Coordinators report WET AGM August 1st 2021 What is being on the Wangapeka Educational Trust Board of Trustees about? What have these WET BoTs been doing? ABOUT The Board can be seen as another layer of caretaking, one that keeps in touch with the pulse of the Retreat Centre and Community. Part of our role is to gather and share …
The Namgyal Legacy Videos collected during the 2020 Year of Clear Vision program July 6, 2021 As part of the 20/20 A Year of Clear Vision program, we invited 34 dharma teachers with close connection to Namgyal Rinpoche to make video offerings to The Namgyal Legacy to share the work they are doing in whatever way they wished. Twenty expressed …
Inviting you to ……. Wangapeka’s 2021 AGM and Community Hui Weekend Friday July 30th – Sunday August 1st In recent years this weekend has become a most wonderful expression of Awakening in Action. The Hui offers a rich theme for the community to contemplate and explore. The AGM celebrates the year that has been, and appoints Board of Trustee custodians …
Download Document [2020 A Year of Clear Vision – Final Report pdf] 2020 A YEAR OF CLEAR VISION FINAL REPORT TO THE WANGAPEKA COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES March 12, 2021 It’s hard to begin this for two reasons: the tsunami of this experience continues for all of us on the organizing team, powering our 2021 lives along. Challenges, …
Documents for Download – [March 2021 Hui.docx] and [Summary Table.docx] Kia ora Wangapeka Community, We spent an enriching weekend at the Centre on the 27th and 28th March which marked the next phase of an ongoing consultation and visioning process for the Board of Trustees and the wider Wangapeka Community. Given we knew we have only so much accommodation, we …
by Dave Pooch and Tim Leyland Everyone knows that it was Ed Hillary and Sherpa Tenzin who first climbed Everest back in 1953. But many others helped them get there. High altitude Sherpas, lowland porters and cooks to name but a few. There is a reasonable analogy here with the Wangapeka. While the high point for most people is attending …
The great gift and paradox of The Path is that it not only leads to, but simultaneously also IS only this moment. All my life I’d yearned for a spiritual expression that made sense. Even as a youngster I couldn’t bear dogma. Then, when I was pregnant with my first child, an old schoolfriend dropped by for a visit. He …
Here are contact details for the current Wangapeka Centre staff and Board of Trustees Caretakers Person Email For all general and registration enquiries, and administration needs Brooke Walker info@wangapeka.org For specific information on accommodation and to directly contact the centre (e.g. during emergencies) Tracy Abbot centrecaretaker@wangapeka.org Board of Trustees Person Email Secretary Graham Price secretary@wangapeka.org Coordinator Louise Petzold coordinator@wangapeka.org Treasurer …
It is with great appreciation that we honour the immense and pioneering work of Tarchin Hearn, Mary Jenkins and all who have been involved in Wangapeka Books. We recently received a beautiful letter marking the end of Tarchin and Mary’s involvement with Wangapeka Books and invite you to read it. It speaks of generosity, they offer donations and plant seeds for …
We are delighted to welcome Hadleigh and Malu onto the Wangapeka land as our new Caretakers. They have hit the ground running, starting their time with Tarchin’s 2-week retreat, which included navigating a change in Covid Levels in the middle of it. Malu has stepped into the Centre Caretaker role, which includes the no-small-task of managing our kitchen operations and …
