ADVERTISEMENT Neville takes the reins at Linda Jones It hasn't been the most a four year certification and conventional start for Neville thore was a really stable Parkinson in his new role as teamin place. Vilago Managor at Ryman Healthcare's Linda Jones move to a biggor challenge!" Retirement Vilage. With his official start date from Gisborne, he spent at the Flagstaff village being 21 years working for AMP Wednesday 1 April, it meant and AXA away from the Neville and his wife Karen east coast town including "t folt like a good time to While Neville hails had to make the move to a stint in Melbourne. their now ife in Hamilton aftor the rest of the country his own business with Karen had gone into lockdown. On moving back, he ran for 15 years, a bookshop with travelled from a post office which serviced "We Gisborne as an essential the whole town and included worker when we moved to asizeable Kiwibank branch. Alert Level 4. It was pretty unsettling to say the loast. "While we had settled customers well and building on our new home earlier, a reputation, but eventually our fumiture went into competition from online lockdown until Alert Lovel 3, alternatives meant it was as did our cat!" Neville was excited to "It taught us and our four kids a lot about looking after time to move on." It was after he sold the business that he saw the ad for Ryman. Neville applied for the job and soon found Ryman's Gisborne village, himself meeting the then try something new afteor than five more years as village manager at named after opera singor CEO Simon Chalies. Kiri Te Kanawa. I was really impressed Ryman veteran saddles up for new Hamilton village. He smiles when he talks that the CEO woukd take staff to deliver groceries, been showing off to their mail and a fow surprises mates," he laughs. to the doors of its locked "It's really cool seeing the progress every day and residents watching the village grow. about the team he built there the time to interview the and the work they achieved. "That's what I'm proudest of; our reputation there. Our treated those roles with a village manager showed and it With 127 that they down residents including already Happy Hour goodies in a bag 1 have been really welcoming many more to impressed me calling Linda "We will soon have Jonos their home, Neville is our village centre open in high degree of importance." That importance was certainly underlined when Covid-19 hit and older generosity people were identified as through the whole Covid-19 care centre became the looking forward November which means to place to go to and we had built quite a waiting Eist for our independent units. "That's what led me well be able to host our own with of the the village and building functions and our residents Ryman those relationships again. In the meantime there are lots of milostones on Ryman the Linda Jones calendar to look forward to, not least the daily progress will be able to enjoy all the benefits of being in a Ryman retirement village. Tm really. We'd being most at risk from the oxperience. "The to move really finished building the village, highly infectious disease. occupancy was full the reputation was good, our surveys were in the top 10 for the country, we'd earned 38 villages and redoployod here tel me they have the construction. offort looking Ryman quickly put strict measures in place to restriot everyone was safe was visitors coming into its hugo and all the residents being made on the rest of made to make sure forward to that." Ryman's Peace of Mind guarantees provide a little certainty in your retirement. Our affordable base weekly fee is fixed for life", the deferred management fee is capped at 20 percent, one of the lowest around, and villages provide independent and assisted living. plus a range of care options. It's just some of the ways we're pioneering a new way of living for a new retirement generation. "Some conditions apply RYMAN PIONEERS Veace of mig Superbly located alongside the Waikato River, Linda Jones Retirement Village is named in honour of a pioneering jockey and horse trainer who set the standard for others to follow. Call Neville, David or Sharon for more details. LINDA JONES VILLAGE 1775 River Road, Flagstaff, 853 3382 rymanhealthcare.co.nz RYMAN BEALTRCARE ADVERTISEMENT Neville takes the reins at Linda Jones It hasn't been the most a four year certification and conventional start for Neville thore was a really stable Parkinson in his new role as teamin place. Vilago Managor at Ryman Healthcare's Linda Jones move to a biggor challenge!" Retirement Vilage. With his official start date from Gisborne, he spent at the Flagstaff village being 21 years working for AMP Wednesday 1 April, it meant and AXA away from the Neville and his wife Karen east coast town including "t folt like a good time to While Neville hails had to make the move to a stint in Melbourne. their now ife in Hamilton aftor the rest of the country his own business with Karen had gone into lockdown. On moving back, he ran for 15 years, a bookshop with travelled from a post office which serviced "We Gisborne as an essential the whole town and included worker when we moved to asizeable Kiwibank branch. Alert Level 4. It was pretty unsettling to say the loast. "While we had settled customers well and building on our new home earlier, a reputation, but eventually our fumiture went into competition from online lockdown until Alert Lovel 3, alternatives meant it was as did our cat!" Neville was excited to "It taught us and our four kids a lot about looking after time to move on." It was after he sold the business that he saw the ad for Ryman. Neville applied for the job and soon found Ryman's Gisborne village, himself meeting the then try something new afteor than five more years as village manager at named after opera singor CEO Simon Chalies. Kiri Te Kanawa. I was really impressed Ryman veteran saddles up for new Hamilton village. He smiles when he talks that the CEO woukd take staff to deliver groceries, been showing off to their mail and a fow surprises mates," he laughs. to the doors of its locked "It's really cool seeing the progress every day and residents watching the village grow. about the team he built there the time to interview the and the work they achieved. "That's what I'm proudest of; our reputation there. Our treated those roles with a village manager showed and it With 127 that they down residents including already Happy Hour goodies in a bag 1 have been really welcoming many more to impressed me calling Linda "We will soon have Jonos their home, Neville is our village centre open in high degree of importance." That importance was certainly underlined when Covid-19 hit and older generosity people were identified as through the whole Covid-19 care centre became the looking forward November which means to place to go to and we had built quite a waiting Eist for our independent units. "That's what led me well be able to host our own with of the the village and building functions and our residents Ryman those relationships again. In the meantime there are lots of milostones on Ryman the Linda Jones calendar to look forward to, not least the daily progress will be able to enjoy all the benefits of being in a Ryman retirement village. Tm really. We'd being most at risk from the oxperience. "The to move really finished building the village, highly infectious disease. occupancy was full the reputation was good, our surveys were in the top 10 for the country, we'd earned 38 villages and redoployod here tel me they have the construction. offort looking Ryman quickly put strict measures in place to restriot everyone was safe was visitors coming into its hugo and all the residents being made on the rest of made to make sure forward to that." Ryman's Peace of Mind guarantees provide a little certainty in your retirement. Our affordable base weekly fee is fixed for life", the deferred management fee is capped at 20 percent, one of the lowest around, and villages provide independent and assisted living. plus a range of care options. It's just some of the ways we're pioneering a new way of living for a new retirement generation. "Some conditions apply RYMAN PIONEERS Veace of mig Superbly located alongside the Waikato River, Linda Jones Retirement Village is named in honour of a pioneering jockey and horse trainer who set the standard for others to follow. Call Neville, David or Sharon for more details. LINDA JONES VILLAGE 1775 River Road, Flagstaff, 853 3382 rymanhealthcare.co.nz RYMAN BEALTRCARE