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Our mission:To promote mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing, by connecting Men back to nature and their own inner power, through experiences and wellbeing programs which reinvigorate, educate and nourishe.

02/04/2026

Good time to be growing more food!
Nourishing the land that provides!
Full circle.

If you employ, lead, father, coach, mentor or support Men - Tāne - this is for you. Men - Tāne are at the wrong end of m...
01/04/2026

If you employ, lead, father, coach, mentor or support Men - Tāne - this is for you.

Men - Tāne are at the wrong end of many health statistics - heart disease, mental health, su***de, cancer, diabetes, the list goes on.

Many of us are doing mahi at the ground level, creating change in our communities to turn this tide around. Others are at the frontline, and seeing the real issues out there.

Personally, I stepped in to the arena in 2019 sharing from my own lived experience, and a result of losing too many men I loved, too early. I offer a Men's Wellbeing space, grounded in Te Taiao - reaching men where they are at with metabolic, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

I've learnt that to be the best I can be for the Men - Tāne I look after in my mahi, it’s essential for me to keep learning, rubbing shoulders with others doing the work, and keep recalibrating, myself, out in nature. Getting away regularly into new environments and expanding and aligning the mind, body and spirit on new wananga.

What are you and your team doing to keep the mauri and wairua flowing?

Last year I put the call out to others in this line of work - Men's Health - Tāne hauora - Men's Work - and just leaders of men in general - to gather, swap notes, elevate and recalibrate. The first Aotearoa Men's Wellbeing Retreat was uplifting, and we've seen positive ripples, transformations and collaborations flowing on from the first event.

We'd like to invite you, and others in your team, to the 2nd annual gathering. The 2026 Aotearoa Men's Wellbeing Summit will take place next month - from 14 to 16 May.
https://theprovider.co.nz/mens-wellbeing-summit

We'll gather in circle and share as a group. This year's themes are:
-Potential: What are we capable of men, what is our highest timeline, and what is holding us back?
-Stewardship: What are we doing to steward our own mind, body and spirit, and create a better earth for our descendants?

We've called on some men at the forefront of embodying these themes to share inspiring talks and workshops at this event:
-Jono Ridler - just days away from completing an epic swim the length of the North Island, to campaign for better ocean stewardship
-Jemarl Paerata - ex firefighter, who has transformed his life into helping Rangatahi on his kaupapa Te Kaiārahi and is part of the team at Integrated Training / Calm Under Pressure
-Rob Mokaraka - who breathes love, energy and light into the conversation around su***de and depression, tirelessly touring his kaupapa around Aotearoa
-Prof Grant Schofield - at the forefront of creating positive lifestyle medicine change in Aotearoa with PreKure
-Carl Muir (myself) - I'll be steering the waka along, after hearing the call to bring the fires together and illuminate all the awesome mahi happening around the motu
and I'll have more inspiring Tāne to share with you soon

We're holding this hui out in Te Taiao (nature - the environment) so we can kick the shoes off, and do the work we're talking about. We'll be getting in the moana for a pure, we'll be doing the breathwork and meditation, we'll be be talking from the heart and sharing around the fire - it doesn't get much better than Opoutere on the Coromandel, a beautiful golden beach, with pristine ngahere and maunga nearby which we'll walk up on the last day to vision up a better future for Aotearoa as the sun comes over the horizon.

I hope you, and/or some of your team can make the journey to Opoutere in May to join us
https://theprovider.co.nz/mens-wellbeing-summit

Arohanui
Carl

31/03/2026

The brother Jemarl Timataria Paerata Te Kaiarahi reflects on his experience at last years Aotearoa Men’s Wellbeing Summit, ahead of this years gathering of like minded brothers 14-16 May 2026. MEN - if you hold it all together for others this is your call up to join in, and fill your own cup for a change. Men’s Summit Ticket link and link for full length YouTube kōrero in comments

Kia ora, my name is Carl, and I’m the founder of Provider.The Provider offering has evolved as I have - because we’re su...
30/03/2026

Kia ora, my name is Carl, and I’m the founder of Provider.

The Provider offering has evolved as I have - because we’re supposed to grow.

Provider started from a simple premise - wellbeing comes from the ground up - especially from the food we gather and grow. (And an observation that most of our structures in ‘society’ tell us the opposite).

That everything we need to live a long, healthy, abundant life, is provided for us - in nature and from our creator/source/God - whatever you might want to call the undeniable unseen magical force of the universe. That it is time to remember.

I don’t have it all figured out - and so I have been on a constant healing, awakening and learning journey myself for the last 8 years - and still am - because we’re supposed to grow.

When I am not busy holding space in my own mahi - I am throwing myself into new experiences, wananga, short courses, circles or sitting in nature or silence to learn more. I’ve sought out and learnt from my own mentors, coaches and teachers. When I am holding space for others, I am always learning too, when you’re humble enough to sit at the same level as everyone else, everyone is your teacher.

This journey hasn’t always looked pretty, sometimes what you see in the shadows and in the mirror of your relationships is confronting. Over time I’ve learnt to ground and stabilise this new awareness, to not get triggered, to find some neutrality and use my lived experience to help other Men who are struggling, awakening and stepping into their full potential.

As someone who grew up as the quiet one, the watcher, the listener, the shy one - I often thought I was the odd one out. I leant on things like alcohol as a social lubricant to find some super powers. Over time I learnt - the noisy ones don’t always have their own stuff worked out, they are just pretending and hiding their own trauma. My super powers are within me, I don’t need any external things (especially alcohol) to express them.

The world is getting noisier. If you’re surprised at yet another global crisis - the way fuel prices have gone this year, at the escalations in the Middle East and Europe, you haven’t been paying attention. If you’re feeling frazzy or weird or crazy, maybe its not you that's crazy. You are literally witnessing a crumbling of manmade structures, & plenty of shouting from anyone who has an opinion on it all, and it has been playing out for many years, most noticeably escalating in 2020.

Now is the time to:
-Grow your own food and medicine, and tap into a community of like minded growers and gatherers
-Learn as much as you can about how your mind, body and spirit really work - and how to bring them into harmony and alignment
-Ensure you are financially stable and have a resilience strategy for potential volatility in the monetary system
-Learn to master your own nervous system and be able to navigate between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous state
-Let go of habits and addictions that will hold you back in the times ahead
-Look into the shadow, your wounds, your relationships and heal anything from the past
-Master finding a point of neutrality, higher perspective and embodied solutions- rather than picking sides or looking to politicians or public officials to save the day
-Surround yourself with those who have been doing some or all of this since 2020 or well before then!!!!

If you are a man - and this resonates - if you’re doing this work or would like to dive deeper into it, and surround yourself with grounded, awakening men, make sure you are at the Aotearoa Men’s Wellbeing Summit 2026 (link in comments). I’ll be there, learning and growing just like everyone else.

Photo credit: Tia ❤️

29/03/2026

Beautiful reflections from the Tāne who joined us on last weeks retreat

Ko au Te Taiao - Ko Te Taiao ko auFour day haerenga & Tāne wananga for kaimahi & Tāne from Manurewa marae - here in Tair...
25/03/2026

Ko au Te Taiao - Ko Te Taiao ko au

Four day haerenga & Tāne wananga for kaimahi & Tāne from Manurewa marae - here in Tairua. A chance for Tāne who lift their community up, to fill their own cup, and learn new tools to take back into the community. An opportunity to cleanse and purify in Te Taiao - our greatest teacher & healer. Lots of laughter, wairua & vibration shared and tools added to the kete to navigate the inner world with ease & peace. Cocreating with Hikoi, grounding, mahingakai, pure, mahi hau, meditation, energy flows, movement, time around the ahi, whaikōrero, haka, karakia & waiata. Sharing our challenges, aspirations & visions, and bringing our gifts and super powers to the surface.

Our first Tāne retreat after the equinox , and an absolute pleasure to extend manaakitanga & share Kotahitanga, whanaungatanga, Rangatiratanga & kaitiakitanga with this group of beautiful Tāne.

Thank you Tāne for making the journey, leaning in & trusting the process. The first of many retreats we hope to hold for organisations who serve the community. Arohanui nui ki te katoa.

www.theprovider.co.nz

Four cups are full & overflowing. Grateful to have shared 4 heart filled days with these solid, grounded, gifted Tāne, ...
22/03/2026

Four cups are full & overflowing.

Grateful to have shared 4 heart filled days with these solid, grounded, gifted Tāne, on our March PROVIDER Men’s Wellbeing Retreat .

Three men who have held it all together for others in good times & bad, for many years, and were called to this journey of letting a bit of the baggage go, remembering who they really are, and ‘up levelling’ with some found new skills & perspective to step back into the world with Ease. Nature is a great healer and teacher - by cutting the cord from devices, programming, habits & obligations for four days we get to put barefeet on the ground, go deep, remember the gifts we came to express and tap into our inner powers. Thank you men for trusting the process, and being willing to step into a growth mindset with open hearts.

Spots available on our April retreat:
https://theprovider.co.nz/retreats

18/03/2026

What if, instead of talking about mental wellbeing at a national hui, we actually did the things we talked about? Got our shoes off, moved, stretched, walked while we talked, sat and sung around a fire, opened up and talked from the heart, really visioned up change and ate the most amazing clean Kai?

At this years Aotearoa Men’s Wellbeing Summit, you’ll get to rub shoulders with men of purpose creating positive change in NZ, like Jono Ridler (currently swimming the length of the North Island to campaign for healthier oceans), Rob Mokaraka (who tours his su***de prevention kaupapa each year NZ wide) Jemarl Paerata (Te Kaiarahi & Integrated training/Calm under Pressure), Carl Muir (Provider Men’s Retreats) and more speakers & workshop facilitators to be announced. And put the things you learn into practice. Held in beautiful Opoutere. Earlybird tickets close soon (link in comments)

CONTENT WARNING >> This post contains messages of Hope, Love and LightLast year 474 men took their life in New Zealand. ...
17/03/2026

CONTENT WARNING >> This post contains messages of Hope, Love and Light

Last year 474 men took their life in New Zealand. Many more sat in isolation contemplating it.

The reality is for most of these men, there was so much love, hope and infinitely better options in front of them, they were just disconnected from seeing, feeling and believing it.

Of all the NZ mens health stats, this statistic speaks to men carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, and often choosing to do that on their own. We believe the only remedy is connection, community, conversation and love - Aroha - why we bring men together for this years Men’s Summit.

You can’t have a kōrero about men’s health in NZ, without staring this taniwha in the face, and the black belt of this conversation is Rob Mokaraka - a man who breathes love and light into the conversation, through his range of expressive gifts.

If you’re looking for tools to support your self or others through hard times, you need to experience Rob’s world class kaupapa - Shot Bro!

Quite simply it is a masterclass in using your gifts and lived experience to shine aroha and light into dark places. Rob has been touring his kaupapa tirelessly around Aotearoa following on from his own lived experience recovering from rock bottom and helping others realise that you’re not crazy, you're hurting and deserve help.

Rob is an actor/writer who had a public mental and spiritual breakdown in Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand - 2009. In the storm of suicidal ideation, Rob provoked the police to shoot him dead on the street, outside his house. He ignored the warning from police and took another step, which resulted in him being shot in the chest at close range. After multiple surgeries, multiple court cases, multiple therapies, 7yrs later Rob created a tool for healing and educating communities and organisations about mental wellbeing, su***de prevention and after care when someone you love has taken their life.

Rob’s kaupapa is not a keynote - it goes well beyond talking - he has used his expressive gifts to craft a powerful, world class show that every NZer should see to understand this issue, followed with a circle to talk through what has come to the surface.

Rob is staying on for the whole Summit again, and helping to support our facilitation and leadership team, so you get to rub shoulders with, meet, and korero with a man that is out there doing the mahi day in day out, and has stepped into communities right through Aotearoa to help in the aftermath of su***de. Come and rub shoulders with this beautiful human being and support his mahi.

A testament to how powerful Rob's kauapapa is - many of the leaders attending last years Summit approached Rob to bring his kaupapa to their community, business or organisation over the last 12 months.

Tickets for our 3 day/2 night event now available
https://theprovider.co.nz/mens-wellbeing-summit

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!! We're coming in hot with our first speaker announcement for the Aotearoa Men's Wellbeing Summ...
14/03/2026

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!! We're coming in hot with our first speaker announcement for the Aotearoa Men's Wellbeing Summit 2026. With our two themes of "Potential" and "Stewardship" - there was no-one better to ask that a man currently embodying these themes to the core!

Jono Ridler is an endurance swimmer, ocean advocate, and founder of the Swim4TheOcean initiative. Through ambitious endurance challenges, he uses sport as a platform to spark conversations about the health of our oceans. His current project is a staged, unassisted 1,000-mile swim down the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island—one of the longest staged swims ever attempted anywhere in the world and, if successful, a world record for the longest unassisted staged swim.

Beyond the physical and mental challenge, Jono’s work is about possibility. By sharing the lessons behind preparing for and pursuing extraordinary goals, he’ll be encouraging the Men at this years Summit to think bigger about their own potential. Through stories from the ocean and the edge of endurance, he’ll challenge you to dream bigger, commit to bold goals, and discover just how far your potential can take you.

Jono embodies our kaupapa for 2026 - that there is enough talk out there - change only comes from action - starting with our self. Or in the words of Elvis "A little less conversation, a lot more action please"

Make sure you have a ticket for this event , Tickets for our 3 day/2 night event now available
https://theprovider.co.nz/mens-wellbeing-summit

and be sure to follow Jono's journey over the next few weeks as he gets closer to his destination of Wellington. If you haven't done so yet, make sure you head over and sign his petition to stop bottom trawling close to our coastline. (link in comments)

Jono Ridler
Live Ocean

14/03/2026

“It takes courage to step into the circle but I guarantee you it’s something you won’t regret” Ken reflects on traveling from Australia to attend our 4 day Men’s Wellbeing Retreat in New Zealand
(more info in comments 👇)




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In a world that has become so complicated, there is nothing more refreshing and liberating than escaping to a pristine paradise to catch your own fish or seafood. Come out on a fishing, diving or spearfishing adventure that will blow your mind, with awesome scenery, epic fishing, blue water diving and have your catch cooked up at the end of the day. The ocean is our PROVIDER.

Carl guides fishing trips departing Tairua and Whitianga on his charter boat PROVIDER, a luxury 770 Senator with enclosed cabin. Fishing and diving the Aldermen Islands, Mercury Islands, Cuvier and Mayor Island.