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Join us for our Open Day Friday 11th June from 10am to 3pm. You'll be able to wander through our beautifully landscaped park and gardens, and see first-hand an exclusive retirement community that offers private, spacious and affordable boutique apartments. Remuera Gardens allows new residents aged 55 plus.

Warkworth Oaks residents will go on a day trip to Matakohe Museum on Friday the 11th of June. The award-winning Kauri Museum tells the story of the kauri tree, the people and the industries that harvested the rich resources of our ancient kauri forests. This is a trip suited to people who can walk a reasonable distance – there is a lot to see! Residents will leave The Oaks at 10am.

The Wednesday Wanderers at Remuera Gardens will go on a day trip to Hamilton to visit the Classics Museum. The museum has over 100 cars for display and an extensive collection of petrol, pedal cars and early pinball machines. The residents will have lunch at the onsite Jukebox Diner, a 1950s themed diner with pictures of famous movie and rock'n'roll stars including Elvis and Abba.

At Real Living we also try to play our part in protecting the environment. Our retirement villages at Epsom, Remuera and Warkworth have a complimentary electric car for the residents to use. The Electric VW Golf, known as the e-golf, is the car that Epsom Village started using at the beginning of April.

Pakuranga Park hosted a very successful Pink Ribbon Breakfast on Thursday to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. About 80 residents participated in the event. They all enjoyed a delicious breakfast prepared by Bradley and his team at the village café. Main meal was Eggs Benedict on salmon or bacon, with a vegetarian option of mushrooms. The village raised $1300, how impressive!

Warkworth Oaks residents enjoyed morning tea and a talk from Tech Buddies on Tuesday 25th May. The presentation concentrated on managing emails, scam prevention, computer upgrades, internet security as well as issues with mobile phones and laptops. Tech Buddies had so many questions from residents they didn’t manage to cover all the subjects they hoped, and they will need to come back at a later date.

Auckland stencil artist Flox has created her largest interior mural to date in the new Ruru apartments at Pakuranga Park. The piece is twelve metres high and six metres wide and it brings the Ruru (native owl or morepork) name to life. The mural, a vibrant portrayal of native birds and plants, welcomes residents and visitors into the atrium.

Remuera Gardens hosted its second "Believe it or Not" quiz night on Monday 17th of May. There were 7 teams participating. Host for the evening was Brendan Lochead who is owner and operator of "Believe it or not". Next quiz night will be on Monday 21st of June.

Epsom Village residents went on a delightful trip to Gordonton to visit the Cornerstone Alpaca Stud. They interacted with the Alpacas in their natural environment and listened to a talk where they had the opportunity to learn and ask questions about these wonderful animals.