{"id":65,"date":"2025-12-02T08:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/team\/ralph-nguyen\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:55:31","slug":"ronzeeland","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/team\/ronzeeland\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Zeeland: Counsellor, Activities Officer, Fisherman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"490\">Ron brings a rich depth of training and lived experience to Eremia. With formal training in pastoral ministry and counselling, alongside hands-on experience in mental health, counselling, landscape gardening, painting contracting, and ambulance service work, he offers a grounded, compassionate approach to working with people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"732\">At Eremia, Ron serves as a facilitator, counsellor, and prayer minister \u2014 combining practical wisdom with deep care for others \u2014 and when he\u2019s not supporting guests on their journey, you\u2019ll likely find him out there teaching people how to fish.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"732\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5409-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5409-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5409-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5409-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5409-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5409.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4650-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4650-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4650-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4650-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4650.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4972-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4972-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4972-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4972-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4972.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":579,"template":"","class_list":["post-65","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremiaretreat.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}