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Dispelling dementia myths
Media release
1 November, 2019
By 2050, the number of New Zealanders with dementia will be able to fill Wellington’s Westpac Stadium five times.
Read more about Dispelling dementia mythsNew GM Marketing and Customer Experience
Media release
31 October, 2019
New Zealand’s oldest and largest trustee services organisation, Public Trust, welcomes Sarah Pepworth to the newly created executive role of General Manager Marketing and Customer Experience.
Read more about New GM Marketing and Customer ExperienceNew HR leader for Public Trust
Media release
6 September, 2019
One of New Zealand’s largest trustee services organisations, Public Trust, has appointed Andrew Bhimy to the role of General Manager People and Culture.
Read more about New HR leader for Public TrustNew GM for Corporate Trustee Services
Media release
5 September, 2019
Andrew Hughes has joined Public Trust to head up the company’s Corporate Trustee Services (CTS) team.
Read more about New GM for Corporate Trustee ServicesThree big myths about wills
Media release
30 August, 2019
New research reveals that many Kiwis still have a lot to learn about wills and how they work.
Read more about Three big myths about willsNew Nelson home for Public Trust
Media release
14 August, 2019
After more than eight decades operating in Nelson, Public Trust has unveiled a new-look customer centre in Morrison Square.
Read more about New Nelson home for Public TrustScared but not prepared – dementia survey
Media release
12 August, 2019
It’s one of the biggest challenges facing the country’s health system – one that will cost the economy $4.5 billion and affect more than 170,000 New Zealanders by 2050.
Read more about Scared but not prepared – dementia surveyNew law puts a new light on trusts
Media release
6 August, 2019
New trust law has landed, bringing with it more rights for beneficiaries and raising the bar on what’s expected of trustees.
Read more about New law puts a new light on trustsLeaving it to the Act
Media release
9 July, 2019
The following is an opinion piece by Public Trust Senior Solicitor Theresa Donnelly.
Making a will is on many of our ‘to do’ lists, but for some it never makes it to the top. In fact, approximately 55% of adult New Zealanders do not have a will.
Read more about Leaving it to the ActLooking elsewhere for care
Media release
20 June, 2019
Some of the country’s most time-squeezed citizens are looking elsewhere for help caring for elderly family members, with signs that this will only increase.