Do you whip up the best birthday cakes in the neighbourhood? Maybe your white chocolate raspberry ...
Our People, Our Country
Savouring – Making a good thing last
"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us." Ashley Montagu
Obituary: Graeme Stanley (a.k.a. Dr Livingstone)
One of our original GrownUps members from around 2007, passed away recently and we’d like to ...
On Top Of The World
Today in 1953, New Zealand explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, “knocked the bastard off,” the world’s highest ...
Riding the highs and lows of nostalgia
We’ve all been there. You hear a song playing on the radio and it takes you ...
Opinion: School level education in New Zealand – in dire need of a “re-set”
This article is concerned with primary through to secondary school education, which is largely the period ...
Heart Saver AED winner: Te Kauwhata College
Te Kauwhata College have a growing roll of 500 students from years 7 to 13. They ...
Opinion: More funding for core public services – but are we just rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic?
The 18 May budget from the Government will provide significantly more funding for core public services ...
Phased-In Retirement
Once you are in the second half of your career, the prospect of retirement becomes one ...
16 lessons from 12 years working with the 50+ demographic
In very late 2004, a friend & I decided to offer a free community-based website for ...