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Tamahere Eventide Retirement Village
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Retirement living · Tamahere, Waikato

Tamahere Eventide Retirement Village

Tamahere Eventide Home Trust · Tamahere · independent villas and apartments + residential care in a Christian community
Capital Back
58
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
Tamahere Eventide Retirement Village
The village

Life here

Tamahere Eventide Home Trust offers a nurturing sanctuary rooted in Christian principles, honouring the dignity and life stories of each resident. The village combines independent retirement living with comprehensive aged care services, from villas and apartments to residential support. Every chapter of life is embraced with heartfelt care in this warm, all-encompassing community that addresses the full spectrum of needs as residents' circumstances change.

Your home

Living options

Independent Living

Choose from comfortable villas and apartments designed for active retirees seeking independence within a supportive community.

✓ Villas
✓ Apartments
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Tamahere Eventide is enriched by community connection and purposeful engagement.

Community & Wellbeing

Residents enjoy the Village Café and Community Centre, a charming hub for socialising, dining, and connecting with neighbours. The village calendar is filled with engaging activities that foster joy and well-being.

✓ Village Café
✓ Community Centre
✓ Regular events and activities
✓ Social engagement programmes
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Village Café
Community Centre
Event spaces
Accessible grounds
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent→Serviced→Rest home→Hospital→Secure dementia
✓ Residential care · Dementia support · Respite care
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Tamahere Eventide is located in Tamahere on State Highway 1 in the Waikato region. The village sits within a supportive community environment, offering convenient access to local amenities while maintaining a peaceful, nurturing setting. The Christian-based approach creates a sanctuary atmosphere where residents can enjoy both independence and comprehensive care as needed.

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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
58
Above average · #68 of 520
Better than 87% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
20%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
100%
you keep some of any uplift
Time to get capital back
~94 days
median, from 21 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 58 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%
20% deferred fee — lower is better.
50
Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%
You keep 100% of any uplift.
100
Speed your capital returns Median resale time — weighted 30%
94 days across recent resales.
95
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

20%

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

Market: median 30%; only 16% of villages charge under 25%.
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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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How fast your capital comes back

~94 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 131 days.)

Market: median 154 days; 21 villages still average over a year.
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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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