Waterlea Lifecare
Springlands, BlenheimMarlborough
In short
- Offers rest home and dementia care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,540.63 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- Rooms free now, as the home reported on 15 October 2026, 9:39am.
- Care offered
- Rest home, Dementia
- Rooms free
- Free nowupdated 15 October 2026, 9:39am
- Certificate
- 48 monthsends 3 April 2030
- Certified beds
- 61
- Standard room cap
- $1,540.63a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- $6 to $62extra, the operator's figure
Care offered
- Rest home
- Dementia
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free now
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 15 October 2026, 9:39am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,540.63 a week in Marlborough District from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Marlborough District by its town, Blenheim. Health New Zealand tells each home the rate that applies to it, so ask the home to confirm.
Premium rooms
$6 to $62 on top of the standard room price, as published on the operator's page for this home. It does not say whether that is a day or a week, so ask.
Source: heritagelifecare.co.nz/…/find-a-location-blenheim-waterlea-life…, 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 Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing.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
- 3 April 2030
- Certified beds
- 61
The Ministry grants 48 months for a clean record.
Services certified
- Rest home care
- Geriatric (hospital level)
- Medical (hospital level)
- Dementia care
- Auditor
- The DAA Group Limited
- Certified as
- Heritage Lifecare (BPA) Limited - Waterlea Lifecare, 50 McLauchlan Street Springlands Blenheim 7201
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, August 2026 PDF, 135 KB
- Audit summary, January 2026 PDF, 204 KB
- Audit summary, July 2024 PDF, 154 KB
- Audit summary, January 2023 PDF, 185 KB
1 older summary is on the Ministry page.
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- Arvida Ashwood Park 1.0 km away
- Springlands Lifestyle Village - Metlifecare Retirement Village 1.2 km away
- Summerset Blenheim 1.7 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 50 Mclauchlan Street, Springlands, Blenheim
- Phone
- (03) 577 6556
- Region
- Marlborough
- Source: Eldernet listing (waterlea-lifecare), 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: heritagelifecare.co.nz/…/find-a-location-blenheim-waterlea-life…, 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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