Meditation for Māori

Name: Meditation for Māori
Start: 2026-01-23T08:45:00+13:00
End: 2026-01-23T11:00:00+13:00
Location: Freeman's Bay Community Hall

Schedule

Fri Jan 23 2026 at 08:45 am to 11:00 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Freeman's Bay Community Hall | Auckland, AU

Join us for a special evening of film, kōrero, and community connection, featuring a screening of A Mindful Choice introduced by Tame Iti.
This fundraiser supports Wairere, a Māori meditation practitioner completing advanced training to help address a clear gap in Māori-led wellbeing and meditation initiatives within Aotearoa prisons and community.
🎟️Tickets cost $22.50 via
Humanitix https://events.humanitix.com/a-mindful-choice-film-screening
What the Evening Includes
🎬 Screening of A Mindful Choice — a documentary exploring a simple, accessible meditation practice being used internationally, including in Aotearoa
🎤 Introduction by Tame Iti
🍰 Homemade kai and alcohol-free refreshments
This is a relaxed, welcoming, alcohol-free community event.

Why This Matters
Māori make up around 52% of people in Aotearoa prisons, yet Māori-led delivery of meditation and wellbeing practices in these spaces remains limited.
This kaupapa supports a culturally grounded approach to wellbeing — led by lived experience, whakapapa, and community connection — in places where calm, clarity, and resilience are needed most.

About Wairere
Wairere is completing the final stage of training in a simple, evidence-informed meditation practice currently used internationally and within Aotearoa. Completing this training will allow her to bring the practice home and offer it in ways that align with tikanga, whakapapa, and Māori worldviews, including in prisons, communities, and whānau spaces.
The practice is accessible and practical, and can be learned over a short period of time.

Where Your Ticket Goes
Funds raised from this event help cover:
Venue and event costs
Speaker koha

Wairere’s final stage of training overseas
Total training costs are $30,000 NZD, with Wairere contributing personally and fundraising $10,000 NZD to bridge the gap.

Can’t Attend?
If you’re unable to attend but would still like to support the kaupapa, a
GiveALittle https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/meditation-for-maori is available for donations.

Ngā mihi nui
Thank you for supporting this kaupapa and for helping bring a simple, culturally grounded wellbeing practice home — to prisons, communities, and whānau across Aotearoa.