Mar 1, 2024 | General News
Following a complaint laid by the Retirement Villages Residents Association of New Zealand (RVResidents) to the Commerce Commission, the Commission has taken a shot across the bows of retirement village operators over the fairness of their Occupation Rights Agreements...May 24, 2023 | General News
You can view the actual PDF here, or read the contents below. [UNCLASSIFIED]Scope of Review of the Retirement Villages Act 2003At a broad level, the review will consider whether the Retirement Villages Act 2003 (the Act),associated Codes, and Regulations remain fit...Mar 23, 2023 | General News
The Waimea Weekly and The New Zealand Herald have both been active participants on the topic of retirement villages during their most recent editions. Reporting on Brian Peat’s recent well attended meeting in Stoke, The Waimea Weekly warmly commented on the...Mar 15, 2023 | General News
NZ Herald Article 10 Mar 2023: “Ten ‘unfair’ retirement village practices: Government review under way”, discusses the retirement village practices RVResidents Association has collated which we are currently concerned about in relation to the...Sep 5, 2022 | General News
Stuff article 21 August 2022: “We’re not scared of a review”, says retirement village owner Graham Wilkinson, as the sector faces a Government probe into whether two-decade-old consumer protections for village residents need beefing up. They may not be scared,...Sep 5, 2022 | General News
Stuff Article 3 Sept 2022: Retirement village owners have come up with a package of “voluntary reforms” they hope will stave off the threat of government regulation. It includes a crack-down on unfair terms in retirement village contracts, and on village operators who...