National body for aged
<N.Z. Press Association; WELLINGTON, December 8. New Zealand’s old people will have a national representation for the first time, through the formation of the National Old People’s Welfare Council of New Zealand in Wellington recently. The national body was set up by representatives of nine regional old people’s welfare councils and will concern itself with all aspects of the welfare and care of the country’s older citizens. Mr J. J. O’Dea, chairman of the council, said it would bring together representatives of regional councils from Whangarei to Invercargill and would be the means of co-ordinating the vast amount of work that is already being done for older citizens, while at the same time trying to stimulate new ideas and activities. Formation of the council has been the result of two years of negotiation and follows a recommendation of the 1967 special Board of Health Committee which looked into the care for the aged.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33095, 9 December 1972, Page 6
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