Know what’s happening
Access the private noticeboard for verified neighbours near you. Keep informed about any suspicious activity, send urgent updates to your neighbours when required and discuss emergency planning.
Get to know your neighbours
Browse the directory and start getting to know your neighbours. Don’t want to post to the whole neighbourhood? Send a private message.
Buy, sell and give away
Want to declutter your garage? Buy some used household items? Give away some garden stuff? Become a verified neighbour to browse and post items for sale. Trading is simple when everyone lives nearby.
Elderly Care & Services
Choose to live your best life in your own home with Arvida Good Friends.
Whether you need ongoing help to get up and going in the morning or temporary help while you recover from an accident or surgery, you can count on our qualified helpers who want you to live your best life .
Good Friends is a new personal care, nursing and home helper service for those who need help to live independently within Christchurch.
Your Good Friends care manager will visit and work closely with you to develop a tailored help plan that will meet your specific needs. They will then help you to identify exactly the right person from our pool of approved helpers to provide the help you need. Everything begins with the perfect match. Personal care helpers available through Good Friends are carefully vetted and interviewed. We ensure they’re qualified, respectful and reliable. Our app makes it easy for you and your family to have control and visibility over the help being delivered. It makes us more human, and ensures you remain living well in your home.
Good Friends helpers can assist with almost any kind of personal care or household task for 2 to 24 hours a day, up to 7 days a week. You just have to ask. Send us a request or call us toll free on 0800 20 41 20.