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December 2025

Garden of Mindfulness Retreat: Gathering Our Gifts – FULL

Garden of Mindfulness Retreat: Gathering Our Gifts 28 Dec 2025 – 3 Jan 2026   This family retreat is now FULLY BOOKED. If you would like to be placed on the Waiting List please contact the team at gom.curious@gmail.com Join us for the midsummer family gathering at the beloved Wangapeka Study & Retreat Centre. Open to all ages, stages, and ...
28 Dec - 03 Jan
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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January 2026

The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross and Brandon Schwinn

The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross and  Brandon Schwinn Breaking News. We are pleased to announce that Brandon Schwinn will be visiting from Canada and will be teaching with Bonni. Thursday 8th – Tuesday 27th January 2026 INTRODUCTION  A message from Bonni: “In over fifty years committed engagement with Buddhadharma, my teachers have met my longing for liberation by lavishly sharing ...
08 - 27 Jan
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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February 2026

9th Annual Dzogchen Retreat with Lama Mark Webber – FULL

9th Annual Dzogchen Retreat with Lama Mark Webber (Lama Yongdu Chokyi Gyaltsen) February 27 – March 27, 2026 (1 Month) Accommodating, Steadfastly into the Glory which is Buddha Mind. Using the skillful means and meditation naturally generated out of the Dzogchen View Accommodation for this retreat is now fully subscribed. Please contact the course manager if you are interested in ...
27 Feb - 27 Mar
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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April 2026

Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka – Registration Open

Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka April 1 – 10, 2026   The retreat is residential and the dates span Easter 2026. Chimé has also indicated that the community are welcome to attend, on a daily basis, on Easter Saturday (4th April) for teaching on the Namgyal Sadhana, and on Sunday (5th April) for the wongkur of the Namgyal Sadhana,. Please ...
01 - 10 Apr
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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The Fives Retreat with Bonni Ross

INTRODUCTION A message from Bonni Ross: “In over fifty years committed engagement with Buddhadharma, my teachers have met my longing for liberation by lavishly sharing lineage, systems, methods, concepts and opportunities to study and practice. Paradoxically, the potency of that blessing grows stronger as the body wanes in capacity. In whatever time remains, I welcome sincere practitioners, of any age ...
17 Apr - 22 May
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Welcome to the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. People visit from all over the world to meditate and enjoy the peace of this remarkable destination. The Wangapeka is a purpose built retreat centre, with fresh, clean air and beautiful vistas. It is very quiet and ideal for respite, stress relief and deep meditation. Delightfully rustic, we have a meditation hall, solo retreat huts, a main hall for dining and community, and a fully catered kitchen and an onsite vegetable garden.

The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Meditation Centre is a Universalist centre home to a wide range of teachings, paths, and studies. Retreats are held on Mindfulness, Vipassana, Insight, Buddhism, Heart-based practices, Loving Kindness, Calm-abiding, Metta, Compassion, Conscious Movement, Nature, Forest Walks, Yoga, Dance, Feldenkrais, Wellness, Wellbeing, Archetypal Integration, Western Mysticism, Non-Duality, Zen, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings with Empowerments and Sadhana Practice.

The Wangapeka Centre is located in the foothills of the Southern Alps overlooking the Wangapeka River, about an hour and a half drive SW of Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand.

We have meditation retreats throughout the year, have huts available for solo retreats, and welcome bookings from external groups. There are also opportunities available to work on our land. Come and enjoy this uniquely vibrant and peaceful centre.

355 Wangapeka River Rd
R.D.2. Wakefield 7096
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 522 4221
info@wangapeka.org

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