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  • About
    • Mission
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    • Facilities & Retreat Huts
  • Volunteer
  • Programme
    • Events Calendar
    • Refraining from Harm, Supporting all of Life
    • Great Mother Goddess with Mira Riddiford – POSTPONED
    • Notice of the Wangapeka AGM 2025
    • Don’t Just Do Something. Sit there! 2025
    • Deepening the Practice of Awareness with John Massey
    • Sacred Healing Nourishment with Chrystal Nathal
    • Life As It Is 2025
    • Beginning Now! An Introductory Meditation Retreat
    • Between Earth and Sky, A Journey of Human Unfolding with Chani Grieve – FULL
    • Announcement: Labour Weekend 50th Anniversary Gathering
    • Service as the Path Retreat
    • Sunrise Online Sits
  • Teachers
    • Biographies
    • Historical Teachers
    • Resources
      • Articles by Tarchin Hearn
      • Articles by Bonni Ross
      • The Helpful Hand by Terry Hagan
      • Mindfulness of Breathing by Lama Mark Webber
      • History of Ven Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
      • Developing Jhana by Ven. Sonam Senge
        • The Evolution of Consciousness Part 1 by Ven. Sonam Senge
        • The Evolution of Consciousness Part 2 by Ven. Sonam Senge
      • Lama Catherine Rathbun Teachings
      • Universal Salvation by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
        • Commentary on the Heart Sutta by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
      • An interview with Cecilie Kwiat
        • Why Love? By Cecilie Kwiat
      • Araham Meditation by Lama Karma Chimé Shore
  • News
    • Kumanu – Board of Trustee Updates
    • Newsphere Newsletter
    • COVID Guidance Sep 2022
    • Namgyal Legacy Videos
    • Wangapeka Books
    • Publications – eBooks (Kindle & Kobo)
  • Giving
    • Making a Bequest in your Will
    • Enjoy a Healthy Tax Rebate
  • Contact
    • Trustees & Caretakers
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    • Policies and Manuals
  • Search
  • About
    • Mission
    • Wangapeka Elders
    • Costs
    • Facilities & Retreat Huts
  • Volunteer
  • Programme
    • Events Calendar
    • Refraining from Harm, Supporting all of Life
    • Great Mother Goddess with Mira Riddiford – POSTPONED
    • Notice of the Wangapeka AGM 2025
    • Don’t Just Do Something. Sit there! 2025
    • Deepening the Practice of Awareness with John Massey
    • Sacred Healing Nourishment with Chrystal Nathal
    • Life As It Is 2025
    • Beginning Now! An Introductory Meditation Retreat
    • Between Earth and Sky, A Journey of Human Unfolding with Chani Grieve – FULL
    • Announcement: Labour Weekend 50th Anniversary Gathering
    • Service as the Path Retreat
    • Sunrise Online Sits
  • Teachers
    • Biographies
    • Historical Teachers
    • Resources
      • Articles by Tarchin Hearn
      • Articles by Bonni Ross
      • The Helpful Hand by Terry Hagan
      • Mindfulness of Breathing by Lama Mark Webber
      • History of Ven Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
      • Developing Jhana by Ven. Sonam Senge
        • The Evolution of Consciousness Part 1 by Ven. Sonam Senge
        • The Evolution of Consciousness Part 2 by Ven. Sonam Senge
      • Lama Catherine Rathbun Teachings
      • Universal Salvation by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
        • Commentary on the Heart Sutta by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
      • An interview with Cecilie Kwiat
        • Why Love? By Cecilie Kwiat
      • Araham Meditation by Lama Karma Chimé Shore
  • News
    • Kumanu – Board of Trustee Updates
    • Newsphere Newsletter
    • COVID Guidance Sep 2022
    • Namgyal Legacy Videos
    • Wangapeka Books
    • Publications – eBooks (Kindle & Kobo)
  • Giving
    • Making a Bequest in your Will
    • Enjoy a Healthy Tax Rebate
  • Contact
    • Trustees & Caretakers
    • Affiliates
    • Directions
    • Policies and Manuals
  • Search


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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