{"id":438559,"date":"2026-05-21T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/438559\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:57:19","slug":"summerset-mt-denby-opens-75m-resort-style-retirement-village-in-whangarei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/438559\/","title":{"rendered":"Summerset Mt Denby opens $75m resort-style retirement village in Whang\u0101rei"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company has more than 40 villages either completed or in development across New Zealand. Mt Denby is Summerset<\/a>\u2019s first village in Northland<\/a>, with its first residents welcomed in January 2022, and now more than 200 people live there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really try to make sure our designs are an environment where people turn up and they have the wow factor,\u201d Tallentire said.<\/p>\n

The various amenities were also designed with residents\u2019 families in mind, so the spaces can be enjoyed together, he said.<\/p>\n

The centre appears to have been given the thumbs up, with Tallentire saying a recent satisfaction survey returned a 93% positive result.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve worked hard on our designs and we\u2019re quite proud when we think the residents are really satisfied with the end product.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside the new Summerset Mt Denby village centre. Photo \/ Summerset\"SummersetSummerset Mt Denby’s village centre was designed to be resort-like. Photo \/ Summerset<\/p>\n

Summerset tipped the village centre as representing an investment of about $75 million into Whang\u0101rei, which Tallentire called \u201csignificant\u201d for Northland.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the other key things is just the sheer amount of jobs … created as a result of this, so not just through construction, but also through property, care, operational staff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The construction involved about 160 people working on site and more than 54 contract companies involved, with Tallentire saying Summerset makes an effort to go local.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would suggest that probably at least 85% of the supply chain would come from the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As the village grows, a wide range of permanent roles are expected to be created, including caregivers, nurses, housekeepers and gardeners.<\/p>\n

Tallentire noted construction challenges, included supply chain and manufacturing disruptions in the post-Covid era.<\/p>\n

Summerset Mt Denby village manager Katrina Symonds said the centre\u2019s opening was a significant moment for residents and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur residents have watched this village grow into a real community, and we\u2019re thrilled to officially open the village centre \u2013 it\u2019s going to be the place people come together every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company has more than 40 villages either completed or in development across New Zealand. Mt Denby is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[58506,1882,9719,224214,1866,14744,2536,42,78,224216,670,5978,10048,43,1067,2680,6744,5198,224215,294,68300,115538,143266,17933,40,38,41,39,23534,1869,540],"class_list":["post-438559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-75m","tag-cafe","tag-cinema","tag-denby","tag-find","tag-gym","tag-hair","tag-headlines","tag-in","tag-jukebox","tag-library","tag-might","tag-mt","tag-news","tag-northland","tag-opens","tag-place","tag-pool","tag-resortstyle","tag-retirement","tag-salon","tag-spa","tag-summerset","tag-swimming","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-village","tag-whangrei","tag-where"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}