Newsletter 43: Friday 23 October 2026

Anthroposophy in Hawkes Bay       

Events in brief for your diary

Friday 23 October to Sunday 8 November 2026

  • Friday 23 October.  7 to 8:30 pm. Friday Conversation Group meets in the Library. (the meetings are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each month). The Study text is Christianity as Mystical Fact. Chap 7. "The Gospels"
  • Saturday 31 October, (then 14 & 28 November.) 9:30 to noon. Sacred Geometry** with Maggie Farr in Main Room at the Centre.

Later in the year

  • First Saturday of every month, from 9:30 am.  School of Spiritual Science.  7 November; 5 December.  
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Renewed Noticeboard

Some weeks ago our rather plain noticeboard was graffitied with spray paint.  It has since been taken down and the paint removed.  However this process left it rather scuffed.
Gerrit and Robin have designed and constructed a surround for the board that has a form that is reminiscient of the silhouette of the 2nd Goetheanum.
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Request for furniture

Kia ora Koutou,
We, Chloe and Henry, have just moved back to Aotearoa New Zealand, with mostly clothes and books. We have found a tiny little house to live in, so we are looking for various furniture items.  If you are looking to rehome unneeded household furniture, please contact Henry on 027 2281505  – sms preferred. We would be most grateful.
Thanks very much!

Chloé Van Limburg & Henry Harmer

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**SACRED GEOMETRY SATURDAYS

Fundraising initiative to support the Anthroposophical Centre
Dates: October 31, November 14, 28.
Time:   9.30-12.00
Costs.  $60 for 3 sessions or $25 per session
Venue:  Anthroposophical Centre
500 Nelson Street North, Hastings
Join me ( Margaret-Mary Farr) and have some fun creating  Sacred Geometry / colouring in using my hand made mineral and plant paints made from local minerals/ rocks and plants.

This initiative comes out of a need to support the Anthroposophical  centre, to encourage the art of sacred geometry and to create a space to create and work artistically in this beautiful space.
Robin Bacchus will also offer some forms in these sessions.
Hope you can make it.
Please contact Margaret-Mary for enrolment.
Email: manawastudio@gmail.com
Txt: 0272484193

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Anthroposophic Meditation Workshop - Connecting to the angelic world

Hastings, Fri. 11. to Sun. 13. December 2026

Course leaders: Agnes Hardorp, Thomas Mayer

Course fee: 350 NZD or reduced rate 250

To register: meditation333@protonmail.com

More information about the course in Hastings: https://www.anthroposophische-meditation.de/english#c2660

Flyer is here.

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Mens Support Group

A Mens’ Support Group led by Paora Tipene meets regularly on a Tuesday evening in the Centre’s  Art Room.  Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week (12 to 18 October)

Paora reports:

“We worked on Self-care, Self-love, Self-confidence, Self-belief and discussed ways to balance our everyday life when we are not going so well.  

“The great Te whare tapa wha clock was used to get a gauge on how we are going and how we need support.  Finished with our karakia.  We are heading towards an exhibition of our art as a fundraiser for our Group.  We are working on many art projects with the hope of advertising, promoting and making sales of our work [Māori carvings, Taonga, canvas paintings, chalk pastels, taongo puora (traditional, living musical instruments of the Māori people of New Zealand), God-inspired carvings and arts] to raise funds for our Group.”

Some background:

Te Whare Tapa Whā is a holistic Māori model of health and wellbeing developed by Sir Mason Durie in 1984, representing a four-walled meeting house (wharenui) rather than a physical clock. Each wall stands for an essential, interconnected dimension of life that must stay in balance

  • Metaphor: Visualized as a wharenui (meeting house) with four foundational walls, plus whenua (land and belonging) as the ground underneath. 
  • The 4 Dimensions:
    • Taha Tinana: Physical wellbeing.
    • Taha Hinengaro: Mental and emotional wellbeing.
    • Taha Wairua: Spiritual wellbeing.
    • Taha Whānau: Family and social wellbeing. 
  • Key Concept: If any wall is weak or out of balance, the house becomes unstable. 

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New topics 

<<www.foundationstonenz.co.nz>> has some more newly archived letters.  This time about exercises for the mind or mind gym. 

Some explicit comments about experiences using the 8-fold path that Rudolf Steiner renewed for students of Anthroposophy. 

Saturday’s Task: - Right thought;  Some ideas to make this a very appropriate exercise for our present time.

Tuesday’s task: - Right action.  Part of this exercise is very easy. TO fully realise this is not so easy.  Think Cinderella.  

Wednesdays task: - Right life.  This exercise is the easiest.  Even so, it is more difficult than you think.

Christopher Bacchus

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Items, Notices, Letters, or articles of interest to the Hawkes Bay Anthroposophical community
ARE MOST WELCOME
Please email your text (preferably in .docx format) by mid-day on the Thursday before to the Editor at robin@bacchus.co.nz 
with "For AnthroHB News"  in the subject line.
Diagrams and pictures need to be in .jpeg (or .jpg) format - not .png. 
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Confused Old Men in charge!


Posted: 22 Oct 2026

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