Arvida Group says it's on track to deliver a strong annual result after it more than doubled first-half profit.

The Ryman village is planned for the ex-Navy Wakakura site in Devonport.

New Zealand's biggest retirement business evacuated 41 elderly residents from one of its Wellington villages after the earthquake.

A New Zealand aged care trust has been lauded for its use of a robotic fur seal 'colony' that helps dementia patients.

The founder of New Zealand's Metlifecare has opened a new $184 million London retirement village.

Hamiltonian Dorris Ratcliffe is 98 years old but has the lifestyle of a woman much younger. She says keeping busy and volunteering makes her life worthwhile. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

COMMENT: Before my first visit to a retirement village, I had preconceived ideas about 'an old person' home'.

Revealed: Ryman's Devonport retirement village plans

Retirement village operator Metlifecare's latest big operation has opened on Auckland's North Shore.

Summerset Group, expects the opening of a new village in the Auckland this year will keep sales humming.

Arvida Group reported annual earnings ahead of its prospectus forecast and is confident of further gains in 2017.

Summerset Group plans to build a second retirement village in Nelson after buying an eight-hectare site in Richmond.

A crown organisation is out to raise awareness about the real financial, personal and legal impact of buying into a retirement village.

Retirement village residents who buy into a huge new Hobsonville waterfront village will lose 25pc of their purchase price when they sell after five years.

Older people are more likely to be targeted by scams and fraud.

More than 11 new retirement villages will need to be built annually to cater for our aging population.

The deaths of two Whangarei rest home residents after an outbreak of respiratory virus at a Waipu care home is being investigated by health officials.

Retirement giant Ryman Healthcare has released the first image of a $100 million North Shore village on a site where hundreds of people will live.

Serious weathertightness issues have been found at the popular Eastcliffe Retirement Village in Orakei and repairs to the buildings will cost $12 million and take five years to fix.

Retirement village dispute resolutions could soon be improved, after gaps in the system were criticised.

'Like living in Club Med" or "siloing a generation". Retirement villages attract strong feelings for and against.

A retirement village set up an elaborate hidden-camera sting to catch one of its workers, after residents complained that they had lost thousands of dollars.

Huge demand in the retirement sector propelled Metlifecare to push up net profit after tax 78.3 per cent to $122.7m.

Residents at Warkworth's Summerset Falls retirement village have complained about delays to a recreation centre expansion.

Selwyn Village residents are leading the charge to try to get the staff who look after them a living wage.

An organisation representing many of New Zealand's 33,000 retirement village residents has backed changes to the dispute system.

The need to strengthen the retirement village complaints system has been questioned following a report recommending change.

A forum is being established by the retirement commissioner to investigate better ways to resolve disputes.

One of New Zealand's largest privately owned elderly-care, rest home and retirement village businesses is planning a $450 million to $500 million expansion.