Rongo\u0101 M\u0101ori w\u0101nanga was delivered by Tupuna Remedies and Native Arts Aotearoa, whose kaupapa is grounded in m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori, traditional healing, and cultural revitalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their expertise and leadership shaped a powerful 2 days of learning, healing practices, and reconnection with te taiao and our ancestral knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also about building the capacity of healers and practitioners, and opening our minds to the many forms that rongo\u0101 can take:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We explored the deep relationship between taonga p\u016boro and rongo\u0101 M\u0101ori, including the k\u014drero of Hine P\u016b te Hue, the p\u016br\u0101kau that guides us, and the healing power of sound and vibration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is taonga tuku iho in practice, remembering, activating, and strengthening what has been handed down to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kaupapa encouraged us to be kaitiaki, to move our bodies through mau r\u0101kau for wellbeing, and to step into spaces of being uncomfortable, unlearning, and re-learning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a journey of reclaiming, succession, remembering, and honouring tikanga as we continue to grow our collective knowledge and practice of rongo\u0101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Te Tai o Awatea is proud to support this kaupapa, helping create space for wh\u0101nau and community across Te Tauihu to engage in meaningful w\u0101nanga that uplift wellbeing, identity, and cultural grounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n