Brightwater at 110 Is Blooming Lovely
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Positive Aging Expo Page 7 Coronavirus MARCH 2020 Page 9 E Waste Recycling Page 15 GreyNELSOPowerN GREY POWER ASSN INC Brightwater at 110 is blooming lovely Joan Heaphy still re- At 88, Joan still gardens members her very first every day, preparing flower show, nearly 40 her dahlias for the next years ago. show. “I’ve always had a pas- The Brightwater Hor- sion for showing my ticultural Society held flowers,” she says. its bi-annual flower For Joan, who’s been an show in January in the avid gardener since she Brightwater Hall. was about 6 years old, The society holds shows the Brightwater Horti- in spring and summer cultural Society and its and has been doing so biannual flower shows since it started over 110 have grown to be an years ago. Only the war important part of her years and the polio epi- life. demic stopped them. “Both my parents were Funds raised to keep gardeners and passed the society function- on their passion, and ing allows them to give being in the society back to the community, means I meet people with regular donations with a common inter- to the Brightwater est who have become school and volunteer Joan Heaphy was one of the judges this year for the Brightwater good friends,” she says. fire brigade. Horticultural Societies biannual flower show. Photo: Susan Johnson. JUST A REMINDER - IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, IT IS TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP Unless you have a green label on your membership card with the expiry date 31/03/2021 your membership will be due for renewal on the 31/3/2020. Please fill in the form on page 31 before making payment as it will speed up the process for the volunteers and others waiting if you are paying in person. 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The red sticker on the door of Faafoi, Associate Minister assessment via the Minis- those previously in this role, previous reviews recommend- tion. tube is kept in a promi- your fridge, that vital in- Here we are and two months of Housing, has replied to try of Social Development in the three-yearly review of ing increases in the eligibility LIFE TUBE could save nent easily identifiable formation is contained in already gone of 2020! our concerns raised about would need to be undertak- retirement income policies age.( Radio NZ. NZ Business, your life! When there is and accessible place such a LIFE TUBE. It’s a busy time for our office tenants transitioning from en where priority is given to he said the cost of the uni- 29 January 2020). an Emergency Life Tube is as your fridge. Life Tubes are available with member renewals and council-owned housing to highest housing need. versal payments to retirees Will the Government choose your life line. In the event of an emer- from Age Concern Nelson new members. public housing: Nelson Grey Power, in De- was sustainable for the next to listen – and with the Parlia- A LIFE TUBE is a plas- gency, the police, ambu- Tasman for a small fee. Our “Out and About” vol- “ The main sub- cember, wrote 30 years, citing Treasury mentary Elections coming up unteers will be out in the sidy available to asking Nelson projections. in September – will the politi- community over March and public housing City Council “There are other options cal parties take the Retirement April bringing the opportu- providers is the to reconsider that government should ad- Commissioner’s advice? nity to renew membership Income Related its decision to dress in the nearer term and Nelson Grey Power AGM is or join up in a range of com- Rent Subsidy sell and at the that are more pressing than on Saturday 18th April – see munity locations. See details (IRRS). time of writing changes to age of eligibility,” the poster in this magazine. later in this this magazine. I can confirm this report we Cordtz said. We would like to see as many We had a very successful that local coun- are waiting for Of the 774 public submis- of you there as possible. It Members Forum at the end cils are ineligi- a substantive sions the review received, is important you participate of November and there is ble to receive IRRS but if reply. many raised concern over in electing your officers and a report on the issues dis- management or ownership We get a number of members the super policy being wiped committee for the coming cussed in this magazine. We of local council housing is approaching us with con- and its insufficiency to cover year. will hold another Members transferred to a trust who cerns relating to Retirement the increasing cost of living. Forum after our AGM in is a registered Community Villages and lack of avenues “This uncertainty is caus- April. Housing Provider (CHP) for residents to express their ing unnecessary stress, and Your committee remains the CHP would be eligible concerns. This edition of the we think should be put to concerned about the for IRRS.” Properties which magazine includes an article bed so New Zealanders can planned sale of council- house pre-existing tenants from the have certainty that New Zea- owned pensioner housing. would however only be NZ Retirement Villages Res- land Super will provide a We are not assured that there eligible for IRRS when the idents Association which is stable level of state support are sufficient protections in tenancy ends. Tenants who one possible source of infor- for them to plan around,” place for existing tenants are allocated according to mation and advice for resi- Cordtz said. and also worry about the Council criteria have not dents. 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