The Weekend Collective

Growing older is expensive - much more expensive than most people realise.
When you or a loved one either decides to move into aged care or is forced to do so, the Ministry of Social Development will quickly swoop in to flip through all their finances.
Any assets, gifted funds, trusts, even living rent free - it's all looked at and impacts their chances of government-subsidised care.
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Getting fit and healthy is just about throwing on your running shoes and making a salad.
The key to sticking with a workout routine, is finding the right sort of exercise for you so that you don't get sick of it.
We've seen another wave of fitness trends recently, with Hyrox gaining popularity, 75 Hard, and cold plunges among others.
We'll often overlook these as just being the current thing, maybe even a fad that will boost your dopamine for a week or two before fading into the abyss of the Ab Roller and other 'As Seen On TV' trends.
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Moa Point has been testing as non-compliant for all but two months of the last two years.
The signs were there, but no one seemed to raise concern before the wastewater plant started pumping raw sewage into the south coast of Wellington.
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A new report this week found nearly 90% of Auckland primary school say there's an increasing number of new entrants starting school without bare basic skills like being toilet trained and talking properly.
These are 5 year olds who are otherwise capable, but some stage of their early childhood seems to have been neglected - they can't even identify the letters of their name or hold a pencil.
As harsh as it may be, the blame does have to land somewhere.
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Those in the market to buy a new home either know or will learn very quickly, that an agent is essential in the process.
Sure, we can search agency websites and windows ourselves, or scroll through OneRoof after work every day - but we're doing ourselves a disservice if we don't have an agent keeping an eye out for a place with the right metrics for us.
Here's the problem - these agents legally work for the seller.
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