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Individual Membership Form
Feel free to print / photocopy off. Include a single form within each RVRANZ brochure or hand out to residents that are unable, or prefer not to register online.
Individual Membership Form
To Join a Village Group
For a Village Primary Contact - a multi-member Group Form in
​PDF format
​Excel format
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Access to Loans for Residential Care
Retirement village residents who need to move into long-term residential care but are not eligible for a care subsidy now have access to a Crown loan agreement.
The  Ministry for Social Development has developed a bespoke loan agreement to enable residents to access the residential loan care scheme.
Further details are here:
https://cffc.govt.nz/news-and-media/news/retirement-village-residents-gain-access-to-loans-for-residential-care/

Moving from Retirement Village Unit to Rest Home Care

Buying into a retirement village and later transferring into a rest home can pose financial fishhooks which buyers should get full disclosure about, warns the watchdog on retirement villages.
"Buyers should get this information including terms of transfer for short and long-term rest home care before buying an independent unit in a retirement village", Troy Churton, national manager retirement villages, for the Commission for Financial Capability, said.
For the latest CFFC monitoring report on the Provision of Residential Care and Occupation Right Agreements by Retirement Village Operators 
 please see here
Annual General Meeting
The sixth Annual General Meeting was a virtual meeting scheduled for 18 June 2020.
Please look here for the
Second Meeting Notice
All the Meeting Reports
Newsletter May 2020 - Please look here
The RVRANZ  protects the rights of retirement village residents in New Zealand
The focus is on the Retirement Villages Act 2003 and the Retirement Villages Code of Practice 2008.
The Act defines the rights of retirement village residents when they commit to a Occupation Right Agreement with the owner of the retirement village, in which they purchase a licence to occupy a villa, cottage, or apartment.
​It’s important that RVRANZ spokespeople have a genuine mandate to speak on behalf of the resident body, rather than pursuing issues of importance to an individual. 
RVRANZ is not a static environment. The pace of change is rapid and it’s increasing. If we are to remain relevant we need to keep up, we need to be in a position to meet change and take the opportunities that change presents. We must continue to lift our gaze and build on progress. 
Ageing is not for everyone – only some of us have that privilege!
New Zealand is on the brink of societal change that will impact us all. In a period of 40 years there will be a 700% increase of the population in the 95+ age group, a 283% increase in the 80+ and 108% increase in the 65+. We will also be more ethnically diverse as Maori, Pasifika and Asian populations increase significantly. 

Potential Retirement Village Residents

​Information for intending residents and their families from RVRANZ and CFFC is now available here: Potential Residents
Visit the CFFC website:
​https://www.cffc.org.nz/retirement-villages/resources/
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Contact us

 if you would like to talk about any matter concerningWe are interested in hearing your views.
Click here  to open the contact form for sending your message.

Or by email

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Use this address to send us an email:
secretary@rvranz.org.nz

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New Photo ID
Cheaper Doctors Visits
​Financial Abuse Advice
New Residential Care Rates
Future Care and Assistance
Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA)
​Travelling Overseas
​Lending Money to Family
​Elder Abuse
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 Subscriptions
Subscriptions for the 2020/2021 year have been set at $15.00 per person and $20.00 per couple until 30th Sept 2020.
​NEW​: Life-Time Memberships:
$150 single or $185 couple.

Residents Associations

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 ​Village residents are encouraged to form a local village association if you have not done so. The Code of Practice provides:
Residents’ committee 
Residents have the right to form a residents’ committee and agree their own rules for running the committee
A residents committee is an important part of the management of the retirement village industry.
To assist with this, please find a​ Model Constitution  for you to adapt and adopt
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