Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village offers high-quality housing for people aged 60-plus. A brochure of the village is available here. View what village life could look like for you or the special people in your life - check out the video here.
The Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village is a partnership between Generation Homes and the Kawerau District Council. The two-bedroom units include an internal garage and are ideal for those in their golden years to enjoy with wide doorways, a spacious bathroom, additional power outlets in the garage, easy care sections and a village-like community which is fully fenced and gated for residents' additional security. Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village is a close distance to the Kawerau township and amenities.
Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village is situated on reserve land, therefore the units are available to purchase with an Occupation Right Agreement. The official opening of the Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village was held on Saturday, 18 July 2020. Photos and more information about the official opening can be viewed here.
Since then the Council has been building and selling units with the Right to Occupy to residents. The village has now been constructed and a completion ceremony was held on 23 July 2023.
In 2023, the village was completed.
There are a small number of units available. Please contact Council to check which units, and to organise a viewing. To view where units are situated please view the construction site map here.
Council will keep a log of interested couples or individuals for any units that may become available in the future.
If you are interested and would like more information, or wish to view a unit, or would like a copy of the Prospectus which has further details about purchasing one of these units and the Occupation Rights Agreement, please contact the Council:
- Phone (07 306 9009)
- Email office@kaweraudc.govt.nz
Video of Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village for the 2024 Taituara Awards
Photo Gallery
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Porritt Glade House layout:
Directions to Drive to Porritt Glade
Drive to Kawerau from Whakatāne, Rotorua or Tauranga, and approach Kawerau using SH 34. From Whakatāne or Tauranga, drive straight across the intersection with traffic lights outside the mill, cross the bridge over the Tarawera River and immediately turn left onto River Rd. From Rotorua, turn off the Whakatāne road onto SH 34 for Kawerau and stay on SH34 until you have passed most of Kawerau and can see the bridge over the Tarawera River. Turn right at this intersection.
Follow River Rd for about 1 km past Tarawera High School and the Mountain View Rest Home. Turn left into Porritt Drive which is immediately on your left after Mountain View. Piripiri Crescent is the first left.
More information about the Porritt Glade Lifestyle Village and the Central Cove (house and land package development also in Kawerau) is also available on the Generation Homes website.
