WINTER 2019 | IN M STORE RE Magic in the Music We talk to Graham Abbott, guest conductor for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra The Thrill D-Day Colour in of The Chase Landings the Cold Shaun Wallace from hit TV show Metlifecare residents recount WW2 Find out what to plant in your The Chase visits Pinesong Village memories and visit Omaha Beach winter garden What’s in Store COVER STORY P 08 FIND YOUR FIT Magic in the Music P08 Read our exclusive interview with IN ONE OF 25 UNIQUE VILLAGES Graham Abbott, guest conductor at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Your unique pursuits, passions and preferences don’t retire just because you have. No matter how you pictured your ideal retirement lifestyle, you’ll fi nd it in one of 25 distinctive FEATURES Metlifecare villages. Each has a range of accommodation options, from villas to serviced apartments to care homes, P04 From the CEO’s desk all with the highest quality facilities. P06 The Thrill of The Chase P12 Star Trekker Ann Franks To fi nd out more, call us on 0800 367 847 P16 The D-Day Landings or visit metlifecare.co.nz P19 D-Day 75th Anniversary P22 Quiet an achievement P30 Short snippets HAPPENINGS P15 Village fundraisers P06 P12 P20 Anzac Day commemorations P24 Sports & Recreation P26 Mid winter celebrations REGULAR P28 GARDENING Publisher: Metlifecare Ltd P28 Editor: Kate Drury Colour in the cold Contributors: Kate Drury, Vern Walker Cover: APO guest conductor RECIPES PO Box 37463, Parnell Graham Abbott P32 Super Soups Auckland 1151 For all editorial enquiries, please contact metlifecare.co.nz [email protected] 0800 909 303 Apple Metlifecare’s More in Store magazine Back Cobbler has a distribution of 8,700 and is available online at metlifecare.co.nz /metlifecare RAD4334 metlifecare.co.nz 03 From the CEO’s desk elcome to the winter edition We have reached another milestone at Gulf Rise, of More in Store. We’re where we can now invite you to step inside our delighted to bring you so new fully furnished display villa. Potential residents many stories about our are experiencing the attractive open design and residents and staff doing modern finishes in our villas for themselves and Wamazing things; from Longford Park Village imagining themselves in their new home. Nurse Manager Ann Franks walking the length of We have been engaging with local community New Zealand to resident Cheryl Sinclair groups close to the proposed retirement village in providing over 55 years volunteer service for St Pine Harbour, seeking advice and feedback on the John’s Ambulance. plans and proposed village amenities. We were The Avenues care home We’re also pleased to delighted to recently reveal the new name and Artists’ impression announce a new logo, along with a glimpse of the initial plans for sponsorship with the ‘Pohutukawa Landing’. their feedback. This process is invaluable because Papamoa Beach Village care home Auckland the input we receive from the local community is Artists’ impression Philharmonia actively used to shape and improve the design of CEO Orchestra. Music Glen Sowry the village. plays such an important part of Our data tells us that three out of four residents in life in our villages, our villages come from the local community so so we are delighted the local area engagement process is fundamental to help the APO to our approach to new developments. achieve more of their We want to ensure we build villages with authentic community outreach goals, identities that genuinely reflect and celebrate the The team at Somervale have recently celebrated with the benefit that many of our residents are uniqueness of their local communities, so residents another milestone as the Care Home successfully enjoying exclusive open rehearsals and first-class will feel a true sense of connectedness and secured four-year certification – the gold standard musical performances at their villages. We’re very Design concept for Pohutukawa Landing belonging. in the Ministry of Health certification process. excited for all that is still to come as our Another great outcome for our Clinical team. partnership develops. Shortly, we’ll be celebrating the opening of not As well as consulting with the Pohutukawa Coast one, but two new Care Homes in the Bay of Plenty As we enter a new financial year, we look forward Since our last edition, we have also achieved community, in June we conducted the first at our villages in Papamoa Beach Village and The to continuing to focus on our residents and put momentum with several of our new village community engagement sessions at the site of our Avenues in Tauranga. This has been a significant them at the heart of everything we do. developments. Stage one of Gulf Rise is almost proposed Botany village in East Auckland, right on project for Metlifecare, not only the largest complete and we are delighted that our first the edge of the Pakuranga Golf Course. recruitment project in our history with over 100 residents will shortly be moving into their spacious We were pleased to welcome hundreds of people roles to be filled, but also in extending our new villas. to view the initial design concepts and provide continuum of care in the Bay, and opening our first dementia care unit. Inside the show villa at Gulf Rise Botany Village design concept NZACA award The new care homes follow our NZACA award- winning ‘homestead Glen Sowry model’ of care, designed CEO - Metlifecare to achieve better consistency of care, increase socialisation, provide a more homely atmosphere and a friendly place for family and friends to visit. 04 MORE IN STORE | July 2018 metlifecare.co.nz 05 The Dark Destroyer - Shaun Wallace Pinesong’s resident quiz masters go head to head with Shaun The Thrill of The Chase t was standing room only in the Sea Breeze Lounge at Pinesong village when Shaun Wallace, also known as ‘the Dark Destroyer’ from popular UK TV show The Chase, came to Auckland. He made time Iin his busy schedule to speak to a packed audience of excited residents. The professional quizzer and ex-Mastermind champion made the West Auckland village the very last appointment on his whistle-stop tour of New Zealand to promote his new autobiography ‘Chasing the Dream’. With characteristic delays in Auckland’s traffic only on NZ-specific trivia. Pinesong’s resident Shaun was very gracious with his fans and spent adding to the flurry of anticipation regarding quizmasters were game enough to go head to so much time signing autographs and books and Wallace’s arrival, the English TV personality head in their own quiz competition with Shaun taking pictures that his management looked very and barrister finally entered the lounge to a who scored a resounding victory, showing the nervous as they finally ushered him into his car to rapturous reception from over 250 residents killer instincts which have made him so popular leave. We later found out he made it to the and staff. His arrival was so hotly anticipated as a Chaser on the TV quiz show. airport with only moments to spare before his that extra chairs had to be brought in from all flight home to the UK departed. over the village to cater for the huge turnout. It was clear from the queues to meet Shaun With hugs, handshakes and kisses for the afterwards and the bustle of excitement around audience, Wallace took centre stage to deliver him that he has a huge following at Pinesong. an engaging presentation about his life and career, revealing that he is the only Chaser that still maintains a career outside of the TV show. Shaun’s popular with He spoke candidly about his law career, fans of all ages passion for history and thirst for knowledge which ultimately led him to his unusual role as a professional quizzer, including winning Mastermind UK before taking up his regular slot on The Chase. Pinesong fans didn’t let Wallace leave without grilling him with quiz questions of their own, testing his mettle with tricky topics such as international currencies, as well as asking what the going rate is for a Chaser (about $5000 per show apparently!). His general knowledge is impressive but he also showed his human side, getting a few questions wrong though mostly Book signing 06 MORE IN STORE | July 2018 metlifecare.co.nz 07 Graham Abbott at the Auckland Town Hall Becoming a conductor seems like a strange plays, art exhibitions are all inherently communal choice for a kid with no musicians in the activities, important opportunities to join family. With no set career path to together with other people. follow as a conductor, Graham Listening to music stimulates Magic in likens his process of our brains and provokes becoming a music our emotions while we professional to that of are listening, but the an budding actor. benefits continue First learning the after the the Music craft, working for performance. nothing, aligning When we have yourself with shared that Graham Abbott, guest conductor professionals experience with for the Auckland Philharmonia through others, when we internships and talk to each Orchestra’s ‘Unwrap the Music’ series, taking every other about what talks to Metlifecare about his musical opportunity to we thought, how learn and gather it made us feel career and the vital role music plays in experience. and discuss the making and maintaining connections. Followed by literally music we enjoy, Conductor knocking on doors and Graham Abbott when we make creating a career through recommendations, we unwavering perseverance create deeper connections and passion. Graham’s belief in with other people.