Grey Power to monitor mail delivery changes

A financially viable mail service is important to the whole of New Zealand but particularly for older New Zealanders. This has led one of the country’s largest lobby groups, Grey Power, to give guarded approval to proposed changes to NZPost delivery changes.

“Without changes to the frequency of mail deliveries we are told the whole future of NZPost may be compromised and this cannot be allowed to happen. We will monitor the testing of the proposed changes very closely and if we see any sector of the community disadvantaged we will work with those involved to try and correct the situation,” said the President of Grey Power, Terry King.

“The important thing to recognise is that without the proposed changes we could potentially not have a mail delivery system at all. Older members of the community, and also those with disabilities, do not always have the means to collect parcels or use other methods of communication. A complete failure of the mail delivery system would make life very difficult for vulnerable members of the community.

“We have been told NZPost will start delivering standard mail every second day to households in major centres and urban areas from July 1. Before doing this they say they will be testing the alternate day delivery in parts of Auckland, centred around Ellerslie. This is what we will be watching to enable us to help identify any problems and be part of developing any possible solutions,” said Mr King.

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