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Housing becoming a struggle for older people, Age Concern says
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Superannuation promise: Has Labour given National an attack opportunity?
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Claire Trevett: Energy aplenty at Labour congress, but where were the new ideas?
Labour faithful did their job now Hipkins must do his and it's not talking about National.
Claire Trevett: Labour got what it wanted - a war with National over superannuation
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Opinion: Tasering of elderly dementia patient appalling
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Gen Z and millennials ‘more likely to believe in hell than baby boomers’
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NZ’s oldest man dies two days after his 107th birthday
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'Bizarre' NZ McDonald’s job ad excluding over-60s ‘updated’ after backlash
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