25 Steadman Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand 8042
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Score: 95%

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Review Distribution: 5-star 84% | 4-star 11% | 3-star 3% | 1-2 star 2%

Last 12 months : 92.50% (24 reviews)

Key Facts

  • Reviews: 37
  • Rank: 100 of 510 Villages
  • Dwellings: 170
  • Fee model: ORA / LTO — 4% per year, for 5 years. — Maximum 20%
  • Min age: 70

Overview of KEVIN HICKMAN RETIREMENT VILLAGE

Located in Riccarton Park, Christchurch and alongside the Riccarton Park Racecourse is this new Ryman Village.

Services Offered
  • Serviced Apartments
  • 3+ bedroom Townhouse
  • 2 Bedroom Townhouse
  • 3 bedroom Apartment
  • 2 Bedroom Apartment
  • 1 bedroom Apartment
  • Continuum of care
  • RETIREMENT VILLAGES

Service Information

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This business is part of Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

Choosing Ryman means embracing retirement living, your way. In our villages, you’ll find the perfect blend of independence and community, with premium amenities, award-winning services, and a range of care options. Discover a retirement filled with opportunity and a lifestyle that brings you joy.

Nestled alongside Riccarton Park Racecourse, Kevin Hickman Village overlooks the racecourse, a feature pond and lush manicured gardens. Enjoy a lifestyle where you can take off on holiday knowing your home is safe and secure with lawns mowed, windows washed and mail collected while you’re away. Soak up the peace and quiet in your own sanctuary or make the most of the village amenities by catching up with friends at the village cafe or playing with the grandkids in the pool.

Our residents live in spaces created to inspire, indulge and entertain. Apartments and townhouses are designed with easy living in mind, while assisted living in a serviced apartment offers the benefits of independent living with added support to make life easier, including housekeeping and delicious chef-prepared meals.

When you feel like being social, it’s easy to challenge friends to a game of bowls on the bowling green or catch up with friends at our weekly Happy Hour.

Enhance your wellbeing with our ACC-accredited Triple A fitness programme, gym, and a social calendar of activities, events, and trips to choose from. Some residents like to organise their own hobby groups when they meet people within the village who share their interests.

Connection is woven into the fabric of our communities, and social networks grow as residents form friendships with like-minded people. Our team see our residents as family and are always keen for a story and a laugh. You’ll find your people in a Ryman village.

Along with independent and assisted living, Kevin Hickman Village offers a range of care options to support you. These include rest home, hospital and specialist dementia care. In some circumstances you can also choose to receive rest home care in your own serviced apartment.

Trust is built over time, and Ryman has been recognised in the Trusted Brands Awards for 13 years in a row. We've won an incredible 11 times and been highly commended twice. Our residents and their families know they can rely on Ryman, year after year. This recognition is complemented by our Canstar Blue award for Most Satisfied Customers, highlighting the exceptional lifestyle and amenities our villages offer.

It's what sets us apart, and we invite you to visit to experience it for yourself. Better still, talk to our residents and their families - they're the experts!

No. of Dwellings: 170

Management

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(Last Updated: 25th November 2025)

Costs & Entry Conditions

Fee Model
ORA / LTO
4% per year, for 5 years.
Maximum 20%
Minimum Age of Entry
70
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No. of Dwellings in Village
170
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Resident Reviews for KEVIN HICKMAN RETIREMENT VILLAGE

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4.7 (37 reviews)
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Overall Satisfaction Score: 4.7 / 5 ★ (94%) based on 37 qualifying reviews

Rating Breakdown (% of total reviews)
5★
84% (31)
4★
11% (4)
3★
3% (1)
2★
0% (0)
1★
2% (1)
Example resident reviews
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Friendly knowledgeable staff
5 / 5 ★
Friendly knowledgeable staff. Exceptional buildings, facilities & furnishing. Excellent responsiveness to alarms. Garden plantings & care of plants excellent. Entertainment, activities, outings excellent. Resident participation & contribution outstanding.
Reviewer: Anonymous 17 Aug 2026
5 star review
5 / 5 ★
Management and staff are very kind and caring, but sometimes they could be a bit firmer with enforcing what is expected of residents, as some are taking advantage.
Reviewer: Anonymous 14 Jul 2026
Great staff
5 / 5 ★
If I ever need these facilities I hope I can go to this place.
Reviewer: Anonymous 14 Jul 2026
Review for the Kevin Hickman Village
5 / 5 ★
Management staff are always ready to step outside their specific roles to help in the village when the need arises e,g, cleaning up after a recent doggie accident, filling in for absent staff in order for a resident event to continue.
Reviewer: Anonymous 13 Jul 2026
Review for Kevin Hickman Retirement Village
4 / 5 ★
Serious lack of car parking for visitors. Doesnt help that some residents use the parks out front as their own instead of using their assigned car park. Some of their cars are left parked out front for days or weeks on end and nothing appears to have been done about it as still happening.
I have noted registration numbers of offending vehicles and frequency and lenghts of time the residents cars are parked there. Maybe need visitor only signs and/or a time limit on those parks. Tow away area?
Reviewer: Anonymous 17 Jul 2026
Review for aged advisor
4 / 5 ★
Head office communications need to improve.
Reviewer: Anonymous 29 Jun 2026
Enjoyable Lifestyle
4 / 5 ★
New manager doing a good job, and not above helping out with mundane tasks as and when required.
Reviewer: Anonymous 21 May 2026
5 star
4 / 5 ★
Advising residents on the security alarms as this is new
Reviewer: Anonymous 09 Jul 2025
Facility Response: Thanks for the review!
Three star
3 / 5 ★
Positives: size of apartment, view of mountains - small, quiet surroundings. Negatives: noise of social gatherings, cake with everything, no courtesy car, hopeless bus service, lack of any shops.
Reviewer: Anonymous 02 Jul 2026
COLD AND UNSUPPORTED
1 / 5 ★
Too many problems in this place, no one cares, no one follows up on concerns, heating not working for weeks is disgusting, and the woman verbally abusing my mother is elderly abuse, and shouldn't be tolerated.
Reviewer: Anonymous 14 Aug 2026

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