Piringa Charitable Trust
Piringa is a Māori word (a noun) meaning, shelter, hiding place, haven, and refuge. Gavin and Michelle McConnell created Piringa to provide personal debriefing and debriefing training.
About
Piringa is a safe place for people to process the events of the past in order to grow emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually, so they can move forward into the future in more healthy ways. The work is undertaken within a Christian framework with the belief that it is the desire of God for each individual to experience deeper wholeness in all areas of our lives.
If you want to proceed with debriefing, please fill out an application form available from the Piringa website.
Opportunities
KINDS OF DEBRIEFING OFFERED
* Cross-cultural workers and families (including children) returning 'home' on home assignment or moving on to another assignment (more info below)
* People who are moving into, out of, or in between different church or parachurch ministries
* People who have, within a ministry/vocation context, experienced major disappointment and trauma or a major crisis and are experiencing emotional, mental and spiritual distress
* People who are questioning the direction of their ministry/vocation and are seeking external help in processing their thoughts, before possibly making major life directional/ministry decisions
* Critical incident (trauma) debriefing. This crisis intervention is for people very recently been affected by a critical incident (e.g. forced evacuation, abduction, armed attack, natural disaster, break up of a team etc.)
RATES (as at April 2025) for a debrief week
For mission personnel, students and volunteers.
Individual Adult $1030
Couple $1290
Dependent Child $210 ( with a ceiling of $1710 per family)
Child under 3 free
These rates are subsidised by the generosity of various individuals and Trusts who support Piringa and its vision.
All bedding and linen is provided. Accommodation is self-catering (a full kitchen is available in your accommodation), the rates do not cover food. Rates cover a stay of 5 nights at Piringa (Sunday evening through to early afternoon on Friday).
Contact
Contact Name
Gavin & Michelle McConnell
Postal Address
575A Mahurangi East Road, Algies Bay, Warkworth 0920, Auckland.
Phone Number
0210496848
Website
