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.

The results of a probe into retirement village residents' complaints and disputes with their owners and managers will be revealed next month and could lead to a shake-up.

Retirement village residents have created their own body, seeking a law review to give them more power.

Nearly 33,000 New Zealanders live in retirement villages, up from just over 24,000 people three years ago.

An Auckland hospital for the elderly failed to make a written plan on how staff would prevent a high-risk resident from developing pressure sores.

Watercare is pumping water from tankers into water pipes for almost 600 elderly people in two retirement villages and a hospital affected by a general water outage in the Albany area.

Neighbours have failed to stop Ryman Healthcare getting consent for a $100 million-plus village between Greenlane and One Tree Hill.

Graham Wilkinson's Christchurch-based Retirement Assets is spending $320 million developing and expanding three retirement villages and he is now hunting for further sites.

A dramatic rise in the number of rest-home caregivers working on temporary visas is raising concerns about disruption to the lives of vulnerable rest-home residents.

A neighbour is opposing a new Auckland Ryman Healthcare village, saying views will be blocked and roads jammed with traffic when hundreds of elderly people move in.

Arvida Group could soon begin acquiring additional retirement villages following it listing on the NZX next month, its chairman says.

It's good news if you're in your 30s but not so good if you're over 50 according to earnings data from Statistics New Zealand.

It's amazing to think that after all the years of talking, reporting and issuing of statements, New Zealand stands completely unprepared for its own 'retirement'.

A woman believed to be New Zealand's oldest resident has died at the age of 110 at a rest home north of Wellington.

All Blacks including Dan Carter and Richie McCaw could receive a windfall from a proposed mega-merger of 19 privately-owned retirement villages.

Listed retirement giant Metlifecare is tipped to be trading cheaply, well below its peers even after a good financial result out yesterday.

Listed retirement giant Metlifecare pushed up annual net profit after tax 18 per cent to $68.8 million after removing non-recurring items.