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Shiva Shakti Festival | Working Bee Restoration Weekend


๐ต๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘ .

We warmly invite our community to join us for a

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐๐ ๐ž, as we prepare the grounds for ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐š ๐’๐ก๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ข ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” - ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž.

This weekend is about ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž - tending to the land, the spaces, and the foundations that make the festival possible.

๐ŸŒฟ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Tasks may include:

โ€“ land and site preparation

โ€“ cleaning and restoring shared spaces

โ€“ setting up infrastructure

โ€“ light building, creative preparation, and practical support

No specific skills are required. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, along with a willingness to help, collaborate, and be part of the process.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐

This working bee is held in the same spirit as Shiva Shakti Festival - ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ and one another.

Alongside the work, there will be time for ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.

Youโ€™re welcome to come for ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐.

๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Dune Lakes Lodge, Aotearoa

(approximately 1 hour from Auckland)

๐Ÿ—“ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ

Thursday 27 February โ€“ Sunday 1 March 2026

๐Ÿ• ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€“ Camping available on site

โ€“ Please bring your own camping gear

โ€“ Campervans welcome

๐Ÿฒ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ & ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

โ€“ ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐, and we invite everyone to bring a little food to share

โ€“ This is an ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ & ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œe

โ€“ We ask everyone to move with care and respect for the land, one another, and the animals who call this place home

โ€“ While we love pets, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž

โ€“ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ - children are welcome under the care and responsibility of their parents or guardians

๐Ÿงฐ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 

โ€“ Comfortable work clothes

โ€“ Closed shoes

โ€“ Gloves (optional)

โ€“ Water bottle

โ€“ Sun protection / rain gear (weather dependent)

โ€“ Bedding / tent

โ€“ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ (e.g. drill, impact driver, hammer, saw, shovel, rake, wheelbarrow) Tools are welcome but ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐.

๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ-๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ - ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข.

โœจ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

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