Written by Louise Petzold Kia ora e te whānau, Beautiful spring has come to the Wangapeka valley with lighter days, heaps of rain and lots of sunshine. Growth is happening! In the spirit of mahi tahi and working together towards a shared outcome, the BoT have decided to all have a turn writing Kumanu after our meetings, so you can …
Kumanu September 2024
Kia ora e te whānau, Greetings from your Board of Trustees! Kumanu is our way of keeping you up to date with what has been happening, what we’re working on, and what we’re grappling with. It is by no means exhaustive, but we hope it gives you a sense of “What’s Up” in Wangapeka land, and what’s on the seemingly never-ending …
Kumanu July 2024
Kumanu is about sharing the process of the Board of Trustees, and getting feedback from the community on topical issues. As most of you will know, a new Board of Trustees was elected at last weekend’s AGM. Your new Board consists of : Co-Ordinator – Louise Petzold Secretary – Graham Price Treasurer – Maree Murray Assistant Co-ordinator – Chani Grieve …
Kumanu June 2024
Kumanu is about getting feedback from the community on topical issues. The traditional Saturday hui on our AGM weekend will be a kind of spoken Kumanu. Here is a taster of the issues where we really would like your input. SAP Service as the Path is half way through and ends in October. How will the second half be compared …
Kumanu March 2024
Trustees Dan Burgess-Milne of Christchurch has stepped down from the Board of Trustees. During his time on the board Dan was renowned for putting Dharma first and foremost when considering issues and applied skilful reasoning and perspective which helped us with many governance issues. Dan spent quite some time working on the build-up and preparation for Service as the Path, …
Kumanu February 2024
Minutes and reports: Minutes Land Care report Centre Caretaker Report Maintenance Sub-Committee Report What’s been happening: Service as the path is coming closer, with Mark and Kath busy packing up their home in Nelson & preparing to come to Wangapeka for Service As the Path. Glenn and Karen hosted a beautiful & well-attended send-off in Nelson this week wishing them …
Kumanu January 2024
Kumanu is a personal piece written by one of the trust board members. In particular it seeks feedback from the community. Your Trust Board met by Zoom on 15 January this year. This month we’re looking for feedback, and or help with, finding a full time Land Caretaker, finding an installer of Starlink systems, and suggestions regarding our Dog Policy. …
Kumanu December 2023
Minutes and reports: November Land Caretaker Report Minutes December Land Caretaker Report What’s been happening: Service as the path – Preparations are ongoing, with registrations opening soon. Young Adults Retreat – Participants on YAR 2023 have been hard at work volunteering dana to the land, sewing new cushions and getting on with jobs all around the centre. The work achieved …
Kumanu September 2023
By Dan Burgess-Milne Hello Wangapeka Community Apologies for a long delay between Kumanus. There was a little miscommunication, as I was waiting on some information that had already gone out. This Kumanu will cover from September until now (November). On the weekend of September 1–3 we had our BOT weekend at Wangapeka. This was an opportunity to connect and orient …
Kumanu August 2023
By Dan Burgess-Milne Following August 2023 Board Meeting Hello Wangapeka community. This is the first Kumanu written by Dan in my role as board liaison for the Comms team. Elli did a wonderful job of this during her time on the board, and I’ll do my best to follow on with the same format. Minutes and reports: Treasurers Report …