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13 Community Groups Receive Bupa Foundation Community Grants
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 10:14 am | Bupa
More than ever, the Bupa Foundation is investing in healthier, happier New Zealand communities. More >>
Bupa Opens New Care Home In Whangārei
Monday, 26 August 2024, 8:51 am | Bupa
Bupa has opened its latest care home, Bupa Tōtara Gardens in Whangārei. The modern $16m purpose-built facility provides 56 much needed care beds for the Northland region. More >>
Carbon Out! Bupa Tararu Sets Sights On Green Future
Friday, 2 August 2024, 10:35 am | Bupa
Thames retirement village and care home, Bupa Tararu, is making significant strides toward a greener future, embarking on a programme of work to eliminate gas and become fully electric. More >>
Bupa To Provide $580,000 In Funding Support For Local Community Organisations
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 5:29 pm | Bupa
Community organisations across New Zealand will have the opportunity to share in a total of $580,000 in grants, aimed at supporting programs that contribute positively to mentally healthy and sustainable societies. More >>
Bupa Partners With Paralympics New Zealand For Games Push
Friday, 31 May 2024, 2:03 pm | Bupa
The initial commitment will see Bupa New Zealand providing financial support to the New Zealand Paralympic Team as they prepare to take on the world’s best at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in August. More >>
NZ Landcare Trust And Bupa Foundation Join Forces For A Sustainable Future
Monday, 19 February 2024, 10:34 am | Bupa
The Bupa Foundation and NZ Landcare Trust are pleased to announce a new partnership to champion nature regeneration and address eco-anxiety and mental wellbeing for New Zealanders. The nationwide programme called Junior Landcare will be a cornerstone ... More >>
New Bus Stop A Lifeline For Totara Parklands
Friday, 9 February 2024, 4:02 pm | Bupa
A new bus stop on Wairau Drive, Tikipunga, Whangarei is poised to become a vital lifeline for the local community, addressing safety concerns and improving accessibility in this rapidly growing part of Whangarei. Today residents of Bupa Totara Gardens ... More >>
Bupa Foundation Tops Up Resident Cyclone Fundraising With $50,000 Red Cross Donation
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 11:28 am | Bupa
Residents at Bupa’s Fergusson Retirement Village banded together to donate $8,500 to the Red Cross Cyclone Relief Fund and Bupa has increased support for local relief efforts with a further $50,000 donation to the Red Cross. The donations from Bupa ... More >>
A Horse Of Course: Therapy Animal Inspires Conversation And Connection
Friday, 27 January 2023, 1:53 pm | Bupa
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2301/8e698b08827040cfc0b1.jpeg" width="540" height="720"> Residents at Bupa Northhaven Care Home were treated to a visit from an unlikely guest this week, Raisin a 24-year-old ... More >>
More Than 10,000 Native Trees To Be Planted As Bupa Foundation Legacy Forest Locations Announced
Friday, 22 April 2022, 1:26 pm | Bupa
The announcement of Bupa Foundation legacy forest locations across New Zealand confirms Bupa Foundation’s commitment to the sustainable work of Trees That Count . The community tree planting locations will be at Pirimai Walkway Planting Project in ... More >>
Bupa Launches Foundation In New Zealand Through Partnership With Trees That Count
Friday, 4 February 2022, 11:49 am | Bupa
Today, Bupa announced a new partnership between the Bupa Foundation and Trees That Count along with six local Community Grants. The Bupa Foundation, which has been operating in Australia since 2005, has invested more than $35m (AUD) in over 130 ... More >>
Sending love through the letterbox to ease loneliness
Friday, 3 September 2021, 12:31 pm | Bupa
As care homes continue to remain closed to visitors under Alert Level 3 and 4, Bupa is calling for Kiwis to pick up their pens and crayons and write a letter or draw a picture for residents. More >>
Grab Pen And Paper, Letters Deliver Happiness
Friday, 30 July 2021, 2:37 pm | Bupa
Today on International Day of Friendship, Bupa is calling for all friends and whānau to pick up a pen and write a letter or card to older Kiwis. Keeping connected, maintaining friendships, and remaining social is important to everyone’s health and wellbeing ... More >>
Bupa New Zealand Strengthens Contribution To Aged Care Industry
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 3:58 pm | Bupa
Carolyn Cooper, Managing Director of Bupa, has been elected to the Retirement Village Association of New Zealand (RVA) executive committee at this year’s RVA Annual General Meeting in Auckland. Caro will contribute to the industry body by leveraging ... More >>
Bupa urges more emphasis on nursing as shortage looms
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 8:37 am | Bupa
Bupa Managing Director and Lead Nurse, Carolyn Cooper is urging the Government to do more to highlight nursing as a career as the country faces a nursing shortage. More >>
Bupa New Zealand presented with Dementia Friendly Award
Friday, 15 March 2019, 4:19 pm | Bupa
Bupa New Zealand has become the first aged care provider to be awarded the national Alzheimers New Zealand Dementia Friendly Award. More >>
Bupa backs its people with new parental leave policy
Wednesday, 16 January 2019, 8:52 am | Bupa
With the release of a new Bupa parental leave policy, extra support for people like Bianca Archibald, Bupa Merrivale Care Home Caregiver, is a ‘real bonus’ to the start of 2019. More >>
Bupa chefs compete in national culinary competition
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 4:40 pm | Bupa
Two Bupa chefs from the Christchurch region will compete in this year’s Senior Lifestyle Cuisine competition at the NZ Chefs National Salon, held at the ASB Showgrounds on 30 July. More >>
How Kiwis feel about ageing in the workplace
Friday, 24 February 2017, 3:10 pm | Bupa
Only 30% of New Zealanders believe that older people are valued by society, according to a survey by health and care provider Bupa 1 and around 55% of people believe our employers should do more to help older people remain in the workforce. More >>
What’s important to older people this Christmas?
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 11:46 am | Bupa
New Zealanders feel positive about ageing, according to a survey by global health and care provider, Bupa. Around two thirds of Kiwis (65%) believe that ageing will not prevent them living life to the full. The survey sampled 1010 New Zealand adults ... More >>