Welcome

The Retirement Village Residents Association of NZ (RVResidents) has been formed to help ensure residents enjoy the full benefits of retirement village life. We help promote and protect the rights of retirement village residents in New Zealand and provide a voice for residents at both a local and national level.
A current focus is the urgent review needed of the Retirement Villages Act 2003 and the Retirement Villages Code of Practice 2008 to improve the legislation and practices that govern retirement villages.
 
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What we do

CONSULT

We listen to members and then work with sector organisations and government departments to bring a positive, fair and balanced change. 
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CONNECT

We communicate regularly with our members and connect them to information and resources that helps improve their retirement village life.
 
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ADVOCATE

We help support the voice of individual members to achieve fair and respectful outcomes.
 
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Advocating for Members and Village Residents around Aotearoa.

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‘We’re not scared of a review’…

by | Sep 5, 2022 |

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, but they aren’t pleased about it, and feel their sector is being unfairly criticised, or the “radical” law changes some are calling for.

Retirement village owners fight back

by | Sep 5, 2022 |

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 take too long to return capital to residents moving out of a village…

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