The Sands
Browns Bay, Auckland
In short
- Offers rest home and hospital care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,628.97 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, 8:14am
- Certificate
- 48 monthsends 19 July 2029
- Certified beds
- 46
- Standard room cap
- $1,628.97a 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)
- Free now
Updated 15 October 2026, 8:14am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,628.97 a week in North Shore City from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to North Shore City by its suburb, Browns Bay. The Ministry's table still uses Auckland's council areas from before they merged in 2010. 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.
Care suites
Care suites from $450,000, bought under an occupation right agreement (ORA).
Source: oceaniahealthcare.co.nz/location/the-sands, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 19 July 2029
- Certified beds
- 46
The Ministry grants 48 months for a clean record.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Geriatric (hospital level)
- Medical (hospital level)
- Auditor
- BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
- Certified as
- Oceania Care Company Limited - The Sands, 9 Bayview Road Browns Bay Auckland 0630
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, April 2025 PDF, 170 KB
- Audit summary, May 2023 PDF, 155 KB
- Audit summary, April 2021 PDF, 201 KB
- Audit summary, June 2019 PDF, 131 KB
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- The Sands on site or next door
- Arvida Aria Bay 0.7 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 9 Bayview Road, Browns Bay, Auckland
- Phone
- 0800 333 688
- Region
- Auckland
- Source: Eldernet listing (the-sands), 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: oceaniahealthcare.co.nz/location/the-sands, 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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