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In a modern, open-plan residence overlooking sprawling playing fields on Auckland’s North Shore, a group of sassy ladies are rewriting the rules of senior living – and in the process, having a blast.
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Gravity is a scientific fact.   So when did it become something so negative?  I’m talking about ageing – and noticing gravity in all sorts of different ways!
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The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘middle age’ as “the period of your life, usually considered to be from about 45 to 60, when you are no longer young, but are not yet old”.  Opinions, however, vary dramatically.
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