Aging and Retirement

Support Services, Information, Advice and Personal Advocacy: Responding in person/phone to a range of queries from older people and their carers eg. Advising where to obtain a service, what is available. Providing confidential support and empowerment to older people. Seniors shouldn't have to live with loneliness. Some older people face loneliness and social isolation and Age Concerns around the country have services to help them.

A link to the local Tauranga office of Age Concern an extremely worthwhile organisation. Support Services, Information, Advice and Personal Advocacy: Responding in person/phone to a range of queries from older people and their carers eg. Advising where to obtain a service, what is available. Providing confidential support and empowerment to older people. Seniors shouldn't have to live with loneliness. Some older people face loneliness and social isolation and Age Concerns around the country have services to help them.

Most people want answers to “how long will I live” and “what can I do about it”.

Few people really understand how many factors influence their ageing and life expectance.The starting point is your current age. The Australian Life Tables give average life expectancies but are not useful at a personal level - we are all different! Also, they do not allow for the trend for successive generations to be living linger and ageing better.

NZ residents put the NZ Super rate from here https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/eligibility/seniors/superannuation/payment-rates.html in the "Social Security" box.

The Lifetime Income Fund pays you income for life depending on how old you are when you first start drawing on it. This calculator will tell you how much income you will get.