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As an octogenarian, I may have left my run in the romance department a bit late, unless somebody knows a surgeon who can rejuvenate certain other intimate parts of my anatomy, writes Peter Bromhead.

New Zealand's retirement age may be 65, but it's clearly not the finish line in the career of lots of Kiwis.

He always had an eye for the ladies, but now Jack Nicholson has admitted to being lonely as he faces dying with nobody by his side.

Menopausal women who suffer hot flashes are nearly twice as likely to later suffer hip fractures, according to a new study.

Sarah Stuart collects the best quotes of the year on ageing.

Scientists have found that older cyclists show fewer signs of ageing compared with non-cyclists.

Why does ageing hold such special horror for me? Because it confronts us with the truth: we are all going to die.

Early retirement is an unrealistic dream for many adult Kiwis and some fear they will have to work into their 70s.

Ewan McDonald’s father taught kids to swim. Except for one child who was scared of the water.

On Tuesday, right on my 63rd birthday, a press release from the retirement policy and research centre at the University of Auckland announced that New Zealand now has one of the developed world's....

Adult nappies will soon outsell baby nappies in Japan. And according to Harvard economics professor David Bloom, that's a stark warning for NZ.

Every Wednesday afternoon at around 2.15, Janusz Szubski sings. You have to be standing close to hear him, but it doesn't make much difference: he's not singing for you.

A woman believed to be New Zealand's oldest resident has died at the age of 110 at a rest home north of Wellington.

Whether we wake today to a brave new world or more of the same old muddle, it's undeniable that the past few weeks have been so preoccupying that we have been diverted from more important matters.

There's a hot new drug called TRT that its users take to make them feel more energetic, more alive, more aggressive and sexier, too.

The note received by a 100-year-old New Zealand man read just like it was from one Old Salt to another until he saw "Philip" and the monogram of Buckingham Palace.

The young assistant had just confirmed that, no, they didn't have any phone diaries with print large enough for Gold Card holders to read.

I got into a fist fight with a 75-year-old man the other morning. Not the coolest thing I have ever done.. but he started it, writes Matt Heath.

As retirement looms, they see the baby-boomers take an ever-increasing share of the economic pie, not just in the form of superannuation but in healthcare too, writes Susan St John.

Telomeres - the little stretches of DNA that hold our chromosomes together - could have the answers to switching off the ageing process.

One of the most successful authors in British history, with legions of fans and millions of pounds to her name is not immune to pressure.

I was slightly puzzled recently when I received an invitation to contribute to a second edition of a title called Grumpy Old Men, writes Peter Bromhead.

A woman who left her mother in an appalling state of neglect should be sent to prison for a long time after committing one of the worst cases of elder abuse this country has seen, Grey Power says.

When you're young, you never imagine you're going to grow old, writes Kerre McIvor. In fact, when you're young, you don't actually want to grow old.

It's a sunny weekday morning and the lounge of Maygrove Village in Orewa is sparsely populated.

"I'm not looking forward to July 28 this year," I gloomily announced, "on that date, I'll be especially reminded that I'm getting old."