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Gill South: Wrinkle little star
Gill South plays a Remuera lady for a day, getting herself an anti-ageing facial at Lucy & the Powder Room.

Wrinkly rat may hold the secret of eternal youth
Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.

Somehow it's fine to target women such as Kate Moss - they're not 'real'
Ageing faster than a blue cheese in a damp cave!" opined the Daily Mail's Jan Moir, following Kate Moss's recent appearance at the Louis Vuitton show in Paris.

Remembering to remember
With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.

Key to mental fitness - work the brain
Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.

DHB head invokes Katrina to defend evacuating elderly
Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates has invoked memories of Hurricane Katrina to justify evacuating hundreds of elderly out of the Christchurch in the wake of last week's earthquake.

Is 36 the 'perfect' age for women?
Let me pinpoint the moment the world first became aware of the ageless, year-zero face.

A story worth telling
'This was my grandmother, a brilliant and much-loved woman. The story of the final 10 years of her life reveals a shocking truth about how Britain treats its old people.'