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Active older people

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In the early 21st century many older people maintain good health and mobility. This group of senior citizens walked from Cape Rēinga to Bluff in 2001 to promote the idea that age should not be a barrier to keeping active.

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Ian Pool, Death rates and life expectancy – Disease trends and health policy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/26613/active-older-people (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian Pool, published 19 April 2011.