Rakau Whenua

We are on journey to restore the life force and connection with the environment around us. We are engaged in a mindful enquiry into our shared experience. We have created a place for those interested in a journey of learning, understanding, and our shared inter-connection from a Te Ao Maori worldview.

Your stay with us will be tightly connected to the natural environment, staying in our native rainforest camp site.

You will have plenty of free time to enjoy the surroundings. We will take a guided tour of the property; you will have time to explore waterfalls, natural pools, forest, meditation and yoga platforms, etc.

We (a well traveled couple from New Zealand and Austria, our 10-year old twins, 1 hyper active, friendly GSPxVizsla dog and 5 happy chicken) live on our rural, off-grid property in the Lower Kaimais in the Bay of Plenty. The property is located about 20mins from Tauranga, 30mins from Matamata and about 1 hour from Hamilton. It encompasses 50 acres of native bush, scrub and pasture. There are private swimming holes, waterfalls, freshwater springs and more than 14kms of tracks through our private valleys and streams. There is also regenerating scrub and a native Tawa/Rimu forest. We are living plant based (with eggs from our chicken and the occasional cheese/yoghurt), don't do alcohol or other drugs and want to keep the property free from intoxicants. We are already looking forward to meeting you all! We have many diverse activities to be carried out, but you will do it in 4 hours a day, with breaks, we provide all meals at the agreed times.