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Chief executive Kevin Lamb said referrals to the organisation involving elder abuse had risen by 20-30 percent over the past year, with a growing proportion linked to money troubles within families.

He said the combination of financial stress and elder abuse was creating an extra burden for vulnerable seniors, particularly as living costs continued to rise.

''We are hearing from older people who are literally panicking... 'Do I turn the heating on, or do I go and buy myself proper decent food for today?'

"Older people are facing a double whammy. They're really seeing this struggle in terms of financial hardship on themselves, but also being more vulnerable to those who would take advantage of them."

Lamb said the problem was driven by financial hardship, with some families struggling to make ends meet and older relatives becoming a source of financial support. ]]> https://www.ageconcernauckland.org.nz/media/website_posts/436/Screenshot-2026-05-11-100717.png url https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/594726/cost-of-living-crisis-fuelling-rise-in-elder-financial-abuse-warns-age-concern 2026-05-10 22:08:00 420 1 https://www.ageconcernauckland.org.nz/media/website_posts/420/Screenshot-2026-03-27-103628.png url https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019028325/age-concern-responds-to-government-fuel-relief-package 2026-03-24 21:37:00 414 1
Age Concern chief executive Kevin Lamb called it an example of "grey washing".

For example, the SuperGold Card was accepted at grocery stores in most central business districts, but not in Gisborne, Marlborough Nelson, Tasman, West Coast districts nor the densely populated Auckland CBD, with a fast-growing resident senior population of more than 2000 people.

"It is portraying themselves as supporting older people, but doing what I would call the bare minimum in order to achieve that," Lamb said.

"If you're going to say that SuperGold Card gets a discount in our stores, why wouldn't you do that for every store? Not just cherry pick a handful of stores around the country and have such a lack of consistency about where those stores are located." ]]> https://www.ageconcernauckland.org.nz/media/website_posts/414/Screenshot-2026-03-10-110914.png url https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/589113/grey-washing-supergold-card-discounts-skip-entire-regions 2026-03-09 22:11:00 437 1 CEO of Age Care Concern Tāmaki, Kevin Lamb: 5th February, 2026 Generational Response to NZ Post Closures w/ CEO of Age Care Concern Tāmaki, Kevin Lamb: 5th February, 2026, 4.6 MBThursday, February 5, 2026

Last week, NZ Post announced the closure of 142 retail stores in the urban-retail network across the motu. 

Concerns have been raised about the disproportionate impacts the closures may have on senior communities who may not have the digital literacy to support the transition in regards to important administration, like paying bills, and staying in touch with loved ones. 

Producer Jasmine spoke to Age Care Concern Tāmaki CEO, Kevin Lamb, about this issue.]]> https://www.ageconcernauckland.org.nz/media/website_posts/437/Screenshot-2026-05-11-113817.png url https://95bfm.com/bcast/generational-response-to-nz-post-closures-w-ceo-of-age-care-concern-t%C4%81maki-kevin-lamb-5th-february 2026-02-04 22:39:00