Leaving family behind for a Club Med lifestyle
01 October 2015.
To mark today’s International Day of Older Persons, Simon Collins investigates the social implications of the blossoming phenomenon of retirement villages.
'Like living in Club Med" or "siloing a generation". Retirement villages attract strong feelings for and against.
Villages are sprouting everywhere. Sharebrokers Forsyth Barr list 20 new villages with 4643 homes under construction or planned in Auckland alone.