Diana Clement: Retirement village investments eat capital
If there's an "investment" that's guaranteed to eat capital, it's retirement villages. These resort-like gated communities for older people are popping up all over the country.
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Retirees need to keep investing savings, warns expert
People need to keep investing their retirement savings after they retire.
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Simon Challies is an innovative thinker whose time at the helm of Ryman Healthcare has been critical to the firm's success, says David Kerr, chairman of the retirement village operator.
My (very) early retirement
Youth is wasted on the young, they say... but surely retirement is wasted on the old?
Brian Fallow: 50 year forecast likely to be scary
We can expect some scary numbers when the Treasury updates its statement on the long-term fiscal position this year, writes Brian Fallow.
Cut drinking limit - cop's parting shot
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Summerset shares fall after Quadrant sell-down
Shares of Summerset Group have fallen after major shareholder Quadrant completed the sale of 18.6 per cent of the retirement village operator.
Live for now, not retirement - study
Studies show New Zealanders' retirement years are more likely to be blighted by sickness, loneliness, disability or lack of money than spent travelling the world.
Mike Williams: Grinches rob elderly of fun in final years
Before my friend Paul Holmes knew his illness was terminal, we'd begun discussing a joint retirement project.
Interim Retirement Commissioner named
The FMA's Diane Maxwell will be stepping across into the role of Retirement Commissioner for three months.
New teachers can't find jobs
It's back to school for students but many teachers are unemployed because of an oversupply.
Dana Johannsen: Cycling has issues beyond cheating
I had intended to avoid the subject of Lance Armstrong in this column, writes Dana Johannsen. But, like most of us, I've been sucked into the hype generated by the Oprah machine.