Care facilities to close at Christchurch retirement village

Thursday 7 August 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Fri 8 Aug 2025, 12:43pm

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Rest home care will no longer be offered at the Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village in Christchurch. The facility is one of two retirement villages where care centres are closing. The village was where 79-year-old Elisabeth Nicholls disappeared in June before her body was found 18 days later.

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1. StuffThu 7 Aug 2025, 6:21pm

   Wandering and unsettled: Inside the day Elisabeth Nicholls vanished from care (opens in new tab)

2. The PressFri 8 Aug 2025, 10:43am

   Care facilities to close at two Christchurch retirement villages (opens in new tab)

3. RNZFri 8 Aug 2025, 12:43pm

   Rest home care no longer offered at village where Elisabeth Nicholls disappeared from (opens in new tab)