HousingPukekohe
Vivid Living Karaka
Provides independent retirement living in modern villas within a friendly village community.
- Phone
- 0800 173 323
- Where
- 241 Park Estate Road, Karaka
Checked 10 September 2026
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Provides independent retirement living in modern villas within a friendly village community.
Connects residents through community events, local information, The Greenie newsletter, and neighbourhood initiatives.
Provides boating, fishing, social events, competitions, and access to the Waiau Pā boat ramp.
Provides worship services, pastoral care, prayer, friendship, and community activities for all ages.
Provides a welcoming community venue for hire, hosting regular fitness classes, markets, community meetings, celebrations, and local groups.
Offers weekly Pentecostal worship services, fellowship and pastoral care in a small local congregation.
Offers weekly Baptist worship services, pastoral care and community outreach for families and older people in the town.
Provides free and confidential information, advice and advocacy on everyday problems, including benefits, consumer issues, tenancy and legal questions.
Offers a shared workshop for woodworking, repairs and practical projects, with tools, workbenches and a cup of tea.
Runs volunteer patrols around Waiuku town and the surrounding country roads, keeping watch at night and at community events and passing information to Police.
A community drop-in space run with Tuwhera Trust, where anyone can call in to meet others, join a group or simply sit quietly.
A community club with a lounge bar, restaurant, snooker tables and regular sections for indoor bowls, cards, mah jong, darts, housie and line dancing.
Offers a friendly weekly craft session for knitting, sewing and other handwork, with company and a cup of tea.
Provides social work, counselling, financial mentoring and budgeting help, and arranges food parcels through the Waiuku foodbank.
A long-established club for older people, with social gatherings, guest speakers, outings and afternoon tea.
Offers golf on a local course, squash courts and a clubhouse with social events and monthly open tournaments.
Provides general practice care for the town and the surrounding rural district, including long-term condition care, immunisations, prescriptions and minor procedures.
Provides physiotherapy, hand therapy, massage, acupuncture and dry needling for injuries, joint and back pain, and long-term conditions such as arthritis.
Meets each week for informal painting and sketching, with members working on their own pieces alongside one another and sharing what they know.
A staffed information centre in the main street where residents and visitors can ask about local services, groups, events, transport and walks.
Runs free library programmes including book groups, community talks, events and help with computers, phones and tablets.
A volunteer service club that raises money for local causes and helps at community events, meeting twice a month.
Offers a pioneer museum with Māori and early colonial artefacts, historic buildings and genealogy records, run by volunteers.
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