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The story we tell ourselves Most people carry a neat version of downsizing in their heads. At some…
Hannah McQueen: Could your prescription medication be speeding up your decline?
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Jesse Mulligan: Auckland’s Three Best Upmarket Indian Restaurants; First Drink Recommendations; What’s Good In Parnell?
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Hannah McQueen: Health insurance over 60 – when to cancel, cut back or keep paying
It’s a fair question, but it’s the wrong one. When the numbers stop making sense At $12,000 a…
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Hannah McQueen: Why a short stay in an NZ hospital can change older people’s lives forever
“Hospitals can be really dangerous places for older people,” says geriatrician Dr Cheryl Johnson. It is a confronting…
Remembering Isabella: A mother’s journey – Jane Broughton on the death of her daughter and life without her only child
As part of it, I have learned a new word: vilomah, a Sanskrit term for a parent who…
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Emily Writes takes swipe at former MasterChef winner and best-selling author Chelsea Winter
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