A Place to visit for - Restoration | Recovery | Spiritual Formation | Community | Creativity
Off the Grid, Set in Paradise
Our Location
Orama is located on Aotea, Great Barrier island – a half-hour flight from Auckland, New Zealand.
Our Space
Located at the Northern End of Great Barrier Island, nestled in the picturesque Karaka Bay on roughly 250 acres of land. We offer a range of accommodation options from stunning sea view self-contained units & Lodge rooms to tent sites & rustic cabins.
Home to Orama staff, Hillary Outdoors Education, native birds & a range of marine wildlife - a slice of paradise.
No matter what your reason or how long your stay, we look forward to sharing our space with you.
Retreat |Rest |Reset
We offer a number of retreat options
Orama Marine Adventure Centre (omac)
Launching soon!
School Camps
Church Camps
Leadership training
Corporate & Workplace team building
Spiritual Formation School
3-month registrations closed for 2024
Weekly Module registrations (onsite or Zoom) open
Woolshed Art Studio
This space offers creative opportunities for Artists of Faith, Artists in Residence, Guests of Orama, healing through Art
Stay with us
Group and Event bookings
Reunions & Gatherings, Conferences, Community groups, Birthdays
Orama is an ideal setting in which to seek Jesus and be inspired, away from the distractions and noise of city life.
We believe this place of peace and spiritual rejuvenation is more necessary than ever in our troubled world.
Our Story
Orama has a rich history of giving people hope and vision for their future through their experiences here. It has had a common thread woven throughout it’s existence of being a place of welcome, hospitality & where people experience life-changing encounters that literally alter the course of their life’s journey.
Pioneered by Neville and Dorothy Winger in 1963, having purchased the 800 acre farm land from the Padderson family, Orama began as a Christian conference and ministry centre. This ministry had an international impact through the many people that were transformed here and went on to pioneer movements of their own.
