Aokimi

12/05/2026

1st set of commision Buttonholes off to a Graduation 🫶🏾🦋🌿

10/05/2026

3 free Aokimi treatments up 4 grabs!

All you have to do is speak up whaanau ☺️
Read the panui.. if your living or working here in Alexandra fill out the form and your in to win 🦋🌿✨️

Kia ora e te whānau, 💛

We want to hear from you about what supports are most needed for our whānau working and living in this area. Your feedback will help us understand the real challenges people are facing and what services, resources, or support would make the biggest difference.

Whether it’s access to health services, transport, kai support, wellbeing support, housing, budgeting, or something elsewe want to know.

Please take a few minutes to fill out our short form. Your voice will help shape the supports and services available in our community. We have 3 Aokimi vouchers up for grabs, so fill in the form and you could win. (Anonymous entries are welcome too)

Ngā mihi to everyone who takes the time to do so!

Kia ora e te whānau 💛

https://forms.office.com/r/pieVy3BL1K?origin=lprLink

01/05/2026

1.5.26 ⏳️
Full Moon on the 1st ☝🏾
It's giving portal vibes 🌀
Pōmarie ~ Peace to your Night ✨️🌕🪶

01/05/2026

Happy Rākaunui from Lady & Me 🔥🌝 Be safe out there whaanau 🫶🏾 The mauri of this marama is Scorpio 🖤🌊 we be deeep and have learnt to become masters of transformation & Alchemy ♏️ The s**t we go through we grow through 🌿 so kia tau.. be steady & go with it 🌊 let the light shine where it needs too.. honor it.. feel it thank it & let it gooo 🌊 without resistance you will reap the benefits on the otherside.. i promise 🙏🏽🤎🌀

Remember your magic, remember you're magic ✨️🔑

Kia Tau te Rangimārie - Let there be peace✌🏽Mauri Oraaa

28/04/2026

“Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.”
Traditionally a rourou is a flax basket used to gather and carry food.
In a modern sense, it represents what each person brings.. their skills, knowledge, lived experience, and perspective.
The whakataukī reminds us that thriving isn’t individual.
It comes from contribution & kotahitanga.
When we bring our different baskets together,
we create something stronger than we could alone.
That was the foundation of Aokimi's 1st wānanga at REAP, Lovely day spent sharing & Weaving our matauranga together.

28/04/2026

Kupu o te wiki

31/03/2026

Yaaas 🌿🌊🌿

It grows everywhere and now testing at Auckland university has found its fibres can pull forever chemicals from water.

21/03/2026

15/03/2026

4 years ago today I got my first kaupapa contract!
I was invited by my bro Kelly Makitānara to awhi a beautiful kaupapa bringing a Te Ao Māori perspective into Wool industry training.. the very industry that raised me 🖤
The kaupapa focused on hauora Māori, guided by Te Whare Tapa Whā.. supporting the cadets not just physically, but mentally, spiritually, emotionally & socially.
My role was to assist and hold space where I could.. offering mirimiri and whakawhiti kōrero to the young aspiring woolhandlers.. & some tips and tricks i learned in the sheds. Honestly… it was so massive for my own confidence and the haerenga i was embarking on. To give back to the wool sheds that shaped me, but now in a different way.. through healing and hauora 🌿🌊
Looking back today my cup is full of gratitude 🫶🏾
For the people who believed in me.. For the ones who pushed me to step into my gifts.
Ngā mihi nui Kelly my bro, thank you for trusting me and letting me be part of your kaupapa.
Its meke to see what some of these cadets have done and achieved since!
Sometimes you don’t realise the significance of the moment until years later..
Mauri Ora Whaanau, i hope you have people around you who see your potential and support you to go be great 🌊🤍✨️

28/02/2026