The Goetheanum from a New Zealand Perspective
A short address given during the visit of Bodo von Plato to New Zealand on our relationship to the Goetheanum as part of a programme for the Annual General Meeting of the Anthroposophical Society...
Anthroposophy in New Zealand
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...
General Secretary Report November 2017
What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. T.S. ELIOT Today was the final of a run of meetings at the Goetheanum for...
Plant Observations
PLANT STUDY GROUP During a weekend workshop held in Auckland in September last year a group of people explored the theme “Plant Morphology and Planets” in Eurythmy and Painting, led by Ellen...
Conference Speaker: Mike Paku
One of our main speakers for the conference is Mike Paku. On behalf of the Society Jess Soutar Barron sat with Mike recently and shared conversation about his early years at the Freezing Works,...
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....
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...
General Secretary Report April 2017
Arriving a few days earlier in Dornach, I had a wonderful opportunity to visit a Monet exhibition and hear Bach’s Matthew Passion which two orchestras and three choirs, one being a children’s...
GREAT AGAIN? THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WORLD SITUATION – Gerald Häfne
We are living at a turning-point. Fear and tensions are increasing everywhere in the world. How can we find a way forward? In recent times the degree of violence and conflict in the world has...
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...
Weleda – origins
Here's a lovely little video presenting the beginnings of Weleda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymndErpYXc0
CRISES, CHOICE & SELF EMPOWERMENT by NICANOR PERLAS
SELF-MASTERY: CRISES, CHOICE & SELF EMPOWERMENTLECTURE TWO from Shaping Citizenship: Spiritual Renewal and Service in the World, 26 September 2014 This is an edited transcript of the...