Whanganui

Jeff Dean and Annette Morris write about the Quaker Settlement at Whanganui, New Zealand

by Jeff Dean and Annette Morris 20th January 2017

It is twenty minutes past seven on a balmy New Zealand Monday evening. People arrive in ones and twos and slowly the hexagonal ‘quiet room’ fills with ‘settlers’, who sit in silence until the clerk of the week welcomes all. So begins the weekly management meeting at the Quaker Settlement in Whanganui that, alongside the Sunday shared meal, provides a key community focus.