Waikari Hospital (Canterbury DHB)
WaikariCanterbury
In short
- Offers hospital care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,568.35 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- Rooms free now, as the home reported on 15 October 2026, 12:57am.
- Care offered
- Hospital
- Rooms free
- Free nowupdated 15 October 2026, 12:57am
- Certificate
- No record matched
- Certified beds
- Not shown
- Standard room cap
- $1,568.35a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- Not checkedmost homes do not publish it
Care offered
- Hospital
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free now
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 15 October 2026, 12:57am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,568.35 a week in Hurunui District from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Hurunui District by its town, Waikari. 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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
No Ministry certification record matched
Every rest home and hospital must be certified by the Ministry of Health. We could not match this home to the Ministry's list of certified rest homes as we read it on 15 and 16 October 2026. Ask the home for its latest audit, or look it up on the Ministry's list of certified rest homes.
Retirement villages nearby
- Great Northern Villas on site or next door
Where this comes from
- Address
- 16 Littles Drive, Waikari
- Phone
- (03) 314 4005
- Region
- Canterbury
- Source: Eldernet listing (waikari-hospital-canterbury-dhb), read 15 and 16 October 2026 (listing, care levels, vacancies)
- 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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