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What is New Zealand coming to?

Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 12:48 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

·       There are calls to consider putting the retirement age up to 67 years which will not only succeed in people not leaving work as early, but will block younger ones coming in at the bottom, and we have thousands of young out of work now. More >>

Grey Power Health Media Release

Monday, 3 August 2009, 1:00 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power NZ congratulates and supports the statements made by the Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft and the contemplated rewrite of the Sale of Liquor Act as outlined by the Law Commission President, Sir Geoffrey Palmer. The cost to NZ ... More >>

Night Classes and Tertiary Education.

Thursday, 30 July 2009, 11:36 am | Grey Power New Zealand

The Government is considering pulling the mat from under Grand Parents who are endeavouring to raise Grandchildren.   Many of these people are already struggling to raise these children on their Superannuation pay packet, with practically no help from the government, ... More >>

No protection For Savers

Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 1:46 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Obviously the Retirement Commissioner is not in the same category of many New Zealanders when she states that unless the National Superannuation eligibility age is raised to 67 years superannuitants will be begging in the streets because we are a nation ... More >>

Govt cuts now could mean more costs in the future

Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 3:37 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

If National goes ahead with the cutting and stopping of tertiary education and night classes for the older people of this nation it could mean that future governments may have to spend much more. It is a well known fact that learning anything new keeps ... More >>

N.Z. Grey Power Asks Why?

Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 3:32 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power wishes to remind the NZ Government that NZ is NZ and this country has no need to emulate Australian Policies. When will Common Sense prevail ?. Market Research Surveys have stated that 87 per cent of the NZ Community do not want the ... More >>

Local Government kills Golden Goose

Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 3:11 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

If Councils kept rate increases within Consumer Price Index then Ratepayers would not complain to Government about rate increases well exceeding inflation but unfortunately the Golden Goose was asked to lay a golden egg to often and the result is the Minister ... More >>

Does National expect people over 65 to Give Up?

Friday, 3 July 2009, 12:39 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

• First they consider removing the education tertiary allowance for over 65 year olds. • Then they block an enquiry into whether older New Zealanders were receiving the health care they are entitled to. • Just to make things even worse they decide ... More >>

Grey Power Fury At Education Cuts

Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:25 am | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power joins Age Concern in protest to the threatened cuts to tertiary education for those over 65 years. This policy is ageist and discriminatory and attempts to justify it as making the “hard decisions” is ludicrous. How can it be justified ... More >>

Media Release Grey Power Sick Of Rates Rising

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:19 am | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power New Zealand Are Incensed At Local Body Councils Who Have Rate Increases Running Well Into Two Digits, Every Year Of The Next Three, And Will Be Talking To Hon Rodney Hide On This Subject,Along With Local Government NZ, On 25th June. More >>

Power Overcharges Leave Grey Power Feeling Cold

Monday, 25 May 2009, 2:59 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

It is timely to remind all electricity consumers that they have, and are paying over and over again, for their assets in high electricity prices. The Consumers previously owned the electricity industry by paying a capital levy of 25% of their electricity ... More >>

Grey Power Wants Answers On Health Issues

Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 12:58 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

The NZ Grey Power organisation signified to the new Government its support for changes in the Health system, as long as they were of benefit to the consumer, and felt that as a new Government it would be able to announce many proposed changes from the outset ... More >>

Grey Power Support Modest OCR Cut

Friday, 13 March 2009, 5:25 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

It was announced to day that the Reserve Bank Governor has lowered the Official Cash Rate to 3% and that he did not go lower because of the strong opposition from Superannuitants. More >>

Concern at rising energy prices.

Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 2:10 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power National President, Mr Les Howard, has today expressed concern at rising energy prices. "Meridian Energy raised electricity prices to domestic consumers in September 2008 by approximately 8%, well above the rate of inflation and at a time ... More >>

Meridian Energy

Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 12:51 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power National President, Mr Les Howard, has today expressed concern at rising energy prices. More >>

Power Price Increases

Monday, 15 December 2008, 12:40 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

With the call to State owned electricity companies to hold power pricer increases, one wonders what is going on between the Governor of the Reserve Bank and his new political masters. More >>

Power Price Increases

Monday, 15 December 2008, 11:29 am | Grey Power New Zealand

With the call to State owned electricity companies to hold power pricer increases, one wonders what is going on between the Governor of the Reserve Bank and his new political masters. More >>

Release on Law & Order

Monday, 8 December 2008, 12:44 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power express much concern about the continued amount of serious, violent crime being committed in New Zealand. In the past three weeks there has been a home invasion resulting in an unsolved murder; two Taxi Drivers have been murdered while they have ... More >>

Income And Asset Testing Inhumane

Thursday, 30 October 2008, 2:49 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power opposes income and asset testing because it is inhumane and oppressive to persecute frail older New Zealanders in hospital for their assets in the last months of their lives - and that is exactly what the asset testing policy does. More >>

There but by the grace of God

Thursday, 30 October 2008, 2:45 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

The elderly are playing a waiting game. They patiently wait for summer as rising electricity prices and gas bottles too heavy to lift, force them to bed for warmth. They endure the aches and pains associated with lying for too long and long winter ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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