“One could almost say we came here by accident, but what a turn of fate it was. We had designed and built ourselves our dream retirement home in a lovely seaside settlement in Northland, when, after four years of bliss, we happened to visit friends who had left our area to live at OCE. We were overcome with everything about this village and were shown through the current show home. By the time we returned north, we had made up our minds we wanted to be here. We rang through immediately and arranged a deposit on the home, and believe it or not, that home has been ours for 26 years. We have loved living here and over the years have taken full advantage of the host of things to do. Couldn’t be happier."

It’s been almost 30 years since Harry and Val Prangnell moved into Ōmokoroa Country Estate and they’re now our longest residents, having lived here for more than a third of their lives.

If there is one thing every person dreams about, it is retirement. When you are young you want to make enough money to retire, you plan and save for retirement but, alas it is the one thing that nobody is ever prepared for. Obviously; who wants to think of old age and emptiness?