Past Events
Touching Grief, Touching Earth
A Solstice Retreat
This five-day retreat is an exploration of the apprenticeship of grief — learning how to turn towards what is difficult, rather than away from it; learning how to be shaped by not-knowing, restraint and humility as acts of reverence.
Awakening Intimacy
Join friends, co-facilitators and intimacy explorers Camila and Ross for an immersion into the mystery and practice of intimacy. Flowing between stillness and movement, inner and outer, solitude and togetherness, we offer opportunities to give, receive, and savor experiences of authentic connection with yourself, with others, and the natural world.
The Fives Retreat
Entering the Mandala of Wisdom Buddhas
Five wisdoms, five activities, five families - investigating awakened nature while learning and unlearning what obstructs liberation in predominantly silent retreat at Wangapeka.
Chimé Shore teaching at Wangapeka
Registration Open
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...
9th Annual Dzogchen Retreat
FULL
A perfect opportunity for Dharma practitioners—both seasoned and new—to gather for a one-month Dzogchen retreat guided by Lama Mark Webber. Accommodation for this retrea...
Calm Mind, Open Heart
Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat
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 w...
The Guru Principle with Bonni Ross
Join Bonni Ross for a silent retreat exploring the Guru Principle through Guru Rinpoche's Seven Line Prayer and Namgyal Sadhana at Wangapeka, where sincere practitioners enhance their Path requirements.
Garden of Mindfulness Retreat
Gathering Our Gifts
This family retreat is now FULLY BOOKED. If you would like to be placed on the Waiting List please contact the team at [email protected]. Join...
Unfolding Through Art
This retreat invites you to become playfully curious with COLOUR as a pathway to authenticity, that gold (Au) of your being, through compassionate non-verbal visual enquiry into the meditative mandala of experience.
50th Anniversary Gathering: Reflecting, Connecting and Reimagining What’s Possible
Harvesting 50 years of wisdom, we gather to reimagine a thriving Wangapeka for future generations—practicing, working, and wondering together what makes dharma truly relevant today.
Between Earth and Sky – a journey of human unfolding
Between Earth and Sky guides us to remember our deep belonging through embodied practices, exploring human wisdom held within our bones and moving from that 'deep grain of love' that always connects us to this Earth and each other.
Beginning Now! An Introductory Meditation Retreat
Beginning Now offers a supportive space to learn the ancient breathing meditation, building confidence for newcomers while deepening experienced practitioners' skills in ethical living, inter-connectedness and compassionate wisdom within Wangapeka's beautiful silence and gentle guidance.