Age Concern

Age Concern provides services and resources for older people.

Changing roles: the pleasures and pressures of being a grandparent in New Zealand

A Families Commission report on grandparents, published in February 2010 (PDF, 1.23 MB).

ElderNet

This site provides comprehensive information about services available to older New Zealanders.

EWAS: Enhancing wellbeing in an ageing society

Research papers on an ageing society.

Grey Power

Grey Power supports older New Zealanders.

Office for Senior Citizens

The Office for Senior Citizens promotes the rights and interests of older New Zealanders.

Office of the Retirement Commissioner

The commission helps New Zealanders make financial plans for their retirement.

Boston, Jonathan and Judith A. Davey, eds. Implications of population ageing opportunities and risks. Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University, 2006.

Breheny, Mary and Christine Stephens. Older adults’ experience of family life – linked lives and independent living. Wellington: Families Commission, 2007.

Koopman-Boyden, Peggy Gwendoline, ed. New Zealand’s ageing society: the implications. Wellington: Daphne Brasell Associates Press, 1993.

Pool, Ian., Arunachalam Dharmalingam and Janet Sceats. The New Zealand family from 1840 – a demographic history. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.

Preston, David. Retirement income in New Zealand: the historical context. Wellington: Office of the Retirement Commissioner, 2008.