An Update From Waiheke School
On May of 2017 a very special thing happened - after 2 years of hard work and many trials and disappointments we opened the doors of our fledgling school on Waiheke Island. By far the biggest...
Anthroposophy in New Zealand
The 3rd Life Age: GIFTS AND CHALLENGES
Words from Karl-Heinz Finke Quite often the aging of our population is seen as a burden. But what are the gifts? What is the meaning of reaching an average of 84 years in first world...
Inviting the Emerging Social Future
A Reflection from Martin Large When Carolyn Hughes, chair of The Land Trust NZ, invited me to come on a surprise lecture tour, I felt privileged to visit such a mythical country. However, it was...
Update from Titirangi School
The last 12 months have seen many positive developments. At the start of Term 3 in 2016, the two new Upper School classrooms were opened to students, relieving pressure on the rest of the school...
MARTIN LARGE’S NZ SPEAKING TOUR 2-18 OCTOBER 2017
Martin Large is on a learning and lecture tour inquiring into ‘common wealth’ community initiatives, civic projects and social businesses. Father of four children, Quaker, student of Rudolf...
Learnings from the Helsinki conference
The Society is very lucky to have many dedicated correspondents. One such member is Temiko Jager. Recently Temiko attended a conference in Helsinki on the wellbeing of children and young people....
Waldorf on Waiheke
After three years of much work on Monday 15th May 2017 the Waiheke Island Steiner School opened its doors. The community there, and our wider Steiner school network, are very excited about our...
Learnings from the 2017 Youth Initiative Forum (IF) in Järna
What does it mean to be a New Zealander? Temiko Jäger He aha te mea nui o te ao What is the most important thing in the world? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata It is the people, it is...
Taruna – A New Beginning
Taruna College is going through some changes at the moment with a new leadership team on board. Rosie Simpson, Lauren Hudson and Deb Bednarek are now working together to lead Taruna into a bright...
Annual Conference
This year's conference will take place at the beginning of October in Hawke's Bay. The theme of the conference is Echoes from the Future: What is our response? We can only speculate about what...
A personal Hohepa story
As part of Hohepa Auckland's 20th birthday celebrationsI have two daughters now living at Hohepa Auckland. Catriona the youngest had been living down in the Hawke's Bay from the time she was 8...
IPMT 2017 Brisbane
The IPMT organisers would like to warmly invite you to this year’s IPMT taking place Wednesday July 12-Wednesday July 19 at Emmanuel College in Brisbane. This year’s training week promises...