Pacific Coast Village

28/05/2026

Pacific Coast Te Manaaki Care Centre has taken a practical look at one of aged care’s most persistent waste challenges: disposable incontinence products. A waste audit at the end of 2024 showed that these products accounted for 34% of the care centre’s landfill waste, more than 4,000 kilograms a year. With care needs increasing across the sector, the team set out to reduce this volume while maintaining resident comfort and dignity.

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Sustainable Care: Reusable Incontinence Product Trial

12/05/2026

Across our villages and offices, residents and teams are taking practical steps to reduce waste, reuse materials, and improve recycling, from soft plastic and metal cap collections to eyewear donations and other targeted initiatives. Click below to read some of the latest highlights.

Waste Not: Highlights

30/04/2026

This spring brought an unexpected burst of excitement at our Bay of Plenty team and village residents, after several sightings of kākā near the Hibiscus Reserve boarding Pacific Lakes Village. Click below to read more.

The Feathery Neighbours

24/04/2026

Today, we pause to remember and honour those who served and sacrificed for our country. On ANZAC Day, we reflect on the courage and resilience that continue to shape who we are today.

At Pacific Coast Village, we take a moment to come together in remembrance — to acknowledge the past, honour the present, and share in a quiet gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy.

Lest we forget.

24/02/2026

The traditional notion of luxury – once purely a monument to excess and consumption – is being dismantled and rebuilt. A new philosophy is taking hold, one that finds opulence not in the acquisition of more, but in the discernment of enough.

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The luxury of enough

10/02/2026

The name Ranfurly is indelibly linked with New Zealand rugby tradition. However, the man who donated a shield to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union that bears his name today, was also a humanitarian, championing the dignity and selflessness of those who had served in the defence of the Empire.

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Lord Ranfurly: Of sacrifice and sport

27/01/2026

If you know your wine, you’ll know of champion winemaker Matt Connell. With his varietals consistently scoring top marks, gold medals and trophies from judges both here and overseas, it would seem anything in a bottle Connell has had a hand in producing is definitely worth seeking out and savouring.

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Grapes to gold

22/12/2025

Adelaide is a city that effortlessly mixes fine wine, intriguing art and the majesty of sport, all within an easily traversable circumference and at a pace of your choosing.

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Adventures In Adelaide

09/12/2025

For one night only, Tony Astle, legendary founder of Antoine’s, and Matt Connell, head winemaker at Nevis Bluff, came together to create a memorable menu and wine tasting experience at The Foundation.

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The classics on a plate

26/11/2025

Sir Jim McLay once quipped that as a trained lawyer and investment banker, he had somehow chosen two of the most unpopular professions in the world.

However, his distinguished career in international relations and diplomacy across decades - combined with his frontline role during some of New Zealand’s most defining moments in public life - has ensured his is a life replete with stories and successes.

To explore the full feature from our Living magazine, click the link below.

Diplomacy Wins