Events

Tree Planting Day – Saturday 9th August 10am

Tree Planting Day Saturday 9th August Start 10:00 am We have been lucky enough to receive a grant from the Biodiversity and Restoration Group and the Motueka Catchment Collective for 100 native trees to plant at Wangapeka. We have arranged a tree planting day on Saturday 9th August and warmly welcome the wider Wangapeka community to come and help get ...

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09 Aug

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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Deepening the Practice of Awareness with John Massey

Friday 22nd August, 6pm to Sunday 24th August, 2pm There are probably endless practices of developing awareness; for example, mindfulness meditation, insight meditation and meditation on the breath. The seed of all these mindfulness practices is our natural, ever present awareness. Nourishing this seed, it grows and blossoms, finally fruiting as an awakening to the inexpressible wonder of the present ...

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22 - 24 Aug

6:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Sacred Healing Nourishment with Chrystal Nathal

Sacred Healing Nourishment with Chrystal Nathal Friday August 29th 5pm to Tuesday  September 2nd 2pm Nourishment is at the heart of our earthly experience.  Our bodies come from the earth and return when we die.  This precious human body is a vehicle to Awaken our full potential on earth.  Through attuning to our bodies with awareness and love, we can ...

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29 Aug - 02 Sep

5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Life As It Is 2025

“Natural Goodness”   Life As It Is offers families a unique chance to pause – to carve out intentional space in busy family lives, to feel into and attend to what is most important for us, and to enjoy being supported by a place and a community that have been dedicated to spiritual enquiry for 50 years. How can meditation ...

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05 - 07 Sep

5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Beginning Now! An Introductory Meditation Retreat

Beginning Now! An Introductory Meditation Retreat 5pm Friday 12th, to 2pm Thursday 18th September 2025. There is also a Weekend Option: 5pm Friday 12th, to 2pm Sunday 14th September. For more information on this option please contact: Mark Schrader (Course Manager) – schrader.mark@gmail.com Where do I start? I’ve never done a retreat before. There is so much going on in ...

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12 - 18 Sep

6:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Between Earth and Sky, A Journey of Human Unfolding with Chani Grieve – FULL

Between Earth and Sky – a journey of human unfolding With Chani Grieve Friday October 3rd – Monday October 6th This retreat is now FULLY BOOKED. To be placed on the Waitlist please contact Chani chanigrieve@gmail.com What is it to be a human being, on this earth, at this time? How can we bring all our natural intelligence and inheritance ...

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03 - 06 Oct

6:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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50th Anniversary Gathering: Reflecting, Connecting and Reimagining What’s Possible

50th Anniversary Gathering: Reflecting, Connecting and Reimagining What’s Possible Labour Weekend Friday 24th October, 6pm to Monday 27th October, 3pm This weekend will be our second 50th anniversary gathering at the Centre. Our focus will be looking forward.  We have harvested much from the richness of the last 50 years. The road hasn’t always been easy but we have been strengthened ...

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24 - 27 Oct

6:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Unfolding Through Art with Graham Price

Unfolding Through Art With Graham Price Tuesday Nov 11 – Monday Nov 17 2025 In 1982, a collection of discourses, images and 44 exercises offered by Namgyal Rinpoche on the use of art experiences to unfold the being, were published in a book titled “Unfolding through Art”. “The purpose of this exploration is not to produce a work of art ...

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11 - 17 Nov

5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Service as the Path Retreat

Service as the Path Retreat  Friday 13th to Friday 20th December  The Service as the Path retreat is the opportunity for those new to dharma and meditation, as well as those more familiar, to be guided and supported to develop your practice in the wonderful retreat environment of Wangapeka. Together we will explore themes related to the first two Parami: ...

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13 - 20 Dec

5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross

The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross 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 lineage, systems, methods, concepts and opportunities to study and practice. Paradoxically, the potency of that blessing grows stronger as the body wanes in capacity. ...

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08 - 27 Jan

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 ...

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17 Apr - 22 May

5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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