Amazing Opportunity: 3 Months Mindfulness Retreat for Young Adults (20-35) Mindfulness – Movement – Healing – Nature – Rituals – Community With Jaime Howell and Juliana Griese Brazil, 26 August – 10 November 2019 With the intention to support young people to stand strong in their goodness and move well in these challenging times, we are offering this Immeasurable School …

Exciting changes have been taking place in the Wangapeka Communications department. Mira’s resignation left some big gaps to fill, and this has been happening through the generosity of a team of community members working collaboratively. The new Wangapeka Communications team includes: Iain Verigin: Webmaster, Comms overview, Instagram & FB editor, technical support and infrastructure, Newsphere editorial support Chani Grieve: Newsphere …

You are warmly invited to attend the Wangapeka Hui and AGM 2019 on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July. It’s a wonderful opportunity to come and spend time with the Community for a day or the whole weekend. Bring yourself, the usual Wangapeka equipment and some dana to offer for food and accommodation. (There’s no charge for food and accommodation over the …

Kumanu 1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to tend carefully, foster, attend to, care for, cherish. Keeping you connected with what’s happening with the Board of Trustees and at the Centre Donations needed : Good quality beautiful shrine cloths and fabrics of various colours for the Whare Wānanga. Many of our old cloths have candle wax or stains on them, so it’s time to refresh …

The name is almost sleep inducing. The Wangapeka repairs and maintenance sub-committee. Yawn. Despite the long winded name, it is currently enjoying a renaissance. Thanks to the efforts of Glenn Harley and Board secretary Tim Leyland a whole lot of new energy has arrived. Over Queens Birthday weekend the committee met and decided to press ahead with planning some major …

The first day of winter brought the year’s first snow to Wangapeka. There was snow on the peaks at the head of the valley and maybe, possibly, there was a light sprinkle on the top of Jones Ridge. This was also Queens Birthday weekend and a cancelled retreat gave the opportunity for the trust board to meet the new four-strong …

The focus of the morning will be on the ”Tree of Life” and Bonni will guide us in exploring some of the mysteries concealed within it. Date: Sunday 2 June 2019 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm Venue: Riverside Community Cultural Centre 289, Main Rd, Lower Moutere. Morning tea will be provided. If you would like to come an hear these extraordinarily …

Lovely experience with lovely people in a lovely place Jangchub would often tell us the importance of organising retreats outside of our home country. That would get us out of our comfort zone by living in different cultures. I never thought I would, but I cheered up when I heard him say “Next year, I’m going to facilitate a retreat in …

Students from New Zealand, Bali and Australia recently spent a two-week travel retreat led by Mira Riddiford at the Origins Centre, in Balingup near Perth, Western Australia. Origins is a sister centre to the Wangapeka, both being founded by Chimé Shore and friends. How invigorating it was to rise each morning to the scent of eucalyptus trees, the melodies from …

BOT Meeting Report from 6/3/19 Meeting Big change for the centre is the theme for the New Year at Wangapeka.  It has been a very full couple of months with much activity as we navigate the fast-approaching changes of our caretakers’ Faith and Guy, and the resignation of our Communications Manager Mira Riddiford and the usually busy summer/autumn retreat season. …