Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village
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Our retirement villages offer a range of care options - not as an add-on, but woven into the fabric of our villages.
Ernest Rutherford care centre offers 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.
Ernest Rutherford 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.
Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)
Born in Nelson, New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford is remembered as one of the greatest scientists in history for his ability to make imaginative leaps in the field of physics and design experiments to test his theories. In 1917 he became the first person to split the atom and is referred to as the father of nuclear physics to this day.
Ernest Rutherford received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, was knighted in 1914, decorated with the Order of Merit in 1925, and made a Baron in 1931 among many other honours.
Relentless in his pursuit of progress, Rutherford made three major discoveries in his career, paving the way for future discoveries. A gentle natured man with a deep passion for science and the betterment of humanity, Rutherford expressed his hope that no one would discover how to extract the energy of the atom until man was ‘living at peace with his neighbours’. Nuclear fission was discovered after his death and used to build nuclear weapons, just as Rutherford had feared.
Ernest Rutherford’s published works include Radioactive Transformations and Using the Resources of the Country Church. Naomi Pasachoff wrote Ernest Rutherford: Father of Nuclear Science, originally published in 2005.
