Age Friendly Hurunui
Memberships
What is age friendliness?
The concept of age-friendliness was developed by the World Health Organisation. It encourages active ageing by utilising opportunities for health and community participation. It also looks at security to improve the quality of life for older people.
Eight areas are identified as influencing the health and quality of life for older people:
- Outdoor spaces and buildings
- Transportation
- Housing
- Social Participation
- Respect and social inclusion
- Civic participation and employment
- Communication and information
- Community support and health services
In practical terms, an age-friendly town adapts its structures and services to be accessible to and inclusive of older people with varying needs and capacities.
Work Currently Underway
Staff will be undertaking work to update the 2019 Hurunui Age Friendly Communities report.
Stage 1 is the 2024 Hurunui Age Friendly Survey, which closed 30 September 2024. The results have been collated and presented to Council's Strategy and Community Community.
A copy of the results report is available here.
The snapshot of the survey results is available here.
Hurunui Age Friendly Steering Group
New for 2024.
As a group we currently meet adhoc, this is anticipated to change once the Hurunui Age Friendly Plan and action plan have been written.
If you're interested to know more about the group and the journey to date please contact the co-ordinator: Vanessa Nelmes on 027 500 2562
Hurunui Social Housing for Older Persons
Council manages a total of 34 units across the following towns: Amberley, Cheviot, Hanmer Springs and Cheviot. All these units are to provide a low-cost housing option for older persons who have, or have had an association with the District, as our 1st priority.
We also have 4 units in Waiau that provide accommodation to support families, couples and individuals with a housing need who wish to live and work in the Waiau area.
Further information and application criteria can be found on the Social Housing Page.
Handy Publications
Netsafe's Little Black Book of Scams: any easy to read document that runs through how to spot a scam and the different types currently running.
Officer for Seniors - Looking out for on another: Social isolation and loneliness - recognising the signs in friends, family and yourself.
Where to report spam and scams: Online scams and spam (unwanted email, fax, SMS TXT and other instant messages that are commercial by nature) can be reported to CERT NZ, NZ Police, The Department of Internal Affairs, Netsafe or individual telecommunication agencies who all share the responsibility of dealing with online harm.
Scam Information from Banks
- ANZ: banking safely
- ASB: Scam Hub
- BNZ: Recognising Scams
- Kiwibank: Fraud & Scam Protection
- Westpac: How to spot a Scam