New Zealand's biggest retirement owner/operator Ryman Healthcare confirmed its acquisition of the former Kingsgate Hotel site on Campbell Rd, Auckland.

We all know that we should save to ensure our golden years really do turn out to be what the name suggests but why do we find it so hard to do so?

Joe Hockey's forceful realism over the need for Western- style nations to lift the age at which their citizens qualify for taxpayer-funded pensions strikes a chord.

More and more US companies are moving part of their pension obligations off their books and into annuities run by insurance companies.

The Retirement Policy and Research Centre is hearing from an increasing number of unhappy, married superannuitants that are affected by an unfair part of our social security legislation.

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.

Check out a replay of our noon live chat on retirement savings - how much do we need to save?

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

It's saving, not spending, that will solidify the recovery and make the US less vulnerable to another downturn, says a report by the consulting firm Oxford Economics.

An American investor with US$500 million ($574 million) has been in New Zealand scouting for retirement village assets and meeting one influential banker.

I got into a fist fight with a 75-year-old man the other morning. Not the coolest thing I have ever done.. but he started it, writes Matt Heath.

Labour's announcement of a new KiwiSaver policy is to be commended for including some positive elements.

So predictable has Winston Peters become in timing his beating of the anti-immigration drum near an election that you can almost set your watch by it, writes John Armstrong.

The executor of an estate has criticised retirement village owner/operator Metlifecare, saying more than $200,000 was lost from her late mother's Remuera village apartment.

Greatest Silver Fern stands down but still hopes to play at club level and coach.

An ageing population has been a bonanza for retirement village companies and their investors, but will the good times go on?

Dita De Boni writes, "Although I am a whiney tart at the best of times, I don't hold any animus towards older generations for getting cheap housing, free higher education and easier entry to the job market."