Hannah McQueen
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- 12
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Three traps to avoid before you sell your rental property to fund your retirement (opens the original)
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When should you turn your rental property into money you can actually use in your retirement? Photo / Getty Images Retirement can shift a rental from wealth-building to funding bills. For years, your rental property was the plan. You borrowed to buy it, collected rent, perhaps topped up the mortgage, and watched the value grow. The last few years have been harder, but you hung in there. Now you are retired, or close to it. When do you turn that property into money you can actually use? Many peop
Why are we waiting for frailty and ageing to become a healthcare crisis? (opens the original)
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Minister for Seniors Casey Costello recently said that about 300,000 hospital bed days a year are lost to frailty, not sickness, causing ‘bed block’. After someone recently died in the back of an ambulance while waiting to enter an emergency department, Paddy Gower – on his show Paddy Gower Has Issues – asked politicians what they would do. Their answers ranged from free dentistry and greater use of pharmacists to stronger health targets. But Minister for Seniors Casey Costello identified the ch
Hannah McQueen: Why New Zealand's retirement age needs a rethink (opens the original)
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Older workers bring many benefits, including institutional knowledge, calm judgement under pressure, longstanding relationships, and an understanding of older customers. Photo / 123rf Last week I wrote about a friend in her 50s who has started to believe she’s less hireable because of her age. This week, a small business owner gave me the other side of the story. He runs a trade business with eight staff. His most experienced guy is 63, brilliant with clients and the one called when a job goes s
Hannah McQueen: How to protect your career over 50 – and why hard work isn't enough (opens the original)
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As we get older, many of us actively want to become less of a show pony. There's nothing wrong with that, but there is a risk in becoming invisible. Photo / Getty On Saturday I caught up with a friend I’ve known for years. She’s in her early 50s, whip-smart, funny and at the absolute top of her game professionally. But she isn’t happy in her job. She wants to leave and find something else. “I don’t think I’d be hireable,” she told me. “I’m almost in my mid-fifties, after all.” Somewhere along th
Hannah McQueen: How to build back intimacy in a sexless marriage – before it's too late (opens the original)
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When you've been together for decades, it can sometimes feel like you're flatmates rather than romantic partners. How do you get the spark back? Photo / Getty Images The conversations couples need to have before they become flatmates. Sex as we age is a subject many of us would prefer remained politely behind closed doors. I recently interviewed sex therapist Edit Horvath for my podcast, The Next Bit, and, not surprisingly, it created a bit of a furore. I can happily ask someone how much money t
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