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October 2025

50th Anniversary Gathering: Reflecting, Connecting, Re-imagining

50th Anniversary Gathering Reflecting Connecting Re-imagining Labour Weekend Friday 24th October – Monday 27th October   Come help us envision the next chapter of this living dharma community we’ve built together. For fifty years, the Wangapeka Centre has been our sanctuary—a place where hundreds have found clarity, community, and the Dharma. This long weekend, we’re gathering our collective wisdom to ...
24 - 27 Oct
6:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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November 2025

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 ...
11 - 17 Nov
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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December 2025

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: ...
13 - 20 Dec
5:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Announcement: Garden of Mindfulness Families Retreat 2025

Garden of Mindfulness Families Retreat 2025 Dates: 28th December 2025 – 4th January 2026  The Garden of Mindfulness is a family retreat for all ages. Inclusive of all families, it is an opportunity to become familiar with the benefits of being in the present moment and unfolding through play and exploration. The Garden of Mindfulness offers a rare opportunity to share ...
28 Dec - 04 Jan
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
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January 2026

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. ...
08 - 27 Jan
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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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 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 adapted for modern secular lives, this retreat is suitable for ...
17 - 23 Feb
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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April 2026

Announcement: Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka 2026

Announcement Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka 2026 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 ...
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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