Ryman Shona McFarlane Care Centre
Avalon, Lower HuttWellington
In short
- Offers rest home and hospital care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,572.83 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- No rooms are listed as free right now.
- Care offered
- Rest home, Hospital
- Rooms free
- None listedupdated 15 October 2026, 8:47am
- Certificate
- 36 monthsends 14 March 2029
- Certified beds
- 99
- Standard room cap
- $1,572.83a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- Not published
Care offered
- Rest home
- Hospital
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- None listed
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 15 October 2026, 8:47am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,572.83 a week in Lower Hutt City from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Lower Hutt City by its town, Lower Hutt. 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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 36 months
- Certificate ends
- 14 March 2029
- Certified beds
- 99
The Ministry grants 24 or 36 months for a typical home.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Geriatric (hospital level)
- Medical (hospital level)
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Shona McFarlane Retirement Village Limited - Shona McFarlane Retirement Village, 66 Mabey Road Avalon Lower Hutt 5011
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, December 2025 PDF, 236 KB
- Audit summary, February 2024 PDF, 163 KB
- Audit summary, December 2021 PDF, 200 KB
- Audit summary, February 2020 PDF, 137 KB
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- Ryman Shona McFarlane Retirement Village on site or next door
Where this comes from
- Address
- 66 Mabey Road, Avalon, Lower Hutt
- Phone
- 04 577 1090
- Region
- Wellington
- Source: Eldernet listing (ryman-shona-mcfarlane-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/…/shona-mcfarlane, 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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