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With New Zealand this week declaring itself free from coranavirus and proving it is possible to eliminate the transmission of Covid-19, the recent lockdown restrictions the country has had to endure has highlighted the importance of safety in the home. For wheelchair...

Property prices in New Zealand have seen significant growth in the last three months of 2019 according to reports. In fact, it has been the strongest increase recorded since 2016. The national average property price is now $710,129. In particular, Auckland and Dunedin...

Waitangi Day is held to mark the signing of the country's founding document as a national holiday every February 6 across New Zealand. The Waitangi Treaty was signed in 1840 at the home of James Busby at Waitangi. To mark this important day in the nation’s calendar,...

Perhaps you have been in your home for a good while and whilst you love it, maybe it is time for a refresh. Let 2020 be the year to tackle this and make some improvements that help you get the most out of your property and make...

New Zealand’s population is ageing rapidly but how quickly are we as a nation adjusting to the needs of older people? Statisticians predict that by 2050, 27 per cent of people will be aged 65 or older. A recent study, undertaken by Dr Ngaire Kerse a professor at the...

A draft strategy by the Government which aims to make New Zealand a better place for people to get older was launched earlier this year, called Better Later Life. The public consultation on its contents has recently closed, with the aim being to release the final...

For many people, when faced with the need to consider a better way to cope with the stairs in their home, the stairlift is undoubtedly one of the first possible solutions to spring to mind. This seems like a reasonable idea; not too expensive, is capable of getting...

Home is where the heart is and for many of us, we are in a property we have invested a great deal of time and money into, making it just right for our needs and lifestyle. Our home itself will have brought us joy and happy memories in abundance. However, things change...

Say the words 'home lift' to someone who has not seen a modern domestic lift installed in a home recently and it is quite possible they would respond with ‘ Hmm, that’s a good idea in theory but I don’t think there’s anywhere I could put one of those in my house’....

Home lifts have previously sat firmly in two camps, they were either a luxury commodity only found in the grandest of homes, or they were a clunky, medical-looking mobility device for those needing wheelchair transport between the floors of their home. However, with...