Written by Louise Wilkinson Kia ora e te whānau, There’s been a fairly lengthy gap between Kumanu articles, which may leave you wondering what has been going on at Wangapeka Retreat Centre over the last few months, and what is going on with that Board of Trustees! Well, with certainty you will not get all the answers you seek from …

Kia ora Friends in the Dharma Today in early February, the Wangapeka Cicadas are singing their late summer song, they were much more subdued during the January Guru Principle retreat this year—perhaps because it was a lot cooler than a typical January. It is now four months since Mark and Kath took up the generous invitation from the Board of …

A reflection on GOM 2025-2026 By Georgia McCrory-Bowick Tēnā koutou Wangapeka Community, Georgia here, sharing a few reflections on the journey leading up to and during GOM 2025-2026.  This is the first GOM that myself, Ross, Ronnie, Malu and Hadleigh cocreated. GOM was originally started by Tarchin and Mary at least 20 years ago (rumour is it may have begun …

We Couldn’t Tell  (written for friends in retreat by Grant Rix) We couldn’t tell, Where we were,  Motion sick from a life,  Which just kept spinning. We couldn’t see the fine gap, Which marked the point,  Where the circle returns. But we slowed ourselves,  We insisted on silence,  With the help of pine trees, cicada, mossy rocks, bellbird and bumble …

On Saturday 7th February, a blessing of the Whenua was offered by the Land Care group on behalf of all beings who live at,  and care for the Wangapeka Centre.   The ceremony was to extend our love to the whenua, in recognition of the changes, losses and ongoing work to maintain the trees, as the response to the recent storm …

November is the colourful month, blooming  Rhodos along the tracks; mixing Primaries with passion, building Layerings with defter strokes.   Sarva Mangalam All is blessing.   What a wonderful and fun experience we’ve had with Graham on the recent week-long retreat.  So much passion and love he shared on art, and us weaving art into our being through various exercises …

Transcript: Denise Quinlan: Grant, you are going to lead retreats at Wangapeka in 2026 with your first one coming up on the 17th of February. But your relationship with Wangapeka has a longer history. Tell us about that. Grant Rix: Most recently, I led a retreat at Wangapeka in 2016, but because of all the work with Pause Breathe Smile …

I was on retreat with John a month or two ago and he encouraged me to share a poem I wrote with you for the community During a group korero another person gave the line “presence is illusive” whilst reflecting on the transient nature of meditative states. It sparked in me that it’d be an awesome song or album name. …

It may have passed you by, despite the ongoing announcements, but the Wangapeka Retreat Centre is celebrating 50 years of being on the land and offering retreats. As a newer member to the community I have only been touched by a short part of The Wangapeka’s history. Yet each time I turn into the gates, having made my pilgrimage across …