Nestled alongside Riccarton Park Racecourse, Kevin Hickman Village in Christchurch offers the latest retirement options with stunning views to the Port Hills and Southern Alps. This brand new village is modern and inviting with architecturally designed homes, beautifully manicured gardens and a vibrant village community.
Our new release of apartments are selling now, with many enjoying spectacular views over the racecourse and out to the Port Hills.
These two and three bedroom homes are generously sized and thoughtfully designed for your comfort and convenience. They’re flooded with natural light and feature open plan living, dining and kitchen areas, perfect for hosting friends and family.
Convenience is at your fingertips with the nearby Avonhead Mall, Bush Inn Centre and The Hub Hornby offering an endless choice of shops, amenities and cafés. Plus, Christchurch airport is only 3.5km from the village making travelling a breeze. For a little weekend entertainment, the golf driving range is next door and the bowling club and Sunday Riccarton Market are both located within the neighbouring racecourse grounds.
Once the village is complete, you’ll have access to a full range of living options including assisted living apartments, and the very best rest home, hospital, and specialist dementia care.
Come in and check out our brand new apartments and discover the thriving lifestyle at Ryman’s Kevin Hickman Village.
If you would like access to our plans and specifications, please fill in the form below.
Our new apartment show home in our stage 8 release is open to view.
Enjoy a glass of bubbles on arrival, and a view to the action from our show home. There is racing on from midday.
It’s also a great opportunity to learn about our living options and experience the Ryman lifestyle for yourself.
RSVP is essential. Call Wendy on 03 342 4755 to not miss out.
For more information, contact us
Our independent and assisted-living residents live in spaces designed to inspire, indulge, and entertain. 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.
To retire with confidence, you need financial certainty. We're transparent about our costs, offering options to fit your ideal retirement lifestyle. No matter which option you choose, you'll know exactly what you're paying and what you'll receive in return.
We offer a choice in Deferred Management Fee (DMF), of either 30% or 25% with the latter option having a higher entry price.
You can choose between fixed or indexed weekly fees which are set at the time of signing your agreement. Indexed weekly fees are linked to the annual increase in superannuation.
Jennett McGaw - Independent resident
Community is central to the lifestyle so we will offer amenities that encourage that sense of togetherness, such as a café, dining room, bar, hair and beauty salon, reflection room and shop.
Retirement is a great time to sharpen your skills on the passions and pastimes that you love. You will be able to spend time enjoying the workshop, race track spectator platform, cinema, craft room, pool table, and library.
Incorporate regular activity into your everyday routine or enjoy the camaraderie of a little game time. Amenities will include a swimming pool, spa pool, woodland forest walk, gym and bowling green.
Our retirement villages offer a range of care options - not as an add-on, but woven into the fabric of our villages.
Kevin Hickman Retirement Village care centre will offer a range of care options including rest home, hospital and specialist dementia care. Like all aspects of our villages, we constantly look for ways to improve both the care we provide and the innovation behind it. Care is customised using our myRyman Care app and residents love the food in our seasonal Delicious menu, which is prepared fresh on site by village chefs.
Brian - Independent resident
You will be able to treat yourself to a pamper session in our hair and beauty salon or a sweet treat in the shop.
Lounge and dining areas will provide spaces to relax and enjoy mealtimes. The food tastes great and the social interaction is good for the soul.
Tranquil indoor and outdoor spaces dedicated to our care residents will allow you to relax and meet with family and friends.
The racecourse is home to over 20 race days each season including New Zealand Cup Meeting in November. It is also home to the Riccarton Sunday market (on site every Sunday) which features food and live music.
This 30 bay golf driving range complete with targets and an 18-hole adventure Mini Golf course is just a short walk from the village.
Featuring a children’s playground, beautiful trees and space for the kids to run around this park is only a minutes’ walk from the village.
Each Ryman village is named in honour of a Kiwi or Aussie trailblazer: Anthony Wilding, Lady Diana Isaac, Evelyn Page. They pushed further and set the bar high for others to aspire to. In creating communities that challenge the expectations of ageing, Ryman villages are also setting the bar high. They’re demonstrating that a retirement lifestyle brimming with new experiences, connections and fulfilment is something we should aspire to. Our Kiwi and Aussie namesakes represent the measure of inspiration, while Ryman villages represent the measure of retirement living.
Kevin Hickman ONZM is a serial entrepreneur. A highly competitive innovator, Kevin saw an opportunity to deliver better quality healthcare in Aotearoa.
A co-founder of Ryman Healthcare, Kevin was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his service to aged care and sport. He and John Ryder formed Ryman after Kevin was called to investigate a rest home fire in Christchurch.
Having left school to join the New Zealand Police, Kevin quickly rose through the ranks to become a detective. An entrepreneur at heart, Kevin left the police in the early 1980s to set up an independent investigation business. John Ryder provided Kevin with accountancy advice.
In 1983 Kevin was called to investigate a rest home fire. He didn’t like what he saw. The rest home residents lacked both privacy and dignity. And he thought to himself that he’d never want his mother living in those conditions. Kevin saw an opportunity to do better. He and John Ryder formed Ryman Healthcare – a combination of their names – with a vision to provide care that “had to be good enough for mum”.
He and John had already owned a number of companies together. From a backpacker hostel to a chain of garden centers, so the duo knew what it took to build a successful company. Kevin applied his passion and drive to pioneering a long line of firsts in the New Zealand retirement industry and Ryman Healthcare grew to become the largest operator in Aotearoa.
While business kept him busy, Kevin always made time for his other passion: sport. A keen sportsman and athletics coach in his spare time, he was named New Zealand Athletics Coach of the year in 1999. Upon retirement as Managing Director of Ryman in 2006, Kevin shifted his focus to building his Matamata thoroughbred horse stud, Valachi Downs, with his wife Joanna. Their thoroughbred filly Silent Achiever won the New Zealand Derby in 2012.
Kevin remained a Ryman Board director until retiring from the post in 2018. In addition to his ONZM, Kevin and John Ryder were inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2020.
Phone: 0800 588 222
Christchurch office: 03 366 4069
PO Box 771, Christchurch 8140
New Zealand