Please join us Thursday April 25th (Anzac Day), 2019 as we bring our communities together.
The Peacenic Story
Each church, mosque or prayer centre in our local area connects with a unique section of our community. We want to provide an opportunity for people in each community of faith to build friendships with their neighbours.
Launching in 2016, Peacenic grew out of a desire to replace the polarising bad-news stories that dominate media attention with real experiences of hospitality and friendship in our own backyard. The simplest gift of sharing our time and lunch together is rewarding in itself, but perhaps goes beyond that to offer a glimpse of the world as it could be.
Within our increasingly mutli-religious and multi-ethnic community, we want to help build bridges across the divisions that have historically separated the Muslim and Christian worlds. A useful first step towards understanding is to simply meet together as families and individuals and to share simple things like food, conversation, and your favourite “backyard” sport.
The purpose of “peacenic” is not to downplay or ignore the differences between the Christian and Muslim faiths, but to find a starting point that might lead to friendship in the presence of difference.
Western Park, Ponsonby
With huge lawns, iconic sculptures of sunken buildings and a great new playground, this Ponsonby Park is loved by locals and visitors alike. Big open space to kick or throw a ball around. Generously large trees to shelter from the sun (or rain) and of course the impressive new playground. There’s something for everyone..
Where?
5/7 Howe St, Freemans Bay, Auckland, Picnic near the children’s playground.
Take a walk around the park by following the clearly-marked track. Enjoy all the new plantings and large established trees. The track goes up and down in places so isn't very pram-friendly but the views are great. For the best parking enter the park from Howe Street, however there’s often parking alongside Ponsonby Road as well.
There’s 10 minute parking in front of the Early Childhood Centre if you’d like to drop your family and picnic items closer to the park.
