Living Systems Masterclass: Principles & Practices of Regeneration

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Bringing together a team of expert minds from our local community, Mangaroa Farms is proud to announce the launch of our flagship event - the Mangaroa Farms Living Systems Masterclass. Specifically focused on the Principles & Practices of Regeneration, we’re building on the momentum of “regenerative agriculture” in Aotearoa, as farmers, gardeners, and hobbyists seek to create a deeper understanding of the interconnected world that lies beneath our feet.

We welcome you to join us for the inaugural edition of this transformative 4-day program, complete with educational workshops, hands-on agroecology mahi, and community collaboration.

This gathering is hosted in collaboration with our friends at Hua Parakore / Papawhakaritorito Trust, Biome Trust & Future Whenua.

The costs for this event are on a sliding scale depending which ticket option you apply for.

Minimum: $350

Maximum: $750

More information on pricing is contained in the application form.

Express your interest in this event - please use this form to apply to join us: https://airtable.com/appPephu8NZqNHXni/pag13vpgdKr2Ss0Bd/form

What to Expect

Over four days, we’ll delve into the key focus areas of the Mangaroa biosphere, including:

  • Regenerative Pasture Management: Learn how we steward our livestock and land holistically.

  • Market Gardening: Explore sustainable food production at a community scale.

  • Permaculture Design: Discover how this approach shapes our farm's ecosystems.

  • Large-Scale Natural Habitat Restoration: Gain insights into rewilding and biodiversity efforts.

  • Biome-centric Wellbeing: Connect with nature in service of personal and planetary health

The program combines a mix of classroom learning, hands-on activities, and immersive personal experiences, offering a holistic approach to regenerative education.

Woven through these focus areas will be a unifying theme of Deep Ecology, an animist philosophy oriented around communion with a living earth and reciprocity with between humans and nature.

Additional to this, you can expect incredibly nutritious local kai, a serene natural environment to spend your time, and a friendly community of good humans, plants and animals by your side.

What’s included:

✅ 4 days & 3 nights of value-packed ecological education, participation and collaboration
✅ Fully catered organic farm-to-table meal experience
✅ Workshops, education and refined skillsets of regenerative organic experts in their fields
✅ Hands-on experience in agroecological practices
✅ Space to connect with others in a beautiful serene environment
✅ Exploration of Mangaroa's incredible landscape and ecosystem
✅ Inspiration and tools to apply regenerative practices in your own life
✅ Community experiences such as wellness experiences, fire circles and more
✅ Nature bathing and land connection meditations
✅ Relaxed and spacious program enabling nervous system relaxation
✅ Connect deeper with the Mangaroa Farms project, community and vision

A Hybrid Retreat-Workshop Experience

Participants will enjoy a fully catered retreat featuring nutrient-dense kai, much of it grown right here on the farm. Some elements you’d expect from a typical regeneration workshop, some that you might not. This experience is designed not only to educate but to nourish, connect and inspire.

We’ll be bringing together experts from our local network to share their genius in areas such as Permaculture Market Gardening, Māori Organics, Regenerative Agriculture Techniques, and more. 

We’ve designed this event as roughly a 60/40 split of theory and practice. 60% theoretical learning in discussion in the yurt and in the field, and 40% practical application in the work sessions, connection exercises and ecological exploration.

You can expect to come away from this event feeling expanded in your mind, heart & ecological awareness, while feeling nourished and recharged from this beautiful land, kai and community. 

Getting Here & Accommodation

Travel:

When you book your ticket, please let us know how you plan to arrive. We can organise airport transfers if you’re flying. If driving, please let us know what time and where you’ll be coming from.

Location: Mangaroa Farms - 298 Whitemans Valley Road

We have different accommodation options based on your budget and desire. Please note that all accommodations have limited space, and are reserved on a first come, first served basis.

  1. Garden Suite: Premium Private Room with en-suite accomodation

  2. Standard Room: Comfortable Private Room with Queen Bed

  3. Budget Accomodation: We have extra spaces available for budget accommodation, lucky dip style.

  4. Scholarship: We have a couple of low-cost scholarship options available for those in financial need. Please apply if this is you and we will review your application.

  5. Mahi Exchange: We have a few spots for people to come at a cheap rate, in exchange for 30 hours of service to the Mangaroa ecosystem, to be redeemed at a later date. Please apply if this is you and we will review your application.

  6. Locals Only: We have options available for those who live local and don’t need to pay accommodation. This will include all tuition fees as well as 3 meals per day.

Who is this for?

We’re making this course accessible to both beginners or experienced regenerators. Everyone is welcome at this event, and it would be of mutual benefit if you are somebody who will put their learnings into practice, such as those with regular access to a garden, farm or forest in their local area.

If you identify yourself as one of the following, this is for you.

👨‍🌾 Farmers
🌱 Gardeners
🌿 Ecological Educators
🌏 Students of Earth
🌳 Land Regenerators
💚 Nature Enthusiasts

Express your interest in this event - please use this form to apply to join us: https://airtable.com/appPephu8NZqNHXni/pag13vpgdKr2Ss0Bd/form

Bringing together a team of expert minds from our local community, Mangaroa Farms is proud to announce the launch of our flagship event - the Mangaroa Farms Living Systems Masterclass. Specifically focused on the Principles & Practices of Regeneration, we’re building on the momentum of “regenerative agriculture” in Aotearoa, as farmers, gardeners, and hobbyists seek to create a deeper understanding of the interconnected world that lies beneath our feet.

We welcome you to join us for the inaugural edition of this transformative 4-day program, complete with educational workshops, hands-on agroecology mahi, and community collaboration.

This gathering is hosted in collaboration with our friends at Hua Parakore / Papawhakaritorito Trust, Biome Trust & Future Whenua.

The costs for this event are on a sliding scale depending which ticket option you apply for.

Minimum: $350

Maximum: $750

More information on pricing is contained in the application form.

Express your interest in this event - please use this form to apply to join us: https://airtable.com/appPephu8NZqNHXni/pag13vpgdKr2Ss0Bd/form

What to Expect

Over four days, we’ll delve into the key focus areas of the Mangaroa biosphere, including:

  • Regenerative Pasture Management: Learn how we steward our livestock and land holistically.

  • Market Gardening: Explore sustainable food production at a community scale.

  • Permaculture Design: Discover how this approach shapes our farm's ecosystems.

  • Large-Scale Natural Habitat Restoration: Gain insights into rewilding and biodiversity efforts.

  • Biome-centric Wellbeing: Connect with nature in service of personal and planetary health

The program combines a mix of classroom learning, hands-on activities, and immersive personal experiences, offering a holistic approach to regenerative education.

Woven through these focus areas will be a unifying theme of Deep Ecology, an animist philosophy oriented around communion with a living earth and reciprocity with between humans and nature.

Additional to this, you can expect incredibly nutritious local kai, a serene natural environment to spend your time, and a friendly community of good humans, plants and animals by your side.

What’s included:

✅ 4 days & 3 nights of value-packed ecological education, participation and collaboration
✅ Fully catered organic farm-to-table meal experience
✅ Workshops, education and refined skillsets of regenerative organic experts in their fields
✅ Hands-on experience in agroecological practices
✅ Space to connect with others in a beautiful serene environment
✅ Exploration of Mangaroa's incredible landscape and ecosystem
✅ Inspiration and tools to apply regenerative practices in your own life
✅ Community experiences such as wellness experiences, fire circles and more
✅ Nature bathing and land connection meditations
✅ Relaxed and spacious program enabling nervous system relaxation
✅ Connect deeper with the Mangaroa Farms project, community and vision

A Hybrid Retreat-Workshop Experience

Participants will enjoy a fully catered retreat featuring nutrient-dense kai, much of it grown right here on the farm. Some elements you’d expect from a typical regeneration workshop, some that you might not. This experience is designed not only to educate but to nourish, connect and inspire.

We’ll be bringing together experts from our local network to share their genius in areas such as Permaculture Market Gardening, Māori Organics, Regenerative Agriculture Techniques, and more. 

We’ve designed this event as roughly a 60/40 split of theory and practice. 60% theoretical learning in discussion in the yurt and in the field, and 40% practical application in the work sessions, connection exercises and ecological exploration.

You can expect to come away from this event feeling expanded in your mind, heart & ecological awareness, while feeling nourished and recharged from this beautiful land, kai and community. 

Getting Here & Accommodation

Travel:

When you book your ticket, please let us know how you plan to arrive. We can organise airport transfers if you’re flying. If driving, please let us know what time and where you’ll be coming from.

Location: Mangaroa Farms - 298 Whitemans Valley Road

We have different accommodation options based on your budget and desire. Please note that all accommodations have limited space, and are reserved on a first come, first served basis.

  1. Garden Suite: Premium Private Room with en-suite accomodation

  2. Standard Room: Comfortable Private Room with Queen Bed

  3. Budget Accomodation: We have extra spaces available for budget accommodation, lucky dip style.

  4. Scholarship: We have a couple of low-cost scholarship options available for those in financial need. Please apply if this is you and we will review your application.

  5. Mahi Exchange: We have a few spots for people to come at a cheap rate, in exchange for 30 hours of service to the Mangaroa ecosystem, to be redeemed at a later date. Please apply if this is you and we will review your application.

  6. Locals Only: We have options available for those who live local and don’t need to pay accommodation. This will include all tuition fees as well as 3 meals per day.

Who is this for?

We’re making this course accessible to both beginners or experienced regenerators. Everyone is welcome at this event, and it would be of mutual benefit if you are somebody who will put their learnings into practice, such as those with regular access to a garden, farm or forest in their local area.

If you identify yourself as one of the following, this is for you.

👨‍🌾 Farmers
🌱 Gardeners
🌿 Ecological Educators
🌏 Students of Earth
🌳 Land Regenerators
💚 Nature Enthusiasts

Express your interest in this event - please use this form to apply to join us: https://airtable.com/appPephu8NZqNHXni/pag13vpgdKr2Ss0Bd/form

Express your interest in this event - please use this form to apply to join us: https://airtable.com/appPephu8NZqNHXni/pag13vpgdKr2Ss0Bd/form

About Mangaroa Farms

Mangaroa Farms is a resilient community food hub and education centre, serving as a living laboratory for transitioning from old dairy and pine forest to a thriving food basket, native forest ecosystem and community education centre. Our philosophy centers around sharing our journey and knowledge with our wider community, fostering a deeper understanding of regenerative land management and localized food systems.

The Living Systems Masterclass embodies this philosophy by offering a hands-on, immersive experience in regenerative practices. Through expert-led workshops, interactive sessions, and collaborative projects, participants gain valuable insights and practical skills to apply in their own contexts.

Instead of monoculture land use, chemical inputs and other nasties that degrade our precious whenua, we need localized production systems that work with nature to enhance our ecosystems. By understanding and mimicking Earth's natural cycles, we can create a harmonious flow where the output of one system becomes the vital input for another - a truly regenerative and sustainable approach.

What you’ll come away with:

✅ Garden (market or forest) establishment basics.
✅ Mulching
✅ Tree design
✅ Integrated regenerative agriculture theory with hands-on real world experience 
✅ Refine practical skills to observe and work with natural processes and feedback loops
✅ Skills and and frameworks to help us align better with the rhythms and processes of nature. 
✅ Using AI and other technological tools to enhance regenerative planning
✅ Nourished body and relaxed nervous system
✅ Deeper connection to yourself and nature
✅ Community of value-aligned people
✅ Wisdom to implement in your own practice, home, farm and garden


Follow Up & Impact

This event is just the beginning of your relationship to Mangaroa. After the event, we have the following ideas in place for how to engage further with this movement and community:

Options

  • Integration call after a few weeks

  • Potential land lease opportunities

  • Verified Mangaroa agroecological contributor for future events

Why Now?

In this great transition of earth and our relationship, upskilling in regenerative land stewardship and ecological awareness has never been more valuable. The Living Systems Masterclass is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration needed to contribute to a more resilient future and foster a reciprocal relationship with the earth. We hope you’ll be inspired to build out a garden of your own, connect to a local ecological project, or share these tools with somebody else.

We’ll be running this event annually, and it’s likely to sell out, so we’d love to welcome you to this year’s event before it fills

We can’t wait to welcome you to Mangaroa Farms and join you on this journey of regeneration and discovery.

Express your interest in this event - please use this form to apply to join us: https://airtable.com/appPephu8NZqNHXni/pag13vpgdKr2Ss0Bd/form