant and much-loved woman. The story of the final 10 years of her life reveals a shocking truth about how Britain treats its old people.'

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Baby boomer burden starts

This lucky generation of retirees...

Overstayer spends 20 years in NZ outdoors

With a tent and an airbed packed into his Mercedes-Benz, Jurgen Karl Ahrens made the New Zealand outdoors his home.

Elderly man found dead in sewage pond

<i>John Roughan:</i> Twenty eleven will be a test of us

Sex conman fleeces pensioner

A pensioner has been blackmailed out of most of his life savings by a serial conman who threatened to spread rumours the two men were sexually involved.

Open windows lead to thefts

Raising the retirement age - readers respond

We asked nzherald.co.nz readers whether they agreed with the Retirement Commissioner's recommendation that the superannuation age be raised to 67, and found views were divided.

<i>Editorial</i>: Super plan too little, too slow and too late

Raise super age to 67, report recommends

Key rules out retirement age rise

The Prime Minister has rejected a call from the Retirement Commission to lift the retirement age to 67 by 2033.

Should the retirement age be raised to 67?

Raise retirement age to 67 - commissioner

The Retirement Commissioner says the age of entitlement for New Zealand Superannuation needs to be raised from 65 to 67 to ensure it remains affordable over the long term.

The secrets of long life

The quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.

'Suspicious' women try to enter houses