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Arohaina Village
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Retirement living · Te Hapara, Gisborne

Arohaina Village

Riversaint Villages Limited · Te Hapara, Gisborne · independent villas with optional support from nearby Dunblane Lifecare
Life Score
24
Basic
Capital Back
14
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
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The village

Life here

Arohaina Village sits in Te Hapara, close to local amenities and just a short drive from central Gisborne. Residents enjoy the freedom of standalone villa living with the peace of mind that comes from professional support nearby. The village is designed so you can participate in regular social activities or find a quiet space—maintaining independence while knowing care is available if needed.

Your home

Living options

Villas

Comfortable, homely 1-bedroom villas designed to maintain that standalone home feel with the added benefits of a retirement community.

✓ 1-bedroom villas
✓ Maintenance-free living
✓ Gardening services included
✓ Close to local amenities
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Arohaina Village balances freedom with community.

Independent Living with Support

Come and go as you please, invite family to stay, and enjoy the security of a caring community. The village is designed to support both active participation in social activities and quiet, private moments.

✓ Regular social activities
✓ Freedom to come and go
✓ Family visiting welcome
✓ Quiet spaces available
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Independent villas
Maintenance and gardening services
Social activity spaces
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

If your health changes, you won't have to leave the place you know. Arohaina Village offers these levels of care on site:

Independent
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Arohaina Village is located at 396 Aberdeen Road in Te Hapara, Gisborne, close to local amenities and just a short drive from the heart of Gisborne. The village offers a peaceful residential setting while maintaining convenient access to the wider community.

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Now the practical part

The money — what comes back to your family

You've seen why you'd love it. This is the part most families only discover at the exit statement — so we put it in plain sight. Every figure is from the village's own filed Disclosure Statement.

Capital Back score
14
Capital-unfriendly · #506 of 520
Better than 3% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
27%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
0%
operator keeps 100% of any uplift
Time to get capital back
—
not enough resales disclosed
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 14 is built

Nothing hidden — every component

The Capital Back score is a transparent weighting of five filed terms — you can see exactly where this village wins and loses.

Move-in fee you don't get back Deferred Management Fee — weighted 30%
27% deferred fee — lower is better.
32
Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%
0% — the operator keeps any resale uplift.
0
Fees stop when you leave Weekly fees on exit — weighted 15%
Fees continue until the unit resells.
0
Interest if repayment is slow Interest on delayed capital — weighted 10%
No interest on delayed repayment.
0
The filed terms, in plain English

What the Disclosure Statement actually says

Every operator uses different words for the same thing — we normalise them so you can compare like with like.

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Deferred Management Fee

27%

Accrues over your first 5.4 years, charged on the entry price.

Market: median 30%; only 16% of villages charge under 25%.
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Capital gain

0% to the resident

Any increase in the licence value at resale is kept entirely by the operator.

Market: just 8% of NZ villages share any capital gain.
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Fees & interest on exit

Watch this

Weekly fees continue until the unit resells.

Market: 220 of 520 villages keep charging weekly fees after you've gone.
Before you sign the ORA

The reckoning usually arrives too late

  • You're buying a licence to occupy, not the home — you can't sell, rent or borrow against it.
  • A large deferred fee is gone within a few years, whatever the unit later sells for.
  • Your family carries the risk of how long resale takes — and the operator's ability to pay.
  • None of this is hidden — it's all in the Disclosure Statement most people sign without reading.
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