Celebrating older people
This page is being maintained as an archive of Age Concern Awareness events for 2010.
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Sponsor |
Event |
Time/date/location |
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Age Concern Mid North |
IDOP Day Barbeque |
11.30 to 2pm, 1 October, Kingston House |
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Age Concern North Shore |
Appeal and awareness promotion |
9am to 4pm, 1 October; |
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Age Concern Auckland |
4 pages of education and celebration events at locations all round Auckland. 27 September to 1 October. |
> LINK to programme [small MS Word doc] |
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Move it! Waitakere A series of West Auckland events 1-9 October |
> LINK to programme [small MS Word doc] |
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Age Concern Counties Manukau |
An Intergenerational Celebration for the last Friday of the school holidays |
Friday 8 October |
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Franklin Positive Ageing Expo 2010 - a day to celebrate the many nationalities, ethnicities, and cultures of older people who live within the Franklin District. |
Friday 1 October 10 to 3pm, Pukekohe Indian Association Community Hall, Ward Street Pukekohe |
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Open Day - coffee and chat |
Our Cambria Park offices, 28 Sept. 10am - 2pm |
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| Age Concern Hamilton |
1 October: Civic Plaza fun event, and Masked Ball. |
> VIEW a montage of the event [PDF file 2.5MB] and the Masked Ball [PDF file 0.3MB] |
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Age Concern Rotorua |
Spring Fling |
Begins with ‘Senior Spring Strut’ walk from RAVE to Govt Gardens/Sulphur Point, 1 October at 10am |
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Age Concern Taranaki |
Nostalgia concert, Treasured Relationships, Pukekura Park event and more. |
27 Sept to 1 Oct. Keep a lookout for the newspaper full page. |
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Age Concern Wairoa |
Jubilaté, a week of events incl. "Good Old Days" Expo |
Tuesday 5 October TBA |
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1 October |
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All Age Concerns in Hawke's Bay |
events TBA |
Street Day Appeal – donate at 12 sites in Napier and Taradale |
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Age Concern Manawatu |
Events TBA incl. Children's poetry contest |
1 October |
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Age Concern Horowhenua |
“Age on the Go” expo |
1 October : 10.00am – 4.00pm, Levin Memorial Hall. |
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Older Persons Day at the Levin Aquatic Centre |
1 October |
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Age Concern Wellington |
Book launch: Inspirational stories about older people |
1 October, at seniors' expo, Fowler Centre |
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Age Concern Nelson |
“Age to Be” expo. |
1 October 2010 at Hope Community Church. Free buses leave from Bus stop in Bridge Street following the usual route through Tahunanui, Stoke and Richmond. Depart Nelson at 10.00am, 12.00pm and 2.00pm and return from Hope at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.45pm. |
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Age Concern Canterbury |
Health Safety and Wellbeing Expo. Free entry & entertainment |
10am to 2.30pm, 4 October, Convention Centre Kilmore Street >LINK |
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Age Concern Otago |
Age on the Go Active Week 25 Sept to 3 Oct |
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Age Concern Southland |
Celebrate with us on 1 October |
National celebrations
Patron's Award:
We announced the winning entries to the Age Concern New Zealand Patron's Award showing older people in the media.
20th Anniversary of the IDOP: International celebrations
The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on 1 October each year as a special day for older persons worldwide. This year's 20th Anniversary celebration was held in New York on 7 October.
> VISIT the United Nations




