“Each wrinkle unfolds an experience, each shaking hand reveals a strength that is unbound.”

At some point as we get older, we all need a little help dealing with life's age-old problems. This is especially true for the older people of South Asian origin who are migrating from all over the world. The added barriers of different languages and cultural backgrounds can create feeling of exclusion and isolation, which in turn can lead to depression and mental health problems.

Ageing can be a lovely and graceful process only if you believe in it and your rights are safeguarded. Instead of struggling, it appears necessary to re-channel the older people into the mainstream of life, especially when they are living far away from their homeland.

Indians migrated to New Zealand over 100 years ago. Since those first arrivals the Indian population has increased considerably and represents the second largest ethnic group in New Zealand.