by Zach Allen | Mar 26, 2024 | Newsfeed
Koda the Samoyed Retreat Hosts Hayley and Mac have recently welcomed a number of new pets into their home. Additions to the whānau are Molly the kitten, Scribbles the fish, and a handful of aracuna chickens. They join Koda and the lambs as essential Retreat...
by Zach Allen | Mar 25, 2024 | Newsfeed
We emerge triumphant from another successful duck race! The corporate ‘ducks’ (giant toucans and llamas) again surrounded and guided the smaller ducks to the finish line. Our main victors were: Corporate: Winner – NZHL Taranaki Best dressed...
by Jamie | Mar 20, 2024 | Newsfeed
One of our new projects planned for 2024 is a Pilot Outreach Service catered to our Rough Sleeper community in New Plymouth. We have long sought to support and journey alongside this community through our programmes, kai for koha cafe, and Listening Ear service...
by Zach Allen | Oct 9, 2023 | Newsfeed
Kia ora, ko Zach ahau! I’m new to the Retreat Staff Team and will occasionally be writing blogs on various topics! Here’s one on a particularly timely topic… When I was a teen – not too long ago, that is – I had pretty bad anxiety. In our...
by Jamie | Aug 22, 2022 | Newsfeed
Kia ora e te whānauE ngā iwi o te Motu; ānei mātou te whakaruruhau o te kotahitanga e whakatau ana ia koutou, tautokohia, hāpaitia tēnei kaupapa: A co-design, research and co-production process kicked-off in 2014 resulted in the launch of Taranaki Retreat as a...
by Jamie | Jul 1, 2022 | Guest Contributed, Newsfeed
Have you seen the movie “The Greatest Showman?”Even though I missed the experience watching it in the cinema I feel like I will always remember when and how I watched it. Friends invited me to their lovely home and after cooking together we watched the movie while...