Here you can read recent Blog Posts from our Team.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being on ‘The Business Hour’ on The MOST FM. I was joined by Richard Williams from Govett Quilliam and we had some epic kōrero!  Some highlights include:  Taranaki Retreat’s kaupapa and our origins Partnerships with our business...

Meet our beautiful barista Jacqui - Front of House Lead! Coming from a hospo background of 24years, Jacqui has been making our coffee at Waimanako for the last 4 years What's the most rewarding part about your day?I get to come to work and be surrounded by the...

Mark runs beautiful Breathwork sessions on Mondays from 5pm till 7pm.  He takes you on a journey which starts with an ice experience – building endurance as well as much needed immunity at this time of year. He then moves into Breathwork where time just seems to...

We have an exciting, new workshop!! NZ Sign Language for Beginners! If you're keen to learn NZ Sign Language (NZSL) but don't know where to start, come along to this workshop! Join us at Waimanako each Friday at 12:30pm to learn and practice basic NZSL alongside...

This Suicide Prevention Day, we invite you to join us at Waimanako as a way of marking and sharing this day together. We are basing the day on the components of Te Whare Tapa Whā. Just as each component supports the other, our physical, mental, spiritual and social...

Kia ora e te whānau It is such a delight to bring you our July Newsletter - packed with all kinds of goodies. You may be receiving this bundle of updates feeling anything other than hopeful, right now. If that's the case, then - please - read on. If things are proving...

Wow! The beautiful words received after June's Long Table Dinner were enough to ensure we would do it again! “It’s been so lovely to get out and meet new people, delicious food!” “Good food, good people, good vibes!” “Loved the positivity, thanks to the cooks, they...

Ngā Ritenga me ngā Huihuinga o Te Tau Hou MāoriThe Ceremonies and Traditions of the Māori New Year Tēnā koutou e ngā whānau o Taranaki Retreat/Waimānako. Last month, in Part 1 of this series, we explored the significance of Puanga and why many iwi, including those of...

Kristine, host of the 'Learn to Knit' workshop at the Retreat, writes, Good yarn is something New Zealand is known for - both for the massive amount of sheep and the classic kiwi term for a good chat. I learned the magic of good yarn when I started knitting 7 years...

Lately, I have been having a lot of conversations around connection and authentic, in-person, type connection, with the desire for belonging, togetherness, community, people to do life with often being voiced. I think for many of us, there have been seasons of feeling...