Residents with dementia were thrilled to receive hand-crafted gifts recently.
Residents at The Gardens Retirement Village have been knitting Fiddle Muffs for the last couple of months with the aim of donating them.
The fiddle muffs are a knitted tube with buttons, bells, bows, baubles and other interesting bits, both on the inside and on the outside, for hands to play with.
The Gardens Retirement Village manager Jennie Arvidson says as The Care Village in Ngongotahā is a reasonably new facility, it was decided this would be a great place to donate them to.
She says the residents get together for a "knit and natter" group once a week on a Monday afternoon, followed by tea and cake.