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More and more older people are keeping on working, by creating their own jobs.
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Lonely 90-year-old's letter to stranger
What happened when a lonely woman wrote a letter looking for a friend.
Community response saves elderly Waiheke Islander
Russell Hagan, 71, is still recovering after collapsing in his Waiheke home.
Older workers face discrimination: economist
A economist says older workers face too much discrimination in the workforce.
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Thirteen signs you're middle aged
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Are these the world's hottest silver foxes?
These very fit older men prove that age really is just a number.
GPs warn crisis looming
Doctors warn a crisis is looming with the dwindling numbers of GPs around the country.
Candidates face large Grey Power crowd
Candidates quizzed about housing, retirement age, water bottling and more.
GPs highlight workload pressures
GPs say the Government is pushing too hard, and it's threatening to break them.
Doctor worked months before death at 105
He set up a medical system that has made Japan one of the world's longest-lived nations.
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103 years old and no pains or aches
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Are your clothing choices ageing you?
A stylist shares four ways your outfit picks may be ageing you - and how to fix them.
Diet secrets of world's healthiest village
They live to 100, without contracting age-related diseases. A doctor finds out why.
Stop blaming Barclay's demise on 'ageist crap'
COMMENT: Age isn't a reason to deny someone responsibility - or be an excuse for behaviour
5 tips to boost your chances of living to 120
Fancy living to the age of 120? Increasingly, it's a question of when, rather than if.
Where have all the young teachers gone?
Auckland's housing crisis is hitting a teaching profession that was already ageing.
Mental health throughout the ages
Experts reveal the biggest stress factors for each decade of your life.
Not the retiring type: choosing to work in old age
Sharon Stephenson talks to a trio of keen workers who insist age shall not weary them.
Why retiring later is good for you
Studies are lauding the health benefits of staying in work, finds Alix O'Neill.
Why elderly people die from broken hearts
Britain's most senior family judge on the impact of separating elderly in care homes.
80yo trainer: 'I never think of age'
This super fit 80-year-old PT is teaching clients how to stay in fighting shape.
Possible cure for dementia patients
Scientists found injecting blood from umbilical cords of babies restores brain function.
World's oldest person dies, aged 117
Born in 1899, Emma Morano was believed to be the last survivor of the 19th century.
Paul Little: Here's to 60, and many more
COMMENT: Turning 60 is the new black, writes Paul Little.
Can we reverse the biology of ageing?
The true promise of ageing research is that rather than tackling individual diseases.
Russell Hoban: Our society does not do aged care well
Our society does not value care for the elderly highly enough
Revealed: The impact of steroids on men
Turning to steroids to combat the ageing process is having a huge impact on men's health.
Revolutionary pill lets you live forever
The revolutionary drug being researched could help damaged DNA to miraculously repair.