Sizing up the situation: how to downsize

Reproduced with permission of the Otago Daily Times

Downsizing your home might seem like an obvious move once you retire or the children have left home, but it’s not always as straightforward as it seems, Kim Dungey reports.

“Some days were as good as gold,” Murray says. “Others were complete chaos.”.

The Dunedin man is recalling the three months he and his wife spent sorting through their belongings before donating many of them and moving from a large, two-storey home to a two-bedroom townhouse in February.

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Domestic care: let us know how it works for you

Following on from our National President’s Parliamentary Advocacy visit on 14 May 2025, Grey Power is  asking for feedback from both members and non-members on the levels of Domestic Care (eg household cleaning) provided as part of their Home Care Plan.

 

The survey results are being prepared for the Minister of Health, the Hon. Simeon Brown, and the Minister for Seniors, the Hon. Casey Costello.  No personal information will be shared – only a summary of results will be provided to the Ministers.

 

It is important that Grey Power has a clear picture of the standard of domestic care delivery across New Zealand – the good, the bad and everything in between. The more responses we receive by the end of September, the better our understanding will be. An online version of the survey is available at  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GPCareSurvey 

 

If you do not have a care plan, a friend or neighbour who has may be happy to complete the survey. Your support is greatly appreciated.

What the Sensible Adults don’t tell you about the cost of super

Reprinted from The Post

It is, in certain circles, a a truth universally acknowledged that superannuation is unaffordable. But are we really all doomed if we continue on the current course?

OPINION: One of the firmest beliefs held by elite commentators – and one of the most ill-founded – is that New Zealand Superannuation is unaffordable. It is, in certain circles, a truth universally acknowledged, an opinion not worth questioning, the ultimate proof that our political system – which obstinately refuses to deal with the “problem” – is broken.

Nor does this opinion exist by itself: it forms part of an incessant drumbeat of fear, a repeated motif that there is no more money left. The country is about to go bankrupt, children, and the Sensible Adults are here to tell you that it’s time to cut super’s cost.

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Fake news on pension reform

Please be aware that the article being circulated on-line about the Government’s plans to abolish state pensions is Fake News.

The original news item is very alarming and appears to be on the NZ Herald website, by a Herald Journalist. One hint that it is false is that the web address (https://nznews-herald.click….. is not the same as the genuine NZ Herald website address : https://www.nzherald.co.nz/

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