Communications with the Community

Wangapeka Board of Trustees Summary of October 2018 Meeting At the 2018 Wangapeka Hui and AGM, a beautiful new focus emerged around the need for a more frequent flow of communication between the Wangapeka centre, Board of Trustees and membership community. The community of people who were present, expressed a deep wish to give Dana to Wangapeka, in a myriad of …

Music by Dan Burgess-Milne

I have been involved with the Wangapeka for the last 6 years and it has deeply informed who I am, and what my values are. Something that has been a passion of mine from before the Wangapeka was rap music. I’ve always appreciated its ability to allow the listener to see the world through the eyes of a person that …

Introducing Kumanu Wangapeka

Kumanu 1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to tend carefully, foster, attend to, care for, cherish. Emerging from our annual Hui this year on the practice of Dana was an expressed need for more flow of information and communication between the Board of Trustees, Caretakers and community. This would keep the community better informed of the day-to-day running of the Centre and also offers valuable practical …

Notes from the Cancer Ward by Tarchin Hearn

1/9/18 Contemplating the awesomeness of surrendering into living. Life is a terminal condition. All living creatures die – 100% of them. I am living with metastatic cancer. In a week or so, I may have surgery to remove a cancerous left common iliac lymph node. There are no statistics to say that such a procedure with all its risks will …

Coming Down from the Mountain with Stories to Share

HINTS OF BLESSEDNESS: REFLECTIONS FROM BODHI SEEDS RETREAT 2018 AND THE BEGINNING OF IMMEASURABLE SCHOOL Eight young explorers ascended the Wangapeka driveway in early August, bringing with them uncertainties, expectations, talents, and a willingness to show up, to name but a few qualities. All of us together for one month, apprentices to calming, questioning, opening, and communing. If there was …

Assisting the Centre and the Sangha

The profound oasis of sanity that is the Wangapeka was established in 1975. The centre has always and continues to strive to be a place of refuge and learning for everyone. To assist this admirable objective accommodation and food costs for courses and retreats are kept to a minimum. The Wangapeka remains a not for profit organisation and aims to …

Pilgrimage Reflections—From Kath Mitchell

Touch and Feeling During this Pilgrimage I have noticed an opening of touch and feeling. A sense of love, a deep desire to know and feel into a deeper sense of connectedness with all of life. The feeling of the Buddha’s presence, was visceral. The Buddha’s living presence being experienced as very much alive and dynamic, rather than a historical …

Claiming a Tax Rebate When you Donate to the Wangapeka

We continue to be supported by your generosity, thank you. The Wangapeka is a registered charitable trust and an approved donee organisation. The IRD will give you a tax rebate on your donations to us. Here’s how it works… Individuals If you are a New Zealander and you have a taxable income, you can claim back 33.33% of any donation …

Programmes Committee Report for 2018 AGM

The Centre is humming. Wangapeka continues to offer a wide range of courses and retreats giving people different access points to the dharma (e.g. the short and often topical weekend workshops through to the month-long meditation retreats).  All sorts of people continue to find their way here whether through word of mouth, looking at our excellent website or by some …