Bupa The Gardens Care Home
Pukehangi, RotoruaLakes
In short
- Offers rest home and hospital care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,551.55 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- Rooms free now, as the home reported on 15 October 2026, 8:41am.
- Care offered
- Rest home, Hospital
- Rooms free
- Free nowupdated 15 October 2026, 8:41am
- Certificate
- 48 monthsends 15 November 2029
- Certified beds
- 56
- Standard room cap
- $1,551.55a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- $15 to $70 a dayextra, the operator's figure
Care offered
- Rest home
- Hospital
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free now
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 15 October 2026, 8:41am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,551.55 a week in Rotorua District from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Rotorua District by its town, Rotorua. Health New Zealand tells each home the rate that applies to it, so ask the home to confirm.
Premium rooms
$15 to $70 a day on top of the standard room price, as published on the operator's page for this home.
Source: bupa.co.nz/…/the-gardens-care-home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
The cap is what a standard room costs, whether you pay yourself or the Residential Care Subsidy pays, and it is the same for rest home, hospital and dementia care. Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing. How care home prices work.
Some people qualify for the Residential Care Subsidy (government help with the cost of long-term care), which is means-tested and assessed by Work and Income. Who qualifies.
Certification and audits
- Certification period
- 48 months
- Certificate ends
- 15 November 2029
- Certified beds
- 56
The Ministry grants 48 months for a clean record.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Geriatric (hospital level)
- Medical (hospital level)
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Bupa Care Services NZ Limited - The Gardens Rest Home and Hospital, 15 Hodgkins Street Pukehangi Rotorua 3015
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, September 2025 PDF, 223 KB
- Audit summary, February 2024 PDF, 155 KB
- Audit summary, September 2022 PDF, 235 KB
- Audit summary, March 2021 PDF, 138 KB
1 older summary is on the Ministry page.
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- Bupa The Gardens Retirement Village, Rotorua on site or next door
- Rotorua Lakes - A Freedom Lifestyle Village 0.7 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 15 Hodgkins Street, Pukehangi, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 245 1318
- Region
- Lakes
- Source: Eldernet listing (bupa-the-gardens-care-home), read 15 and 16 October 2026 (listing, care levels, vacancies)
- Source: Ministry of Health certification page, read 15 and 16 October 2026 (certificate, beds, audits)
- Source: Ministry of Health maximum contribution notice, read 15 and 16 October 2026 (standard room cap)
- Source: bupa.co.nz/…/the-gardens-care-home, read 15 and 16 October 2026 (premium rooms and care suites on the operator's site)
Confidence: high for care levels and contact details, which the home lists itself, and for certification, which is the Ministry's own record. Vacancies change daily.
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