23/10/2026
Check out the before and after photos of the old Strand resthome at Wesley Rātā Village, Naenae (previously Wesleyhaven). The tired old building, which opened as a 50-bed resthome in 1963, has been transformed into 16 affordable rental apartments and they look amazing!
Pōhutukawa Apartments will provide healthy, safe homes to people in need of housing. They’re being rented at a discounted rate to people who don’t qualify for social housing but who can’t afford market rents.
The $7.8m project was designed by Ignite Architects and built in partnership with MCERT (The Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport) and Methodist Church of New Zealand Te Hāhi Weteriana o Aotearoa