Atawhai Assisi Retirement Village
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Retirement living · Taradale, Napier

Atawhai Assisi Retirement Village

Tamahere Eventide Home Trust · Taradale, Napier · independent villas + rest home care in serene parklike grounds
Life Score
67
Strong
Capital Back
60
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Atawhai Assisi sits peacefully on Gloucester Street in Taradale, where cherry-lined driveways and colourful gardens welcome you home. Just a short stroll from shops, cafés and restaurants, yet set in spacious parklike grounds, the village offers the tranquility of country life alongside urban amenities. Residents enjoy round-the-clock nursing care, culinary services, robust security, and a rich calendar of social events—creating an ideal retreat where independence and assistance flourish together.

Your home

Living options

Homes & Apartments

A variety of independent villas and care suites, each designed for comfort and autonomy within a supportive community.

Independent living villas
Rest home standard rooms
Rest home premium rooms
Care suites (sold on ORA)
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Days are filled with connection, activity, and warmth.

Community & Activities

From arts and crafts to themed lunches, indoor bowls to book club, Atawhai Assisi fosters a vibrant social life. Residents enjoy organised entertainment, movie nights, happy hour, and regular outings to local shops and attractions.

Arts and crafts
Exercise classes
Indoor bowls
Tai chi
Book club
Mahjong
Movie nights & Sky/Netflix
Bingo
Quizzes & cards
Themed lunches & happy hour
Organised entertainment
Social outings & shopping trips
Resident dinners
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Communal lounge
Café (The Village Barn)
Library
Barbecue area
Outdoor seating areas
Village van
24-hour staff on-site
CCTV security
Security screen doors in villas
Automatic back gate
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

IndependentRest home
✓ Registered nurses on call 24/7 · Emergency response · Meals available in care home
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Atawhai Assisi is conveniently located on Gloucester Street in Taradale, Napier, with a bus stop right outside the gate. The village sits in spacious parklike grounds with cherry-lined driveways and colourful gardens. Taradale is a short stroll away, bursting with shops, cafés and restaurants. The beautiful art deco city of Napier and Hastings are just a short trip away, as is Havelock North. Nearby amenities include golf courses, garden centres, a large community sports arena, and a gym.

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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
60
Above average · #49 of 520
Better than 91% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
4%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
100%
you keep some 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 60 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%
4% deferred fee — lower is better.
90
Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%
You keep 100% of any uplift.
100
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

4%

Accrues over your first 5 years, charged on the entry price.

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

Capital gain

100% to the resident

You keep a share of any increase in the licence value at resale.

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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