Seniors minister set to visit second expo

Ginny Andersen, the Minister for Seniors, will be among the people visiting the second Wellsford Seniors Expo when it is held in August.

Labour list MP Marja Lubeck invited the minister when she and her Parliamentary community engagement and communications advisor, Tania Hamilton, decided to organise the event at Wellsford Community Centre on Saturday, August 19. Hamilton said it was great to have Andersen, who is also Minister for Police, Small Business and Digital Economy & Communications, visiting the expo to catch up with local residents and stallholders. The expo will feature a wide range of services and organisations of interest to older people, from central and local government representatives to health and leisure providers.

Hamilton said the aim was to provide a one-stop shop for seniors to find out what assistance, advice and facilities are available locally.

Stallholders will include Work & Income

NZ, Auckland Transport, Citizens Advice Bureau, local Justices of the Peace, Women’s Centre Rodney, Harbour Sport, Age Concern Rodney, St John ambulance and alarms, Senior Net, a natural health store, Albertland Museum, a reflexologist, a chiropractor, a funeral director, Warkworth Men’s Shed, Driving Miss Daisy, Wellsford Horticultural Club, Rodney Neighbourhood Support and a mobility equipment supplier.

There will be tea and refreshments provided, plus giveaways and entertainment throughout the expo, which runs from 10am to 2pm. Hamilton said the first seniors expo held a year ago had been a great success, with many visitors finding it useful, so a second event was always on the cards.

She added that Minister Andersen would be visiting other venues in Wellsford and the surrounding area, details of which will be available nearer the time.