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Inside $150m St Heliers retirement village
Hybrid Jaguars and smart assistants feature in 'luxury' retirement village.
'Lived through both world wars': Margaret Lambourn turns 108
Margaret Lambourn decoded messages for the Royal Air Force during World War II.
Retirement company's new village gains consent; ex Cabinet minister joins board
New director has 'vast financial and economic skills and experience'.
Developers worry after 80.5ha Riverhead knockback
'The fear is that they’ll throw everything out.'
$166m expansion at Wellington's biggest private hospital
Full hospital redevelopment 5km south of the city's CBD.
Housing becoming a struggle for older people, Age Concern says
'We have an ageing population but New Zealand has prepared poorly.'
Retirement village ripoff: $100 charge to replace $5.80 washer for toilet
'Always happy to investigate any issue of alleged unfairness or inappropriate charging.'
$750m plan: Auckland CBD's first vertical retirement village - Penthouses $13m each
Highest-price retirement village units: ORAs on two double-height penthouses $13.75m each.
Auckland's first CBD vertical retirement village
Chris Meehan, chief executive, Winton Land and right, Julian Cook, Winton Land chairman talking about Auckland's first CBD vertical retirement village, Northbrook Wynyard Quarter. Video / Dean Purcell
Big retirement village company's net profit tumbles
Giant of the sector reports in the face of falling house prices, Government scrutiny.
Are retirement village stocks safe? Analyst on ComCom probe
'Level of concern amongst residents and advocates about some of the sector’s practices.'
Commerce Commission launches retirement village probe
Investigation into potential Fair Trading Act breaches - commission.
Focus: Kiwi fans reveal their royal encounters ahead of coronation
Royal fans from the Orchards Village retirement home tell of their encounters with the Royal family, plus reveal their plans for King Charles III’s coronation. Video / Claudia Tarrant / Mike Scott / AP
$1b developer can build 422-unit Riverhead retirement project
Objections from Crown, territorial agencies to big project mainly resolved by agreement.
Wānaka developer insolvent, $440k owed to IRD
IRD appears on a statement of affairs, owed $448,000 as a preferential creditor.
Mega 422-unit retirement village faces opposition from AT, council
Council submissions cited 'significant concerns' about the plans, and potential flooding.
Remuera retirement village block demolition: Residents push back on hospital plan
Some residents don't like the idea of having to live through any site development.
Power List: The top NZ retirement village owner operators
Six businesses own 47% of villages and 63% of units: we name the giants of the sector.
Retirement village giant unveils $335m expansion at two NZ sites
Purchases allow the business with 36 existing villages to develop two more new ones.
Ten 'unfair' retirement village practices: Govt review under way
Practices a focus of Government review announced in December, due out this September.
Ryman retail bookbuild clears at 25c premium
The retirement village operator has raised $902 million.
$200m plans: Fletcher Residential's vision for 306 new Auckland homes
Overseas Investment Office consent was needed by Fletcher Residential.
Readers' views: Democracy will fail if left to rely on one person, one vote
Our readers have their say.
'Terrifying': Pensioner describes harsh reality of living in a car for two years
Rental boss: 'I don’t know how some of them can afford to pay the rent.'
Evacuations and no power: The fate of 1000 retirement village residents during cyclone
"Mobile generators were a godsend. In our new villages, we’re building generators."
Cyclone Gabrielle: 6 Summerset villages lost power, communications
"Ran essential services on generator power, fully supplied with food and medication."
Metlifecare pushes up revenue 32% after rising sales, fees
Total sales rose 12 per cent, despite challenges in the housing market.
Winton Land nearly doubles revenue
Share value halved: Listed two years ago at $3.88, now trading at just $1.90.
Winton Land downgrades result: Floods hit sales, earthworks
'We have already lost 83 per cent of this summer's earthwork season.'
Elderly man injured by neighbour who thought he was breaking into his home
The 78-year-old needed surgery after his leg was broken at the hip.
'Relationship breakdown between shareholders': Resthome might be sold
"Hope of selling it as a going concern" - BDO.
Ryman slices Australian plans in half to gain approval for $344m village
Scheme for 217 apartments now scaled back to 104 units.
Summerset sales up 18pc but buyers take longer to sell houses in falling market
Company has not been immune to the falling housing market.