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Native guardianship of indigenous practices. Indigenous mentorship sovereignty and spirituality The collective facilitate “learn by doing” experiences.

Tūrongo Collective are first and foremost Whānau/Fanau oriented in indigenous teachings and principles. Performance activations, workshops, relationship facilitation, story telling, physical guidance response, alchemy, healing, weaponry in order to reinvigorate uncomfortable learning, sharing and processing to be accepted as a value. The collective have been connecting for the last 8 years but became a legal entity in the last few years. The processes have been shared within indigenous companies, teams, dance companies, institutes, schools, colleges, charities, trust funds and youth prisons. The collective are most commonly identified with working within the justice system as a support union for individuals to lean on. The collective have a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and therefore have no ONE identifiable culture other than the culture of learning how to amalgamate togetherness. Participants experience a whole - listic approach to physical arrangements of sequences, elemental vocal work, mau rakau contexts, Connection (martial arts) that have an authentic tone in the practices. These sequences are then encouraged to be translated to each individuals own contexts with the support of collective or group learning and trust.

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31/12/2025

Ko te Niho whakatētē mai, ko maungahaumi.
Ko te wai e waiwai nei i āku kamo, ko te Waipaoa.
P**i ana āku pariparau ki nga whāruarua o Te Aitanga a Mahaki.
Tihei Mauri Ora!

Tīkarohia aku Whakaaro ki nga wānanga kua eke I tēnei tau.
He karanga pākura I Rongo, mai I āku tīpuna…kua roa te wā āku parirau e p**i ana ki tāku Hau kāinga. Noreira, ka rere tēnei Manu ki te kainga e tau ana.
E tau ana I roto I te kaupapa o Waerenga a hika me te maha o nga wānanga. As the Pakeha year concludes, I want to acknowledge Rapiata Ria, Moetahi Kennedy and Logan Pokai; for your mentorship in Te Awe Ki Turanga. Your teachings, alongside Master Gabriel and Teina Moetara, fundamentally impact how and why I share and teach the way I do.

Our teachings must be protected, held as blood right, and reserved only for those whose hearts reflect NGĀKAU MAHAKI, the truth of the heart. You will be weighed worthy based on your heart.

I acknowledge your leadership as our three Pou and the sacred guardianship you share, echoing Irirangi Te Akiawa.

It was an honor to be selected as Kai Matataki during the final training week amongst our brothers and sisters. My wife’s presence beside me was essential for this embodiment of Tū Taua. Learning that Irirangi chose Lolo and Ruby as his two choices for Matataki back in the day made me realise having my wife and the women returned mana to our men and women who he taught many years ago in warfare and weaponry and within our ancestry. Deeply grateful for our whānau who held us to be able to be responsible for such a kaupapa.

To my ancestors, my Nan Irimanuka, we will never forget; you walk within our footprints. Tangata ako ana I te Whare, Turanga ki te Marae,
E tau ana!
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29/12/2025

Final training for the year to close us. Beautiful commitment to our team. Our training is about understanding who you work with, how you change based on energy of another person and building trust with each other.

24/12/2025

Honouring Yule with a bit of heat, light sparring to set us up for our 🥋✨🔥

18/12/2025

O S U 👊🏾 mahi before the mahi

16/12/2025

Lots of big kaupapa for 2026. Everyday is another opportunity to make a difference, change, grow, shift, learn and be more adaptable to those you share life with. Treasure the relationships your building over the material things, you never know how precious life is until you loose it. Like Matua Rongomai reminds us “people seem to only come together when a tangi happens”. Let’s not just value life when it’s gone.

08/12/2025

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http://turongocollective.com/

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Our Story

We are first and foremost a family who enjoy working with each other and through all of our skills conversations, training and certifications we have developed a health and wellness company that specialize in interaction processes.

We collate our expertise and experience in Martial Arts, Weaponry, Stunts, Cultural practices, Holistic and Emotional therapy as a devising method to encourage health and wellness progression inside the platform of performance.

It is in short, a tool to enable acceptance amidst difference.