One in five pensioners is still in paid employment - a figure fuelled by finance company collapses, divorce and the cost of living, experts say.

Each has his own answer to longevity, but it's likely the Mossman triplets have all reached 90 because they're so competitive none wants to be the first to die.

New Zealand seems to think dental care is one of those things that is "nice to have".

Remarkably, two in five girls born today will live for a century, and boys are close behind. But is longevity all it’s cracked up to be?

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.

A blood test to determine how fast someone is ageing has been shown to work on a population of wild bird.

Nearly half of all senior drivers referred by doctors for on-road competency tests this year have failed, Transport Ministry figures reveal.

A surge in the number of older people being killed or seriously injured on the roads is being blamed on their fragility and New Zealand's ageing population.

An Alexandra rest home resident who loved sweets choked to death on one of his favourites, Turkish Delight, the Alexandra Coroners Court heard.

A positive self-image helps take the angst out of ageing.

Anyone who can understand the difference between rape and lovemaking can understand the difference between killing and compassionate assistance to die, writes Ann David.

New Zealanders and their fund managers can't seem to stomach investing in big, hairy, risky long-term privately funded infrastructure projects.

A man's pre-death spend up, unappreciated by his family, landed him in a psychiatric hospital.