Te Ngakau Waiora Mercy Spirituality Centre seeks to create a place for learning and for a deepening relationship with God which fosters the inner search leading to hohourongo – personal, social, and spiritual renewal.
The Centre provides opportunities for:

• spiritual companionship and retreats
• honouring the tapu and mana, faith, tradition, story, and experience of each person
• pursuing whanaungatanga – right relationship with self, others, God, and all of creation
• developing ways to integrate new awareness and learning into everyday life
• embracing partnership with tangata whenua in the spirit of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• celebrating liturgical seasons and Earth’s cycles
• standing communally with the poor and working with them to address structures which cause oppression.

New Zealand's Silver Fern - Placed face down on forest paths the silvery colour of the rear of the fern can be used to point the way.

Glossary

tapu = sacredness
mana = authority, power, prestige
tangata whenua = people of the land
Te Tiriti o Waitangi = Treaty of Waitangi