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The Weekend Sun
Celebrating 25 years in business
Residents Gerald and Jeanette Craike, and Bert and Vera Lawback. Photo by Tracy Hardy.
As Omokoroa Country Estate celebrates 25 years in business, the family behind it is reflecting on the years of passionate work and dedication which has made the retirement village the success it is today.
Keryn and Fraser agreed to the trust’s proposal, and in the tough market time of 1987 began building the first seven homes in the village. Twenty-five years of hard work, balancing the village with raising four children, has seen the village blossom into a stunning village where residents really do experience their ‘golden years’. This weekend Keryn and Fraser will celebrate their efforts alongside village residents and family and Director and half-owner Keryn Maunder has a CUSTOMER: GREIG & ESTERMAN (BOP) L PROOF TIME 10/12/2013 5:16:34 a.m. friends on Sunday, February 16. rich family history in Tauranga, dating back to 1908 REP ID: T1A LAST RUN: 12/14/13 Special guests on theSIZE:day include 1/8 PG IS the estate’s five when her 21-year-old paternal grandmother arrived original residents – including three who still live in from Yorkshire – the same year telephone boxes were two of the original seven homes. installed in the city. They are joined by Guest of Honour Edith Olds, Raised on a farm off Oropi Rd, Keryn later met who along with late husband Reverend Mac Olds, husband Fraser Sanderson and in July 1987 – with instigated the Omokoroa group which had the vision three children in tow – they moved into the previous for a retirement village to be built in the area. farm house on an eight acre Omokoroa site, proKeryn believes that God led her and Fraser to the posed for a retirement village. Omokoroa site; and that God has blessed the retireKeryn and Fraser’s plan had been to build a retirement village mightily. She is thrilled to celebrate the ment village on different land they had purchased in Tauranga, but after receiving council consent a group village and its rich history for both her family and the region, and hopes for many more successful at Omokoroa heard about their venture and asked if By Corrie Taylor years to come. they would build a village there first.
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Congratulations on your first 25 years!
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