Elms Court Rest Home
Opawa, ChristchurchCanterbury
In short
- Offers rest home care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,556.80 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- A room is free soon, as the home reported on 12 October 2026, 9:09am.
- Care offered
- Rest home
- Rooms free
- Free soonupdated 12 October 2026, 9:09am
- Certificate
- 36 monthsends 19 September 2027
- Certified beds
- 18
- Standard room cap
- $1,556.80a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- Not checkedmost homes do not publish it
Care offered
- Rest home
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free soon
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 12 October 2026, 9:09am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,556.80 a week in Christchurch City from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Christchurch City by its town, Christchurch. Health New Zealand tells each home the rate that applies to it, so ask the home to confirm.
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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 36 months
- Certificate ends
- 19 September 2027
- Certified beds
- 18
The Ministry grants 24 or 36 months for a typical home.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Elms Court Resthome Limited - Elms Court Rest Home, 44 Cholmondeley Avenue Opawa Christchurch 8023
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, January 2026 PDF, 149 KB
- Audit summary, June 2024 PDF, 194 KB
- Audit summary, February 2023 PDF, 156 KB
- Audit summary, July 2021 PDF, 160 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
- Chatswood Retirement Village 0.4 km away
- Ryman Essie Summers Retirement Village 2.0 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 44 Cholmondeley Avenue, Opawa, Christchurch
- Phone
- (03) 332 1861
- Region
- Canterbury
- Source: Eldernet listing (elms-court-elmscourt), 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)
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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