Alternative communities

Information about New Zealand’s alternative communities, on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Bodhinyanarama Buddhist monastery

The website of Bodhinyanarama Buddhist monastery in Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.

Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood

The website for the Earthsong development in Waitākere, Auckland.

Riverside

The website of Riverside community, in the Moutere area, near Nelson.

Gloriavale

A short documentary about the Gloriavale settlement, directed by Cody Packer.

The eco-village challenge

An article about eco-villages, by scientist and sustainable-living advocate Robert Gilman.

Baxter, James K. Jerusalem daybook. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1971.

Greenaway, Ruth, Leith McMurray, and David Colyer, eds. Utopianz: a guide to intentional communities & communal living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Christchurch: STRAW Umbrella Trust, 2004.

Jones, Tim. A hard-won freedom: alternative communities in New Zealand. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975.

Newton, John. The double rainbow: James K. Baxter, Ngāti Hau and the Jerusalem commune. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2009.

O’Regan, Pauline. A changing order. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1986.

Sargisson, Lucy, and Lyman Tower Sargent. Living in utopia: New Zealand’s intentional communities. Aldershot; Burlington: Ashgate, 2004.