Bay Sands Village sits just minutes from Mount Maunganui's sparkling beaches, offering residents the best of both worlds—seaside living with easy access to Bayfair shopping and the Omanu Golf Course. This vibrant Metlifecare community features newly designed, luxuriously finished apartments and villas in a state-of-the-art setting. The spacious community centre is the heart of village life, where residents gather for café culture, swimming, fitness, and a rich calendar of social activities. It's a place where community is at the heart, and residents actively shape the village vibe.
Brand-new, move-in-ready apartments and villas, luxuriously finished and spacious.

Bay Sands is designed for active, engaged living.
The expansive community centre is the social hub, offering café dining, a library, indoor heated pool, spa, gym, and cinema room. Residents enjoy organised entertainment, exercise classes, lawn bowls, petanque, arts and crafts, cards, bingo, and regular social outings and resident dinners.

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

Bay Sands Village is perfectly positioned in Mount Maunganui, just minutes from the golden sands of popular beaches. The village sits close to the Omanu Golf Course and within walking distance of Bayfair shopping and dining precinct, offering residents easy access to both coastal recreation and urban amenities. The location combines beach life with urban sophistication, making it ideal for those seeking an active, connected retirement lifestyle.
Get the brochure, current pricing and availability, or book a look around — sent straight to you. No pressure, and we'll never pass your details to the village without asking.
We'll email the details shortly.
Want a second opinion on the contract too? Get independent advice →
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.
The Capital Back score is a transparent weighting of five filed terms — you can see exactly where this village wins and loses.
Every operator uses different words for the same thing — we normalise them so you can compare like with like.
Accrues over your first 3 years, charged on the entry price.
Any increase in the licence value at resale is kept entirely by the operator.
Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 106 days.)
Weekly fees stop when you vacate.
We'll connect you with a retirement-village review lawyer or independent financial adviser — no operator pays to be here.
Request an ORA review → Talk to a financial adviser