Age Concern Canterbury

OLDER PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONS

• Age Concern New Zealand www.ageconcern.org.nz
• Heatlh promotion for older people (by Age Concern North Shore) www.agewell.org.nz
• Canterbury Heatlh Care of the Elderly Education Trust www.elderlyhealthcare.org.nz
• Age Concern Senior Achievers Awards www.seniorachievers.org.nz
• Grey Power www.greypower.co.nz
• Carers New Zealand www.carers.net.nz
• SeniorNet www.seniornet.org.nz
• U3A Online (University of the Third Age) http://u3aonline.edna.edu.au
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust www.raisinggrandchildren.org.nz

HEALTH AND DISABILITY ADVOCACY GROUPS

• Alzheimers Society www.alzheimers.org.nz
• Arthritis Foundation www.arthritis.org.nz
• Cancer Society www.cancernz.org.nz
• Diabetes New Zealand www.diabetes.org.nz
• Disability Information Service www.weka.net.nz
• DPA (Disabled Persons Assembly) www.dpa.org.nz
• Elder Care Canterbury project www.ecc.net.nz
• Enable New Zealand www.enable.co.nz
• Hearing Association www.hearing.org.nz
• Hospice New Zealand www.hospice.org.nz
• Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.nz
• National Heart Foundation www.nhf.org.nz
• National Foundation for the Deaf www.nfd.org.nz
• Parkinsonism Society of New Zealand www.parkinsons.org.nz
• Stroke Foundation www.stroke.org.nz
• Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind www.nzrfb.org.nz

CONSUMER,UNION, ADVOCACY AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

• Advocacy Service www.hdc.org.nz
• Relationship Services www.relate.org.nz
• Rural Women New Zealand www.ruralwomen.org
• Victim Support www.victimsupport.org.nz

RESIDENTIAL CARE, HOUSING PROVIDERS

• Abbeyfield New Zealand www.abbeyfield.org.nz
• Christchurch City Housing www.ccc.govt.nz/CityHousing
• NZ Private Hospitals Association www.nzpha.org.nz
• Residential Care New Zealand www.residentialcare.co.nz
• Retirement Villages Association www.retirementvillages.org.nz
• A guide to vacancies and retirement housing options www.eldernet.co.nz

MĀORI SERVICE PROVIDERS

• Tui Ora Ltd www.tuiora.co.nz
• Huakina Development Trust www.huakina.co.nz

UNIVERSITY, AGEING RESEARCH, OTHER GROUPS

• NZ Institute for Research on Ageing www.vuw.ac.nz/ageing-institute/
• Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners www.rnzcgp.org.nz
• Victoria University of Wellington – Positive Ageing and Intergenerational www.vuw.ac.nz/psyc/specialist/ageing/ageing.html
• Volunteering New Zealand www.volunteeringnz.org.nz

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

• Office of the Retirement Commissioner www.sorted.org.nz
  ( Independent site offering financial planning advice and calculators that will help you get sorted on money matters including debt, investments and retirement.)

• Department of Work and Income www.winz.govt.nz
• Ethnic Affairs www.ethnicaffairs.govt.nz
• Health and Disability Commissioner www.hdc.org.nz
• Human Rights Commission www.hrc.co.nz
• Land Transport Safety Authority www.ltsa.govt.nz
• NZ Positive Ageing Strategy www.msd.govt.nz/keyinitiatives/positiveageing.html
• Community and Voluntary Sector www.msd.govt.nz/voluntary/index.html
• Sport and Recreation New Zealand www.sparc.org.nz