Getting a good night’s sleep can be challenging, especially as we age. About half of all older adults report sleeping difficulties.

It may seem too good to be true, but a guilt-free chocolate that promises to combat wrinkles and sagging skin has been developed by scientists.

Prime Minister John Key's negative reaction when Local Government New Zealand called for debate on the future funding of councils' activities was facile and myopic.

"It's not teenage sex, but it's very satisfying. We love to experiment. We love to dance. There is a lot of cuddling and snuggling."

Len Darr's 100th birthday celebration unexpectedly healed a lingering regret after his years of volunteer work helping the sick and injured.

Chemical changes in DNA can help us understand people’s “biological age” - a measure of how old their body is that seems to be able to predict when people are going to die.

Midlife crisis? What crisis? Suzanne McFadden meets three women in their 40s reinventing their lives.

The path to the boardroom began in the classroom for Nelson-based finance executive Dave Ashcroft.

"So, how were your annual holidays?" asked a friend, oblivious to the fact that I appeared to be a pent-up ball of anguish.

Ultra Pet Food specialises in the sale and distribution of New Zealand-made, premium dry food for dogs and cats.

The Story Mint is a global writing community that encourages writers to aim for excellence.

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.

Baby-boomer Leigh Bramwell reckons this is a good time to be old.

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.

One of the peculiarities of ageing is that hair which once grew profusely on top of my head has now been diverted to sprout uncontrollably from my nose and ears.

Older people in New Zealand are happy with their health. About 60 per cent in an extensive survey of the very old told researchers their health was good, very good or excellent.