The WEST board comprises a member from each of the eight monthly meetings in Aotearoa/NZ plus a secretary.  It meets twice yearly at the Settlement.   WEST members Jan Aubrey, Penelope Dunkley and Murray short overseeing the work in the next photo. Creating a new area for the larger native...

This is the only Intentional Quaker Community in the Southern Hemisphere, now 35 years old. It is nestled into twenty acres of sandy hill and plains on the outskirts of Whanganui, provincial city of approximately 43,000.  Sixteen households encircle the community buildings  which are also used as a conference centre...

Welcome to our new blog! Weʻre currently finishing our WEST Board meeting for November 2012, and our governance board have decided to trial a blog so this site is very much under construction. Watch this space …