Ahikainga~Home Fire
March 12-16 2026
Nurturing Connection
to Self
to Other
to Nature
COMMUNITY
Gather ~ Connect Collaborate ~ Inspire
Kaitiakitanga
It is important to us here at HomeFire that our gathering is low impact environmentally.
We invite you to be
Kaitiaki ~ Custodians, of the natural environment at Canaan.
You will need to pack out what you pack in, and any micro-rubbish found and removed
Only eco-friendly cleaning products to be used on-site.
Be mindful in the use of water and other shared resources throughout.
Please minimise car movements on-site.
Kaupapa ~ Purpose
HomeFire: A place to activate community connectivity, practice unity in diversity and empower co-creative clarity and new ways of being.
Wharekai: A community kitchen to ground and nourish with a Lounge to chill, refresh & relax
Pū Oro: A space to inspire musical shenanigans
InSight: break-out space for self-organising work and play shops
HeartFire: Ignites our collaboration, kindles our drum rhythms & carries our prayers
The Culture
Heart Centered humans striving to thrive in reciprocity with Papatuanuku ~ Earth.
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EVERYONE pays. In this way, all members are taking responsibility for the financial abundance of Home Fire and essential costs can be met by the collective.
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EVERYONE contributes. As a way to tap back into the intrinsic abundance of our natural world, we invite people to come, bring their gifts, resources, skills and energy to the collective ~ the whole is something MORE than the sum of its parts.
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EVERYONE receives. From this basis we can each freely give and take from the reciprocal pool of abundance.
~ Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi ~
~With your basket and my basket, the people will thrive~
Nau Mai Haere Mai
Welcome to our village
Welcome to our home fire
Come share the warmth of that which we hold dear and sacred.
We open this space to enable our loved ones to relax, connect, inspire, explore and nurture the dreaming of a future our hearts know is possible.
A place where we can practise living together in the ways that feel right, and rebuild a healthy culture that we can pass on to the future generations.
This is a playground, a healing zone, a sacred space of reconnection and weaving the tapestries of our collective knowing.
For the ones to come
For the ones who have been
and for us all
Tihei Mauri Ora
Pikikirunga ~ Canaan Downs
Canaan Downs is 750m above sea level and is classified as sub-alpine. The weather is changeable and it can be very cold at nights, even in summer.
Please bring warm clothes, sun protection and wet weather gear to be prepared for all conditions.
The land has natural hazards such as tomos, caves, cliffs and deep karst country features. Please take care and use all senses to keep yourselves, and our community, safe.
The native beech forest is actively regenerating and is home to many interesting and some endangered species. Please tread carefully: take only photos and leave only footprints.
