Summerset Pohutukawa Place (New Plymouth)
Bell Block, New PlymouthTaranaki
In short
- Offers rest home, hospital and dementia care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,545.95 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- Rooms free now, as the home reported on 15 October 2026, 9:30am.
- Care offered
- Rest home, Hospital, Dementia
- Rooms free
- Free nowupdated 15 October 2026, 9:30am
- Certificate
- 36 monthsends 18 September 2027
- Certified beds
- 126
- Standard room cap
- $1,545.95a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- Not published
Care offered
- Rest home
- Hospital
- Dementia
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free now
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- Free now
Updated 15 October 2026, 9:30am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,545.95 a week in New Plymouth District from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to New Plymouth District by its town, New Plymouth. 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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 18 September 2027
- Certified beds
- 126
The Ministry grants 24 or 36 months for a typical home.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Geriatric (hospital level)
- Medical (hospital level)
- Dementia care
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Summerset Care Limited - Summerset Pohutukawa Place, 70 Pohutukawa Place Bell Block New Plymouth 4312
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, January 2026 PDF, 154 KB
- Audit summary, July 2024 PDF, 225 KB
- Audit summary, August 2023 PDF, 168 KB
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- Summerset Pohutukawa Place (New Plymouth) on site or next door
- Maida Vale Retirement Village 0.3 km away
- MiLife Bell Vista 1.8 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 70 Pohutukawa Place, Bell Block, New Plymouth
- Region
- Taranaki
- Source: Eldernet listing (summerset-at-pohutukawa-placenew-p…), 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: summerset.co.nz/…/summerset-at-pohutukawa-place, 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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