Events
WELLNESS WEEK - 11 - 18 MAY 2025
ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND
THEE WRITE AWAY
WRITER'S RETREATS IN ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND
Thee Write Away is a multi-day Retreat, for writer's and creatives.
We help you customise your perfect retreat experience
Like a Sushi-Train, we offer you a selection of a pick n mix accommodation options - all your favourites ike self-contained apartments, holiday houses, bed and breakfasts, homestay experiences - all suit your tastes and budget.
Sprinkle in a few hot pools, nature walks, writing lessons - as many or few activities or attractions as you want.
Learn fast, write slow.
Unleash your creativity in an unforgettable writer’s retreat experience.
Relax and recharge in New Zealand’s only ‘Hot Tub Valley’ - a thermal wonderland with natural hot springs, steaming fumaroles and splendor of colour.
This natural environment abounds with inspiration and a unique vibrational essence for inner transformation.
Rotorua is a sacred because of its deep connection between the land and people.
"Create the space
to view humanity
through a story
you’re proud to share".
Julia Anne, Retreat Guru, Look After Me
Develop your intuition, clarify your purpose and reveal your authentic voice.
Discover your unique story with the support of our writer’s community, tutors and book coaches.
WHEN?
- ANYTIME: customise your own private writer's retreat, starting any day of the year.
- Pick a time that suits your committment to improving your writing and story telling skills
Free your voice
Tell your stories!
PAST EVENTS
! WEE WRITE INN COMMUNITY EVENTS !
Our Wee Write Inns were weekly community sessions for writers of all genres and stages.Throughout Covid, we met on-line through zoom meetings.
From 2022, we met in the Rotorua Public Library or at the Hindu Heritage Centre.
A subset of this group, now meets every Friday from 12 - 2 pm, at the Wai Ariki Spa, with Janet Keen, artist and writer.
Join us in person for a writer's session and afternoon tea.
To book, or view the full schedule for 2024 please visit our ticketing and information page.
The Great Write Inn: on-line school for writers
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EVER WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE
TO BE A MARVELLOUS STORY TELLER?
Ignite your passion as a story teller.
Have you always wanted to write "something" but didn't know where to start?
The Great Write Inn is an on-line school for writers.
Offering a series of MasterClasses, creative writing exercises and inspiration to take your idea all the way through to a published short story.
We've created a seven step-by-step process for at-home learners.
Ideal for writers with lower mobility or not inclined to travel away from home.
START ANYTIME, ANYWHERE WRITING CLASSES
- NOW TAKING ENQUIRIES
MORE PAST EVENTS
! 2023 !
The Great Write Inn
& other writer's events and packages to support the
Dunedin Writer's Festival
Thursday 12 October 2023: Great Write Inn @ Olveston Historic Home (Day-long workshop for Romance Writers)
Sunday 15th October 2023: Eat. Write. Heal (Nuturing)
Our fun, literary and social events support and complimented the Official Dunedin Writer's Festival.
Improve your literary experience in Dunedin - New Zealand's only City of Literature!!
Find your tribe
Free your voice
Tell your stories!
Mad Hatter Natter - Social function
2022 SPRING FESTIVAL
Be the writer you've always wanted to be
Tell the world something it needs to hear
The Great Write Away
Workshops + Holiday = Retreat in New Zealand
Live or Virtual format (Replays now avaialable)
Hosted by Story Telling Legends
7 DAYS ONLY
ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL
Monday 26th September - Sunday 2 October 2022
Rotorua
New Zealand
Find your tribe
Discover your voice
Tell your stories
The Great Write Inn: Live Event 16-17 October 2021
SOLD OUT!
Watch the video to reflect on the happy memories
Click the video to take a stroll down memory lane of the Great Write Inn Live Event in Dunedin.
Set to music by Matthew Hollinsgworth, this is a collection of the photographic highlights of the Opening Address, held at Olveston - Dunedin's beloved Edwardian Historic Home.
The Great Write Inn was officially opened by the Mayor of Dunedin, Aaron Hawkins and Festival Director, Julia Anne and attended by first cohort of guest writers.
Community Event: International Women's Day
Friday 12 March 2021
Rotorua
As our Tourism Industry takes a nose-dive and is in survival mode - there is a new Economy on the rise.
With Bay of Plenty Hostesses opening up their homes to $1Million of domestic visitors - the Sharing Economy is a new light on the horizon.
New Zealand women are some of the world's best hosts.
Join us for a Celebration of International Women's Day and how New Zealand women are poised to benefit from the new "Shared Access" Economy. Hear from Look After Me Founder and Managing Director, Dr Julia Anne, how women are re-defining hospitality, manaakitanga and looking after our guests.
Tickets $10 - At Event Finder.
Photos and Press
Sponsorship Community Event
Zonta's Festival in the Garden
25 November 2020
Rotorua
After a year like 2020, being part of a community has never been so important. Zonta clubs are a group of business and professional women who raise money for projects that empower women and girls.
Look After Me Ltd was proud to be the major sponsor for the raffle prize for the Zonta Club of Rotorua's fundraiser - a "Go Slow" three night accomodation and hot pool package.
Photos and Press
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Frock IT!
Rhythm and Rhymes: Friday 28 August 2020
Dunedin
A dance party with a rhythemical twist.
An unofficial National Poetry Day event where people came to rock their frock and slam dunk rhyme if they wanted to.
Four hours of dance party music, performance poets and slammers, a bowl of food and first drink.
Cover Charge $14 or General Admission (including food & drink) $39.
This event won TV3 The Project's Whip Around for being the best place in New Zealand to be on 28 August 2020.
Ekam World Peace Festival
Watch live stream on You-Tube
10th, 12th and 13th of August 2020
From Rotorua HQ, the spiritual homeland of New Zealand, we contemplated, meditated and prayed for Peace.
This was part of the Ekam World Peace Festival - a gathering of over 10 million people around the world.
Look After Me Founder & Managing Director Dr Julia Anne was a New Zealand Ambassador for World Peace and is an advocate for promoting inner calm, and looking after ME, in an chaotic world.
Queen's High Tea - Monday 1 June 2020
Rotorua, Dunedin and nationwide, on-line
Queen's High Tea Parties were held at home and at Olveston Historic Home in Dunedin, Princes Gate in Rotorua and the Royal Albatross Centre at Otago Peninsula.
It was a Feel Good tourism initiative to kick-start New Zealand celebrations as we moved into Covid-19 Alert Level 2. It was also launched our Keep Calm and Carry On strategy to help unify New Zealanders.
The event was covered by the Rotorua Daily Post and the Otago Daily Times.
The Queen's High Tea Facebook Group captured all the elegance of the day.
See live streams of entertainer Evelyn Falcolner from Prince's Gate Rotorua and a photo gallery.
Frock IT Fashion - planning underway for 2025
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Always wanted to explore your inner fashionista?
Come along to our Frock It! Event; you’ll end up in stitches!
Frock it with fabric, fibre, felt and fashion.
Will you retro or glam, up-cycle or re-cycle?
Learn different approaches to making your own fabulous clothes.
Stay 'n' Clay - planning underway for 2025
Go absolutely potty!
Join us for a four day Festival of Clay where you can explore various pottery and ceremic arts and activities.
Spin a wheel, get glazin’ or raku if you want to.
Build, mosaic, mould and get very, very messy.
Accommodation packages based on your interests
We're on a mission to connect like-minded people through our events and accommodation.
Search on common interests like 'pottery', 'writing', 'cycling', 'golf' etc, to find accomodation where you can enjoy your favourite Hobby, Interest or Activity.
New! Holiday Packages based on your favourite past-times
