BBusiness Read More Summerset raises deferred management fees from 25% to 30% for new residentsAugust 27, 2026 Retirement Villages Residents Association of NZ national president Brian Peat. His organisation opposes such fee rises and Peat…
HHeadlines Read More Election 2026: Christopher Luxon teasing ‘surprise’ retirement village policyAugust 19, 2026 “We have actually had some quite good feedback from folk like yourself during the select committee process. “If…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Meet the Hawke’s Bay woman using AI to run her retirement village townhouseAugust 8, 2026 Alexa turns on the lights, boils the jug, starts the TV, plays music in the bedroom and adds…
BBusiness Read More Retirement village costs NZ: What you buy and what you get back – The Prosperity ProjectAugust 3, 2026 That distinction has significant financial consequences. Residents generally pay a weekly or monthly fee towards rates, insurance, maintenance,…
BBusiness Read More Winton Land will no longer appeal $100k Employment Relations Authority ruling in wake of CEO Chris Meehan’s resignationJuly 7, 2026 It followed a sudden announcement last month that Meehan was taking leave from his chief executive role for…
AArtificial intelligence Read More His AI Startup Has a Literal Moat: a Castle for an OfficeJuly 4, 2026 This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rémi Louf, the 39-year-old cofounder of the AI startup…
EEntertainment Read More Village People lead singer Victor Willis dies aged 74July 1, 2026 “Victor passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 [local time] as a result of a short, but aggressive…
HHeadlines Read More Tauranga’s $800m Wright family expands housing, retirement village plans: 10 projects listedJune 24, 2026 The meeting was at one of the housing projects: Takapuna’s Loxley Apartments. The Wrights appear on the National…
HHeadlines Read More Ōtaki lifestyle village minimum age limit ruled unlawful under Human Rights ActJune 22, 2026 However, the village’s management company moved to enforce the rule and brought arbitration proceedings. In defending the case,…
NNew Zealand Read More $700m The Point Mission Bay fast-tracked: Generus Living Group to replace entire Eastcliffe retirement villageJune 22, 2026 A much larger village was now needed, he added. All these buildings will be demolished and replaced by…
HHeadlines Read More Retirement village residents lodged 168 complaints in past year, one family waited three and a half years for village payoutJune 18, 2026 Last year, only two decisions were published there. Yet more than 53,000 people live in such properties. Sinclair…
BBusiness Read More Christchurch’s derelict Antonio Hall mansion site to become 450-bed student villageJune 9, 2026 Mainland Capital says the scheme “will take its design cues from the traditional mews typology found internationally, built…