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.

Arvida Group posted its first-half profit of about $7.4 million, putting it on track to meet its prospectus forecast for full-year earnings.

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.

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.

Ryman Healthcare's application to build a retirement village in Greenlane has drawn strong community reaction both for and against the $100 million-plus project.

Retirement village roll-up Arvida Group has raised the full $75 million sought through an initial public offering following strong demand for shares.