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Rates Rebate Eligibility For Retirement Village Residents
Friday, 4 November 2011, 5:19 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power Federation Press Release Nov. 4th, 20ll Rates Rebate Eligibility For Retirement Village Residents Announcement By Labour Welcomed By Grey Power The announcement by Labour that retirement home residents will be eligible for the Government Rates ... More >>
Population Exodus Creating Serious Social Problems
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 1:40 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power Federation Press Release Population Exodus Creating Serious Social Problems For Older New Zealanders Grey Power Call For a National Population Policy Forum The number of people leaving New Zealand has reached crisis proportions and must be addressed ... More >>
Grey Power Warns Of Impact of High Immigration Rates
Monday, 31 October 2011, 2:48 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power is concerned about the impact on the underlying sustainability of NZ Superannuation by the current open immigration policy of the Government with its shift from traditional immigration sources to large numbers of migrants coming from Asian and African countries ... More >>
Superannuation Genie Out of Bottle - Grey Power
Monday, 31 October 2011, 10:29 am | Grey Power New Zealand
“Phil Goff’s announcement of Labour’s election policy to increase the eligible age from 65 to 67 has let the genie out of the bottle”, said Mr Roy Reid, Grey Power Federation President. “An increase in the eligible age to receive basic NZ ... More >>
Free after hours care for under sixes
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 12:23 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power welcomes the Press announcement that the free visits to the doctor for children aged under six will be extended to after-hours. More >>
Increase In Child Poverty Statistics Appalling
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 10:10 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power are appalled by the Press announcement that there are now almost 34,000 more children dependent on beneficiary parents than in 2008, This 17% rise is an indicator of a significant increase in child poverty in New Zealand. More >>
Freeze on High Level Public Sector Salaries
Friday, 14 October 2011, 9:47 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power calls on the Government to follow the lead of the ANZ Bank and freeze the salary increases of senior public sector staff for the next year and restrict overall cost of executive salary increases to 1% to be allocated across staff at ... More >>
Passchendaele anniversary
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 1:21 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
At a time of national anguish and grief over the loss of SAS Lance Corporal Leon Smith in the Afghanistan fighting, Grey Power says it is timely to remember that October 12th was the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, in Belgium ... More >>
Home Help phone assessments
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 12:32 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
"The advice that the Wellington District Health Board has decided to drop its home-help phone assessment scheme is welcomed", said Roy Reid, National President of Grey Power. "Grey Power has been vigourously campaigning against the contraversial phone assessments ... More >>
Sleepover wages bill
Friday, 7 October 2011, 1:16 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power welcomes Parliament’s decision to pass the Sleepover Wages (Settlement) Bill yesterday. More >>
Grey Power thanks Wgtn City Council for housing assistance
Friday, 30 September 2011, 12:39 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power social services chair, Violet McCowatt wishes to convey Grey Power's thanks to the Wellington City Council for its responsible and urgent reaction following the sad demise of one of its Council tenants whose body lay undiscovered for almost ... More >>
National Tragedy Unflolding For Elderly
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 9:56 am | Grey Power New Zealand
There is a national tragedy unfolding in our elderly population and in an effort to address it National Grey Power and The National Foundation for the Deaf Inc. have combined forces in opposition to the 6% disability threshold and 9% aged threshold ... More >>
Check on your neighbours
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 3:00 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
I refer to Kerry Woodham's article in the Herald on Sunday, 3 Sept 2011 entitled "Check on the grouchy elderly" - following the death of an 88 year old gentleman whose body laid undiscovered in a Wellington City Council flat for up to a year. ... More >>
Condemnation follows the discovery of man’s body
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 2:35 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power is shocked that the body of an elderly Wellington City Council tenant may have been there for over a year. “It is a sad indictment on society when an 88 year old man’s body can lay undiscovered in Local Authority flats for this length ... More >>
Power price rises "inevitable"
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 1:12 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
“Contact Energy is carrying the torch for power price rises, telling New Zealanders prices must rise to ensure security of supply”, according to Grey Power National President, Roy Reid. More >>
Storm teaches a lesson: all-electric houses are a disaster
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 2:10 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
The recent snowstorm has caused unnecessary suffering from cold houses. Government's new Clean Heat policy pays householders $800 to remove older wood burners in polluted airsheds. Grey Power says, "do not remove your wood burner when you install a heat ... More >>
Grey Power expresses concern about Fuel Prices
Friday, 15 July 2011, 1:10 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
This morning the dollar is up against the $US and the oil prices are down and the cost of living continues to rise. Yet once again, petrol prices have risen and, to add insult to injury, the public has been subjected to the usual spin from the oil ... More >>
Outrageous Lines Charges Must Be Abandoned
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 2:47 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Electricity charges in the western central North Island are unique in New Zealand. Nowhere else do consumers face the savage power price increases that have been faced by unlucky consumers in this area. More >>
Grey Power Believes ACC Reform Is An About-Face By The Govt
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 10:45 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Is This An About-Face By The Government? Grey Power NZ Federation believes it is. More >>
Hands off Pharmac
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 11:29 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power strongly supports the current system of purchasing state provided pharmaceuticals through Pharmac said national President Roy Reid. More >>
