The The Bishop‘s Bishop‘s Action Action Foundation Foundation SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING A part of cultural well-being for older New Zealanders Te taha whanau by Penny Eames With support from Simon Cayley Spiritual well-being of Older New Zealanders All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of the Bishop‘s Action Foundation, the publisher or the author. ISBN 978-0-9582736-9-5 (Electronic Edition) Electronic edition in colour Printed edition is available in Black and White ISBN 978-0-9582736-7-1 from Bishop‘s Action Foundation – address below. Published by PSE Consultancy PO Box 490, Waikanae New Zealand, 5250 Phone: +64 4 902 3138 © PSE Consultancy 2009 Published July 2009 www.pseconsultancy.com Email:
[email protected] Commissioned by: Bishop‘s Action Foundation Te Awhina – Tikituterangi House 566 Mangorei Road P.O. Box 547 TARANAKI, 4340 New Zealand +64 6 759 1178 www.bishopsactionfoundation.org.nz Acknowledgements: Special thanks to all of those individuals who gave their time and took part in this research project. Their time was shared freely, their beliefs frankly, and they shared their understanding of how spiritual issues influenced their lives. Their personal experiences are respected and have contributed to this research. Also, we would like to thank Annie Walter and Karen Morrison-Hume of Anglican Action and David Hill (Taranaki) for helping to locate people to be interviewed. Thank you. Your choices were spectacular and enabled us to get a broad range of interviewees. The Bishop‘s Action Foundation and Hubert Eames both helped with the research.