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Grey Power Deplores Lack of Representation
Friday, 1 October 2010, 3:02 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
The New Zealand Grey Power Federation, representing more than 72,000 elderly consumers of energy in this country, deplores lack of domestic consumer representation on the Electricity Authority as a result of the Electricity Industry Act, which completed ... More >>
Grey Power supports Labours GST policy
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:24 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power is very concerned that food prices have been increasing at an alarming rate during the past few weeks and these prices will again be increased on October 1 with the 2.5% increase of GST. More >>
Cuts to Supergold Card Free Travel Scheme
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 1:07 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Violet McCowatt, Social Services spokesperson for Grey Power is opposed to any moves to cut the Travel Scheme. “Without this scheme many elderly would, once again, be housebound or reliant on others to get about. With transport being such an essential ... More >>
Profits being gained by electricity companies
Friday, 27 August 2010, 11:25 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power is very concerned about the increasing profits being gained by electricity companies. Meridian Energy has just announced record earnings before tax of $642 million. Its net profit of $185 million was twice last year’s profit. More >>
Starvation Imminent in Prime Minister's Electorate
Monday, 28 June 2010, 3:34 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Violet McCowatt, Grey Power Social Services spokesperson has been informed that the Government plan on withdrawing their subsidy for Meals on Wheels in the Prime Minister’s own electorate. The service will cease in September and Grey Power suspect the same ... More >>
Turn 65 years and look out
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 10:39 am | Grey Power New Zealand
The proposed health insurance increases announced by Southern Cross do not come as a surprise to Grey Power. More >>
Grey Power Opposed Water Privatisation
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 1:18 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
The Grey Power Federation is strongly opposed to any suggestion of privatising municipal reticulated water schemes. More >>
Grey Power supports relaxing air quality standards
Friday, 11 June 2010, 3:19 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
New Zealand Grey Power Federation welcomes Government’s proposal to relax the air quality regime, which is the most stringent in the world other than the State of California. More >>
Grey Power Policy Kiwi Bank
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 11:53 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power New Zealand Federation acknowledges it is desirable for Kiwi Bank to enlarge its capital base in order to expand its business. More >>
Grey Power Media Release
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 11:19 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power Federation welcomes the release of the Law Commissions report "Alcohol in our Lives: Curbing the Harm". It is to be hoped that both the Government and all Members of the Parliament will give the recommendations in this report serious consideration ... More >>
Comments On Royal College Of GP Statements
Friday, 23 April 2010, 9:47 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Dr Harry Peat President of the Royal College of GP’s is on record as saying that we (GP’s) need to rethink the way we deliver services and we need to think about who does what and whether we are making the best use of the people we have. More >>
Grey Power Questions MPs' responsibilities
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 1:45 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
It is time our elected Members of Parliament, and particularly those within the present Government, evaluated how the people in their Electorates are being affected by some of the new Health Policies being promoted. More >>
SuperGold Card: What a Brilliant Result
Friday, 12 March 2010, 12:44 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President is thrilled to be able to announce that he has this morning received assurances both by telephone and by email from the Minister of Transport’s office for the Hon Steven Joyce, that the SuperGold Card free-transport scheme will ... More >>
One Government Giveth, the Other One Taketh Away
Friday, 12 March 2010, 10:49 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Violet McCowatt, Grey Power Spokesman for Social Services, is appalled that Government is looking at downgrading the SuperGold Card Free off-peak Transport scheme. "While we agree that the scheme does need looking at, we would be totally opposed to it ... More >>
Enough is Enough
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 1:00 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
NZ Grey Power members have had enough of the direction this Government is reviewing National Health Care. More >>
GreyPower On GST Increase
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 10:24 am | Grey Power New Zealand
This National Government is shaping up more and more like that of the days of Jenny Shipley when she tried very hard to get the rate of National Superannuation down to 60% of the Net after tax ordinary time weekly wage. More >>
Grey Power: Taxation Review
Monday, 25 January 2010, 1:20 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
The introduction of the recommendation from the Taxation Review Committee, as reported in the news media, reeks of shades of former Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley, when she set the amount of national superannuation back to 60% of the Net ordinary after ... More >>
Electricity Reforms - Grey Power
Friday, 11 December 2009, 4:16 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
The changes announced today by Minister Gerry Brownlee will not achieve anything for domestic consumers. Unless the new Electricity Authority is given full authority to regulate the situation will rapidly become worse than it is now. Domestic consumers ... More >>
Safe with Age courses
Friday, 27 November 2009, 2:54 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power is deeply disturbed at the Government's axing of the Safe With Age Driver Education Programme for mature drivers. According to a NZ Transport Agency letter to Safe With Age providers dated 27th August 2009, NZTA's primary focus is 'on programmes ... More >>
Grey Power applauds Council reforms
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 11:10 am | Grey Power New Zealand
The announcement today of major changes to the Local Government Act by the Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide will go some way to improving the transparency of councils business with 'plain English' financial reporting and directions to focus ... More >>
