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.

New Zealand's third-largest retirement village operator, increased first-half profit at a slower pace as it focuses on developing villages for future growth.

Ryman Healthcare, the country's biggest listed retirement village operator and developer, has bought land in Wellington which it plans to turn into a boutique village.

As caring for a rising population of elderly people — some with dementia — becomes an increasing problem, novel options are being tested

The Government's Housing Accord with Auckland Council will hopefully go some way to boosting the delivery of much-needed housing.

Retirement village operators will fail, more law changes are on the cards and businesses in the sector will undergo more mergers, says Norah Barlow.

Local hapu Ngati Whatua Orakei now says it isn't selling a prime piece of Auckland waterfront land to retirement village operator Ryman - it's only leasing it.

New Zealand's male-dominated business culture with its old-boy sports and education network is sabotaging the promotion of women, says exiting Summerset Group boss Norah Barlow.

Ryman Healthcare will invest $690 million in Auckland, building five of eight new villages in the city including one $210 million project.

Adjusting people's retirement savings for inflation has dented the confidence of those putting a nest egg aside, an ANZ survey has found.

It's a sunny weekday morning and the lounge of Maygrove Village in Orewa is sparsely populated.

All Black captain Richie McCaw has been planning for retirement by investing in the aged-care industry.

A retirement village developer spending $500 million in Auckland says building in the city is hard because Auckland Council is extremely slow to process consent applications.

The chief executive of the Aged Care Associations Martin Taylor joins us at midday today to answer your questions about the aged care industry.

One of the country's biggest rest homes has been stung for letting two elderly residents lose a substantial amount of weight without proper intervention.

A rest home where a nurse was accused of threatening an elderly woman with being committed to a mental institution says it has made major changes and provides high-quality care.