Summerset by the Lake
Wharewaka, TaupōLakes
In short
- Offers rest home 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, 9:19am.
- Care offered
- Rest home
- Rooms free
- Free nowupdated 15 October 2026, 9:19am
- Certificate
- 48 monthsends 27 July 2029
- Certified beds
- 18
- Standard room cap
- $1,551.55a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- Not checkedmost homes do not publish it
Care offered
- Rest home
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free now
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 15 October 2026, 9:19am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,551.55 a week in Taupo District from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Taupo District by its town, Taupō. 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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 48 months
- Certificate ends
- 27 July 2029
- Certified beds
- 18
The Ministry grants 48 months for a clean record.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Summerset Care Limited - Summerset by the Lake, 2 Wharewaka Road Wharewaka Taupo 3330
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, May 2025 PDF, 223 KB
- Audit summary, June 2023 PDF, 162 KB
- Audit summary, May 2021 PDF, 157 KB
- Audit summary, November 2018 PDF, 128 KB
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- Summerset by the Lake on site or next door
- LakeCrest Lifestyle Village Taupo 1.0 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 2 Wharewaka Road, Taupō
- Region
- Lakes
- Source: Eldernet listing (summerset-by-the-lake-taupo), 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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