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Rongoā Mauri is a whare hauora based in West Auckland where traditional Māori healing is practiced. ACC Registered

www.rongoamauri.com

Kia ora, I’m a Rongoā Māori healer based in West Auckland and the founder of Rongoā Mauri. Our practice supports the healing of body, mind, and wairua by working in deep relationship with the native plants of Aotearoa. Rongoā Mauri is ACC Registered for Rongoā Māori services. We specialise in traditional plant medicine—harvesting, preparing, and sharing remedies passed down through generations. Each remedy carries the mauri (life force) of the ngahere and the wisdom of our tūpuna. We offer wānanga, workshops, and community learning spaces where people can reconnect with rongoā and restore balance. If you’re interested in bringing a Rongoā Mauri Trail or workshop to your workplace or community, we’d love to hear from you. You can also experience the healing power of Rongoā Māori through personalised online consultations. Guided by tikanga and the ancient intelligence of native plants, these sessions support holistic wellbeing—addressing stress, anxiety, trauma, and spiritual disconnection through therapeutic kōrero and intuitive guidance. Custom-made rongoā products, such as balms, teas, or tinctures, can also be created and shipped directly to you. Online sessions available globally. Joanne Hakaraia
www.rongoamauri.com

06/11/2025

Pure Light made manifest in fern. He rongoā tēnei.

05/11/2025

RAUREKAU~ A great rongoā to know and grow. I grow raurekau at my whare not only for its rongoā but for its fruit, for me and the manu.

04/11/2025

Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides) ~ currently in flower here in Tāmaki. After a long, wet winter, many of the plants around me have taken their time to bloom. The rambling rose and jasmine are about a month late this year, but Tarata has been shining for almost a fortnight, its lemony scent filling the air.

Crush the leaves and rub their oils over your wrists for a refreshing forest perfume — soft, citrusy, and vibrant with mauri. Scent is sound and sound is vibration. These natural notes bring your mauri into resonance with nature.

For oral care, you can harvest a small Tarata stem and gently shave away the outer bark to reveal the pale wood beneath. Used traditionally as a natural breath freshener, it releases antiseptic and fragrant oils that linger for up to an hour. A simple, beautiful way to connect with rongoā of the ngahere.

03/11/2025

Our Nuku balm emerged from this specific space. Each rākau carries its own rongoā, yet it was their collective presence that guided this creation. When I prepare rongoā, I attune to everything - the plant itself, the companions that it grows alongside, the whenua and the subtle insights that flow when I listen to the mauri of the plants.

01/11/2025

KOROMIKO (H**e stricta) - chew young leaves to support digestion, relieve bloating & ease stomach complaints. Wonderful rongoā to grow around the whare. I always recommend koromiko rongoā for gut issues. It’s usually followed by me asking how busy their mind is. The state of our digestion often mirrors the state of our thoughts. If you have digestive complaints, how busy is your mind? Processing thoughts and digesting kai are one of a kind. Something to ponder xx

03/10/2025

Kia ora koutou, can anyone recommend a good native plant app for Northern Territory please?

26/09/2025

"Ka tangi te wharauroa, ko ngā karere a Mahuru," If the shining cuckoo cries, it is the messenger of Spring.

Today, in Henderson, Auckland, I heard the first call of the Pipiwharauroa. Its song rang out vibrant and full of energy, as if announcing its joy at arriving here once more. Straight away, my thoughts turned to the delicate nest of the Riroriro (Grey Warbler), for it is there that the Pipiwharauroa will often lay its eggs, entrusting the raising of its young to the smaller bird.

The Pipiwharauroa’s journey is extraordinary. It travels thousands of miles across the vast ocean, carrying with it even a small pebble to help retain moisture along the way. I can’t help but reflect on the magnitude of this migration — the courage it takes to leave distant shores, to endure such a crossing, and to finally arrive on this island with the hope that it will once again provide sustenance and safety.

My ears will be attuned now, listening for its call.

03/09/2025

MĀWE (Galium aparine)
A Spring Cleanse

As the season turns and Papatūānuku shifts, Māwe rises with the spring to guide us in emptying and cleansing the vessel. This humble yet powerful rongoā moves the stagnant waters within, gently stimulating the lymph and bringing flow where there has been heaviness or congestion.

Traditionally, Māwe is called upon when swollen lymph glands appear—whether in the tonsils, armpits, breasts, or groin. She is equally supportive in acute flare-ups as well as in long-standing stagnation. When the lymphatic flow is accompanied by heat—warmth to the touch, redness, or swelling—Māwe works to cool, soothe, and release.

Spring is the perfect time to call on Māwe. She helps clear the residue of winter—the heaviness of rich foods, stillness, and accumulation—restoring vitality to body and spirit. As a diuretic, Māwe moves water not only physically but spiritually, reminding us to let go and allow the flow of renewal.

Māwe is also a diuretic so bear this in mind. She moves water physically and spiritually.

Water is emotion so when we release and move water, we are also shifting and moving emotions. A memory or emotion is likely to come up.

Something to ask yourself is "What long-held emotion, belief, or memory might be surfacing now, asking to be released?

01/09/2025

Sharing this post from 2019 of honeydew. La Charme I must admit, I enjoyed the taste despite how its excreted … aue. And I would do it again 😳

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Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm

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http://rongoamauri.com/

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Te Waka Rākau Charitable Trust

Te Waka Rākau is founded on the traditional practice of Rongoā Māori. Our kaupapa is to protect the mana of our natural resources, the mauri of the whenua and the well-being of wāhine and their whanau.

Rongoā Māori (Traditional Māori Healing) is a powerful health system. It is a science of life and offers a body of wisdom designed to help people stay vibrant and healthy while realising their full potential.

Te Waka Rākau are dedicated to improving health and well-being, cultivating spiritual knowledge and expanding consciousness by sharing the beauty and magic of rākau (plants).

We offer wānanga and workshops on Rongoā Rākau. We teach the medicinal properties of plants but also guide you in understanding the wairua of rākau.