Acacia Cove is a retirement village on Wattle Farm Road in Wattle Downs, South Auckland, with a golf course on one side and an estuary on the other. Its main building is the Lodge community centre, and the bowling green, indoor pool and activities room all face the sun and the estuary. The Lodge has a lounge and restaurant, an open fireplace, a billiard table, a gym, a spa bath, a hairdressing salon, a nurse's station, and a library with computers. A meeting room hosts the walking group and the garden club. The village runs organised community activities, regular outings and events. Residents can walk across the road to the golf club.
The village says it has a strong sense of family and community, and it describes its care as central, especially during the Covid-19 lockdown. Its long-time manager, Bruce Cullington, set up a "mini mart" that delivered groceries to residents each week, and staff phoned residents every few days to check on them. Acacia Cove also says it won the best Active Ageing Programme in the Asia-Pacific region at the Asia-Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards.