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February 2026

Calm Mind, Open Heart: Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat with Grant Rix

Calm Mind, Open Heart Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat with Grant Rix 17 – 23 February, 2026   This retreat still has SPACES AVAILABLE. See below to Register.  This retreat offers the opportunity to step out of the busyness of daily life and provides a practical immersion in mindfulness and heart-based meditation practices. Rooted in the timeless wisdom of Buddhism, yet ...
17 - 23 Feb
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

9th Annual Dzogchen Retreat with Lama Mark Webber – SPACE AVAILABLE

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 A space has recently opened up on this retreat – Please contact the course manager if you are ...
27 Feb - 27 Mar
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
April 2026

Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka – WAITING LIST

Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka April 1 – 10, 2026   The residential retreat is now FULLY BOOKED. If you wish to be placed on the Waiting List, please do not register, but contact the Course Manager, Graham Price grahamprice2013@gmail.com to request this. UPDATE The weekend events (Saturday 4th and/or Sunday 5th) are open to day visitors only. Easter Saturday:- ...
01 - 10 Apr
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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
June 2026
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Awakening Intimacy with Ross & Camila

Awakening Intimacy with Ross and Camila 5 – 8 June 2026   I will not live an unlived life, I will not go in fear Of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, To allow my living to open me, To make me less afraid, More accessible, To loosen my heart Until it becomes a wing, A ...
05 - 08 Jun
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Touching Grief, Touching Earth – A Solstice Retreat with Margaret McCallum & Jaime Howell

Touching Grief, Touching Earth – A Solstice Retreat with Margaret McCallum and Jaime Howell 16 – 21st June 2026   We are entering a time of descent. These are times marked by gravity, extremes, and polarisation. We are being invited into conversations that include loss, grief, death, uncertainty, vulnerability — and possibility. This time on Earth can be understood as ...
16 - 21 Jun
5:00 pm - 2:00 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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