Sacred Earth Festival

The Year has gone, and we are again at KPP this year with Children Massaging Children

 We invite all family members –( not only children) to enjoy hands massage with beautifully smelling lavender ointment, and learn how to massage the palms to help the heart to be healthy according to the basic rules of reflexology. There will be 2 more techniques as well. I am sure everybody will enjoy it there is no age limit – Welcome all.
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The presentations will be Saturday the 28^th at 4 pm in Bedouin Tent  

Visit to Ngataringa Community Garden

Recently we had a very nice visit to the Ngataringa Community Garden  by the toddlers from the local Devonport kindergarten. After entering the gate they were now inside the magic garden.

Surrounded by colourful flowers, they chased butterflies.   We have lots of Monarch butterflies at Ngataringa, and the kids clapped their hands as they watched them.

Later, Graham showed them our silky chickens. They are all white, and some of the braver kids even touched them!
We very much like such visits, and welcome all young visitors to our Community Garden.

Touch is part of Nature

Well, the holidays are almost over, and it's back to our activities.
The new year is shaping up to be our busiest yet.  Our diary is filling up fast.
This year will see an emphasis of the ecological  aspects of  the Child Connection Programme.
We will be participating at the Ecofest North festival this year, http://ecofest.org.nz/ continuing the work we did at Kawaipurapura last year.
Our course for "Professionals Working with Children", will be held at Ellerslie this year at the College of Natural Medicine.  It's not tool late to book if you have not already done so.

New Zealand - Poland Business Council

There are a lot of Polish people living in New Zealand who are serious about developing stronger business cooperation between these 2 countries.

After our first attempt 15 years ago this Tuesday, Polish Ambassador Zbigniew Gniatkowski and Honorary Consul Bogdan Nowak were running the first  “think -tank” meeting as a seed for a NZ/PL Business Council. 

The meeting was very constructive. 

What a meeting!

Last Wednesday at Kawaipurapura Centre there was a beautiful meeting with Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pare – a spiritual authority.

 She was the Young Maori Woman of the year in 1972,  and in 1990 was awarded with a Commemoration Medal. She is known internationally as White Eagle Medicine Woman of Peace.

During the meeting there was lots of laughter, tears and healing. When asked as to who will be her successor she answered . Nobody - I am the last. People will not need tohungas/healers they have the opportunity to awaken their own dormant healing power. Society has reached a critical mass where there is enough self- knowledge and love for all humanity, to provide for their own well-being. .

Catch up in Bethells Beach Retreat

On Wednesday, Gus Simunovich organised a beautiful gathering at the Retreat in Henga – Betles Beach Rd. The room was full of parents with their kids – the majority of toddler’s age. All were excited and happy.

Gus and Siri Embla told us how their daughter Liv Nola is doing the best back massage for them – Together with her parents she was involved with our CMC course in Kawaipurapura last year. Live Nola is almost 17 months old now.  It was very nice to catch up again with a couple who are CMC instructors.

Greenhithe Kindergarten

 Our instructor Brenda Duncan brought CMC to Greenhithe Kindergarten in October " We had a great time learning how to teach children to massage children.

Our first session we had a few kids that weren't keen but they watched everybody else. By the next session we had all the kids involved.

The kids really enjoyed it and and also learn't new vocabulary eg reflexology, thymus and one child remembered  those words but didn't participate in the first session.

It was very successful".

Well done  Brenda !