Announcing our new Location in Aotearoa NZ!
Nestled in the hills of the eastern north island, just south of Gisborne and north of Wairoa and Hawkes Bay wine country, lies Morere Hot Springs and Island Moonlight Spa. Known as the Nikau Pools, the facilities are surrounded by 365 hectares of coastal native forest reserve protected by the NZ Dept. of Conservation. The Morere Hot Springs Scenic Reserve is best known for its stands of nikau palms. Major forest trees along the bush walks include tawa, kohekohe, pukatea, rimu, totara, miro and matai, while on the higher ridges there are remnant patches of native beech.
Across the street is Moonlight Lodge back-packers hotel, cabins, and camp ground, a general store, a Maori jade carver, and the historical Morere schoolhouse. Nearby attractions include Te Urewera National Park, Lake Waikaremoana, and Mahia Beach, where visitors can find outdoor activities like golfing, surfing, swimming, scuba diving, fishing, kayaking, and hiking.
We have leased a large home adjacent to the springs, and in this retreat house we will be holding our CEU workshops.
The hot pools at Morere consist of eight public and private pools ranging from a cold plunge to very hot. The hot water is collected from a series of springs where a fault line crosses the Mangakawa Stream, and the pools are emptied and re-filled daily. The sweet-smelling therapeutic waters, long used by the local Kahungunu people, are high in sodium, calcium, magnesium, bromides, and iodides. Reported benefits include increased metabolism, accelerated healing, soothed muscles, improved blood circulation, detoxification of the body, and relief from stress, arthritis, osteoporosis, and gout. There can be no better time to enjoy a therapeutic
massage than after a long soak in the pools! And all our retreat guests have after-hour access to these divine springs!
