Ryman Ernest Rutherford Care Centre
Stoke, NelsonNelson Tasman
In short
- Offers rest home, hospital and dementia care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,578.64 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- A room is free soon, as the home reported on 15 October 2026, 8:49am.
- Care offered
- Rest home, Hospital, Dementia
- Rooms free
- Free soonupdated 15 October 2026, 8:49am
- Certificate
- 48 monthsends 18 November 2029
- Certified beds
- 124
- Standard room cap
- $1,578.64a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- Not published
Care offered
- Rest home
- Hospital
- Dementia
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free soon
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- Free soon
Updated 15 October 2026, 8:49am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,578.64 a week in Nelson City from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Nelson City by its town, Nelson. Health New Zealand tells each home the rate that applies to it, so ask the home to confirm.
Premium rooms
Not published. The operator's page for this home gives no premium room charge, read 15 and 16 October 2026, so ask the home for it in writing.
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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 18 November 2029
- Certified beds
- 124
The Ministry grants 48 months for a clean record.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Geriatric (hospital level)
- Medical (hospital level)
- Dementia care
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village Limited - Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village, 49 Covent Drive Stoke Nelson 7011
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, September 2025 PDF, 219 KB
- Audit summary, October 2023 PDF, 164 KB
- Audit summary, October 2021 PDF, 198 KB
- Audit summary, March 2020 PDF, 132 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
- Ryman Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village on site or next door
- Kensington Court 0.6 km away
- Summerset in the Sun (Nelson) 0.8 km away
- Summerset Richmond Ranges 1.6 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 49 Covent Drive, Stoke, Nelson
- Phone
- (03) 538 0880
- Region
- Nelson Tasman
- Source: Eldernet listing (ryman-ernest-rutherford-care-centre), 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: rymanhealthcare.co.nz/…/ernest-rutherford, 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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