Make Matua Village your home

Enjoy living independently in a tightknit community of like-minded people at Matua Village.

Family-owned and tucked away in a great location, Matua Village has been providing high quality senior living facilities for the past 40 years.

General manager Tristan Rodgers says Matua Village is unique in that it is small, quiet and provides residents a calm pace of life. “It’s a nice community where people look after each other and has more of a family feel,” says Tristan.

Set on 10 acres, Matua Village is handy to Cherrywood Shopping Centre, Fergusson Park, Tauranga Harbour’s waterfront and scenic walking tracks. “We’re next to the Matua Salt Marshes so the village lends itself to people who like gardens and the outdoors.”

With only 68 units, Tristan says all the sta and residents get to know one another by name.

“We will check on our residents every day – whether it’s the weekend or public holidays.”

Residents can also enjoy bus trips, exercise classes, happy hours and more. “For Matariki, we had a weaving class for the residents which was very popular, an astronomy tour and a tour around the Port of Tauranga. So we provide fun trips for our residents as well.

“If people are interested in joining a community of likeminded people who are sociable, friendly and want to be in a small family atmosphere village community, then this is the place for them.”

Matua Village has cottages and apartments available now. Meet the village for yourself!

Georgia Minkhorst

MSD office in city closes for renovations

e Ministry of Social Development o ce at 73 Durham Street in Tauranga – which has a Senior Services section – is closing temporarily while building improvements are underway.

“We’re upgrading our Tauranga service centre to help it work better for clients and sta ,” says Bay of Plenty Social development regional commissioner Mike Bryant.

“We’ll have a more welcoming o ce, clients will have more privacy when they talk with a case manager; and there will be added security for clients, visitors, and our people.”

Mike says these changes have been tested in some service centres and they’ve had good feedback.

“Our recent Greerton re t was very well received.” e Tauranga o ce will close midday today, Friday, July 21, and it will take about three weeks to complete the work.

Although the service centre will be temporarily closed, sta will be working from other locations and will be able to help online or by phone, says Mike.

Anyone who needs help can still get in touch with us by logging into MyMSD or calling: 0800 559 009 (general enquiries), 0800 552 002 (Senior Services) or: 0800 889 900 (StudyLink). e o ce is scheduled to re-open on Tuesday, August 15, at 9.30am.