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Updated: 8 Dec 2025

About Opunake Cottage Rest Home

The small, unique Opunake Cottage Rest Home is owned by the local community, the Opunake Districts Rest Home Trust. The Cottage family cares for your family by ensuring comfort, care and compassion inside a warm, cozy ‘home away from home’. As well as long term residential care, the Cottage also provides short term respite / residential care and hospice / palliative care. We also have day services and of our course our famous meals on wheels.

Care Offering

Opunake Cottage Rest Home provides a range of care offerings and services. If you are unsure which type of care is right for you or your loved one or would like to learn more about key terms and concepts, explore Eldernet's Knowledge Lab.

Areas of Expertise
  • Oxygen Management
  • Gastronomy/Nasogastric Management
  • Palliative Care (Contracted)
  • End of Life/Palliative Care
  • Dialysis
  • Wound Care
  • Diabetic Care
  • Continence Advice
  • Stomal Therapy
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
Availability

Yes we have availability

Updated: 8 Dec 2025
Short Term / Respite

We are currently not accepting short stay admissions

Premium Accommodation Charges

up to $75 /day

Regulatory Information

Ministry of Health Certified

Yes

Contract with Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora

Yes

Audit Report

Location

1 Layard Street, Ōpunake, Ōpunake 4616

To find out more about Opunake Cottage Rest Home get in touch today.

Key Contacts

Manager

Sandra Deegan

Owner

Opunake Districts Rest Home Trust

Clinical Manager :

Registered Nurse

Sandra Deegan

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