Malvina Major Retirement Village
Care is not an ‘add on’ at a Ryman village, it is built into the fabric of our villages from the very beginning. It’s comforting for couples and friends to know they can still be near each other even if their health needs are different.
Malvina Major care centre offers resthome and hospital 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 care app and residents love the food in our seasonal Delicious menu, which is prepared fresh on site by village chefs.
Malvina Major is one of over 90% of established Ryman villages that have been awarded 4-year certification by the Ministry of Health. It’s recognised as the ‘gold standard’ in care.
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.
Dame Malvina Major
As a New Zealand opera soprano, Dame Malvina Major has enjoyed a career of accolades. Talented from a young age as a member of a large musical family, Dame Malvina travelled weekly to Ponsonby, Auckland to receive opera tuition.
Later, Dame Malvina moved to London for further study at the London Opera Centre. She went on to have an exceptional career, performing more than 30 opera roles in their original languages on performance stages around the world.
In 1985 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services to opera and promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to opera and the community in 1991. In 2009 she was made a Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Committed to the future of opera and passionate about helping young New Zealanders achieve their musical goals, Dame Malvina founded the Dame Malvina Foundation. This was established to provide training and awards for young New Zealanders in the performing arts. She continues to teach as Professor of Voice at the University of Waikato.
Viva Malvina! The Lives of Dame Malvina Major by Joy Tonks outlines this influential opera singer’s life and career.
