Woodhill Park Retreat is an academic home-stay at which accommodation and scholastic assistance is provided for students, academics and researchers. (Click here to access a printable sheet on how to get there.)  It is a peaceful and comfortable sanctuary for those who need time and space to progress their work.  At Woodhill Park Retreat we look after your accommodation and sustenance while you get on with your work! 

We also specialize in helping people to come to grips with research design, data management and analysis. Our aim is to achieve a standard of excellence in helping researchers develop and complete their research projects.  We help the health, education, government, community and social services sectors as well as industry work more effectively because we want them to become informed by their research successes.  To maintain currency, we regularly participate in, and contribute to research conferences, symposia, training events and workshops. We also publish in research journals and monographs and contribute, when it seems appropriate to do so, to various professional Internet fora.

A range of research courses and seminars are held at the Woodhill Park Retreat, led by highly qualified staff who work closely with New Zealand and Australian education, development and research agencies.  We routinely facilitate a wide range of workshops throughout New Zealand and in parts of Australia as well as Asia, the US and the Europe.  Staff are prepared to travel to most destinations in the world in order to assist budding and experienced researchers and agencies committed to development and education through research. 

The directors of Flexibleplus are Dr. Jens J. Hansen and Jenny Hansen. Jens has an international reputation as a teacher of research methods and data management strategies. He helps researchers apply leading edge tools and processes to research challenges. He's published and taught at universities, teacher education institutions and polytechnics in Australia and New Zealand and has taught research methods in the US (San Francisco), the UK (for British Telecom) and Taiwan (Taipei). Jenny is the Administration and Hospitality Manager of the Woodhill Park Retreat.  She co-ordinates homestays, manages the cuisine and oversees all hospitality at Woodhill Park Retreat.