Ageing isn’t overwhelming. It’s just the next bit.
Real NZ stories, expert advice and practical tools to help you — and the people you love — stay confident, independent and informed as you age.
Hosted by Hannah McQueen, with new episodes every week, The Next Bit is a podcast designed to help New Zealanders learn how to age well and support their whānau with clarity.
Whether you’re planning your own next chapter, supporting ageing parents, or simply wanting to stay independent for as long as possible, you’re in the right place.
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Is It Too Soon? Finding Love After Bereavement (with Steve Taylor)
mardi 13 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:01:51
When my gran died without warning, my grandad became lonely almost overnight. Within days, a woman from across the road started turning up with cake. As his eldest granddaughter and self-appointed gatekeeper, I was suspicious.
In this episode of The Next Bit, I sit down with Steve Taylor, a relationship counsellor and mediator with 25 years of experience helping couples and families through exactly this territory. We talk about the untidy reality of grief, why guilt shows up even when you’ve done everything right, and why 70-year-olds are suddenly learning what “swipe right” means. Steve also explains why he tells clients that no orgasm is worth the estate.
We also look at the other side: what it’s like to be the adult child watching a parent fall for someone new. If you’ve ever side-eyed your parent’s new “friend”, or wondered whether you’re allowed to want more from your own life, this one’s for you.
The big takeaway: loving again isn’t disloyal. It doesn’t replace the person who died or shrink the life you built with them.
If this episode gave you something to think about, please like, subscribe and share it with someone who needs to hear it. We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments, and tell us what you want to see in future episodes.
Want to get practical about starting a new relationship later in life? Go back and listen to our earlier episodes on wills, enduring power of attorney and prenups.
Learn more about how Age Brightly can support you and your family at agebrightly.co.nz.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Steve Taylor, relationship counsellor and mediator
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
Are NZ Rest Homes In Crisis?
mardi 6 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:10:12
In this episode of The Next Bit Podcast, I sit down with Tracey Martin, chief executive of the New Zealand Aged Care Association, to respond to the comments you shared after our last episode on aged residential care. Tracey puts the rest home horror stories in context, explaining that only a small fraction of complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner relate to aged care, and that most care beds are run by charities, not-for-profits and small owner-operators rather than profit-driven corporates. We explore how the needs assessment works, what the four levels of care actually mean, and why $187 a day in funding rarely covers what residents need. Tracey also explains the residential care subsidy, why the family home is protected for the spouse still living there, and her campaign The Long Drive, which highlights couples separated by a lack of local care. We also touch on the proposed reforms and the staffing pressures facing the sector. Whether you're weighing up care for a parent or simply want to understand the system before you need it, this episode offers a clear, honest look at aged care in New Zealand.
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
The Retirement Money Mistake Almost Everyone Makes
mardi 29 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:04:00
In this episode of The Next Bit Podcast, I sit down with investment advisor Gretchen Williamson to discuss a common pitfall that many retirees face: the mismanagement of their investment strategies once the paychecks stop. We explore why the transition to retirement requires a different approach to investing, particularly with longevity in mind. Gretchen emphasizes the importance of understanding your financial landscape, especially the risks of keeping too much cash in the bank or giving away too much wealth to family while still alive. We also touch on how traditional investment strategies may need to evolve to ensure a sustainable income for the next 20 to 25 years. Whether you’re nearing retirement or already there, this episode offers crucial insights to help you navigate your financial future effectively.
Choose Your Hard: Professor Grant Schofield on Taking Back Control of Your Health
mardi 22 septembre 2026 • Durée 58:10
In this episode of The Next Bit Podcast, I sit down with Professor Grant Schofield, a leading voice in health and nutrition, to discuss his philosophy from his latest book, "Choose Your Hard." Grant emphasizes that every path in life comes with challenges, especially regarding our health. He argues for taking proactive control over our well-being by making informed choices today to avoid the hardships of poor health later in life. We explore the importance of health span over lifespan, debunk common nutrition myths, and discuss practical strategies for enhancing health, including diet, exercise, and sleep. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone seeking to reclaim their health and vitality.
Enduring Power of Attorney: The Document Everyone Delays (And What It Costs You)
mardi 15 septembre 2026 • Durée 34:46
Most people treat their enduring power of attorney as an afterthought to their will — if they think about it at all. Brendan Reidy, branch manager at Perpetual Guardian, has spent his career sitting across the table from families who didn't.
In this episode, Brendan breaks down the two types of EPA — property, and personal care and welfare — and why so many people agree to act as someone's attorney without understanding what they're actually signing up for. We get into what happens when there's no EPA in place (think family court, six-month waits, and legal bills running into the thousands), the real liability an attorney carries if a sibling later challenges their decisions, and a case that shows how badly things can go when the role is left to chance: an elderly woman kept out of the care she needed, $50,000 unaccounted for, and a family blindsided by what they didn't know to ask.
We also talk about the parts nobody warns you about — the unpaid, unglamorous hours of managing someone else's whole financial life, why attorneys can be personally challenged by an estate years later, and how a well-drafted document can protect both the person acting and the person they're acting for.
If you've ever agreed to be someone's attorney without quite knowing what that meant, or you're the parent who hasn't gotten around to setting it up yet, this one's for you.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Brendan Reidy, Branch Manage at Perpetual Guardian
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
Sunset Exits: The Truth About Ageism at Work (with Lisa Oakley)
mardi 8 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:02:49
If your role disappeared tomorrow, would it really be a redundancy, or something else wearing a redundancy costume?
Lisa Oakley is an HR and employment relations specialist who gets called in when things get curly: restructures, disciplinary processes, collective bargaining, exits. She calls these conversations sunset exits, and by her own account, she runs a handful of them every week, often with people who've given 20 or 30 years to the same organisation.
In this episode, Lisa gets refreshingly direct about what's really happening when someone hears "not a cultural fit," "stopped being agile," or "we want fresh energy." Her argument isn't that ageism doesn't exist. It's that it almost never announces itself.
We talk about:
+ Why relevance and experience aren't the same thing, and why that distinction matters more every year
+ Lisa's concept of RQ (relevance quotient), and the six pillars of her "relevance blueprint": learning, network, confidence, brand, exit planning and resilience
+ The My Kitchen Rules analogy that reframes how promotions and restructures actually get decided
+ "Change the people, or change the people": the phrase change managers use when adaptation isn't optional
+ Why a plan B (or C, or D) matters more in a job market that no longer guarantees a role for life
+ How to interpret AI-driven change as opportunity rather than threat, and what that mindset shift actually looks like in practice
This one is direct, a little bit brutal, and genuinely useful if you're in your 50s, 60s or beyond and wondering how secure your role really is.
This conversation is also why we built Age Brightly. Our whole-of-person baseline assessment looks at the factors that keep you cognitively strong and resilient for longer, so you're protecting more than just your career.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Lisa Oakley, Director of People Associates
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
Die Without One, Lose Control of Everything
mardi 1 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:02:53
Most people assume their will just carries on no matter what happens in life. It doesn't.
Getting remarried cancels it outright. And if you die before making a new one, the law decides who gets what, not you.
In this episode, Brendan Reidy, branch manager at Perpetual Guardian, takes us inside the estate planning conversations he has every day: sometimes calm, sometimes in the middle of a dispute that's already gone too far.
We cover:
• Why marriage revokes a will but divorce doesn't
• What actually happens when someone dies intestate (without a will), and how long it can take to sort out
• The real story of two brothers — a surgeon and an electrician — and the family conversation that headed off a painful surprise
• Why the costliest fights in estates are so often about sentimental items, not money
• How to challenge a will if you've been left out, and how long you have to do it
• What testamentary capacity means, and why it matters for elderly parents making or changing a will
If you've been putting off sorting your own will, or your parents', this conversation is the nudge to finally have that talk.
If this episode has you thinking about a parent's decision-making and whether it's as sharp as it used to be, Brightly's Baseline+ assessment gives your family a clear, evidence-based picture of cognitive health, so the hard conversations happen with facts, not guesswork. Learn more at agebrightly.co.nz.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Brendan Reidy, Branch Manager at Perpetual Guardian
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
Sex After 60, Part Two: What We Didn't Say the First Time
mardi 25 août 2026 • Durée 40:12
Our first episode on sex after 60 clearly struck a nerve, so Auckland sex therapist Edit Horvath is back for round two, and this time nothing is off the table.
We talk about how to start a conversation about intimacy after years of silence, what happens when caregiving for a partner leaves no room for romance, and why later-life affairs, whether with a colleague, a sex worker, or a chatbot, are becoming more common than you'd think. Edith also unpacks why so many later-life divorces are being led by women, why some long-term couples choose to stay in separate homes, and a genuinely surprising fact about female anatomy that most doctors weren't even taught until 1998.
It's honest, it's practical, and yes, it gets frank. Fair warning.
Let's get into it.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Edit Horvath, Sex Therapist
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
"They're Always Right": Lessons on Dementia Care From a Daughter Who's Lived It
mardi 18 août 2026 • Durée 53:00
One in four New Zealanders knows someone living with dementia. Which means the chances are, you do too.
Lesley Harris didn't set out to become a dementia advocate. She became one the hard way, watching her father slowly stop knowing who she was, where he was, and slip back into his own childhood. That experience led her to study for a Diploma in Dementia Care, and eventually to build The Harris List, a navigation website she wishes had existed when her own family needed one.
In this episode, Lesley shares the golden rule for talking to someone with dementia (they're always right), the real story behind a hospital "police" hallucination and what it taught her about de-escalation, why a man's nightly cutlery-throwing turned out to be about something else entirely, and why she believes your 50s might be the real turning point most of us miss. She's honest about the gaps in New Zealand's funding and care system, the danger of leaving enduring power of attorney too late, and her unfiltered take on the new blood tests that claim to predict Alzheimer's.
It's a personal conversation, and an eye-opening one.
If this episode gives you something to think about, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs to hear it — every share helps another family walk into this a little more prepared.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Lesley Harris, Founder of The Harris List
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Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
Who Pays When the Money Runs Out? The Hidden Cost of Aged Care
mardi 11 août 2026 • Durée 56:29
Imagine this: Mum has a fall and is admitted to hospital with a fracture. The doctors tell you she's no longer able to return home and now needs residential care. A fancy word for "Rest home". You are now faced with another challenge—finding a rest home bed. We all know beds can be hard to come by. But let's say you find one, and you are happy with it.
Then come the questions almost every family asks: How are we going to pay for it? When do we have to start paying? And what happens if we can't afford it?
The reality is that while most of us plan for retirement, very few of us plan for longevity—for what happens if our savings need to fund years of residential care. Understanding the system, isn't easy either. It spans multiple government agencies, relies on decades-old legislation and case law, and is complicated enough that even lawyers can get it wrong.
That's why I'm delighted to be joined by Theresa Donnelly, Head of Legal at Perpetual Guardian and one of the few people in New Zealand who truly understands how it all works. Today she'll explain how the Residential Care Subsidy works, when fees start and who pays them, why trusts can sometimes work against you, what happens while you're waiting for subsidy approval, and the difficult financial decisions many families are forced to make when the money starts to run out.
Let's get into it.
The Next Bit Host is: Hannah McQueen - Founder of Brightly
Guest: Theresa Donnelly, Head of Legal at Perpetual Guardian
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Credits
Director, Executive Producer & Editor: Arama Murray from Mention Direction
Podcast Creator, Executive Producer & Host: Hannah McQueen
Research & Production: Shelley Smith
Additional Support: Billy McQueen
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