Rongoa nga Mata

05/08/2025

🌿 Pain as a Portal 🌿

Pain is not the enemy — it is a powerful messenger.

It arrives uninvited, yes. It brings discomfort, yes. But pain also brings truth. It strips away the distractions and noise, revealing what truly matters. Whether physical, emotional, or spiritual — pain carves us, but not to destroy us. It shapes us into deeper beings, more compassionate, more resilient, more real.

In te ao Māori, we understand that growth does not come without struggle. The seed must break before it can sprout. The tī kōuka bends in the storm, but it does not break — it strengthens its roots.

So if you are walking through pain right now, know this: you are in a sacred process. You are being refined, not ruined.

Let your pain become your power. Let it connect you to others, to wairua, to your own courage. One day, the very thing that brought you to your knees may be the reason you rise with more mana than ever before.

💚 He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
In our pain, we remember — we are human. And we are never alone.

04/08/2025

💫Hinenuitepō – Kuia of the Long Night

She was born of light, a crimson flame,
Hinetītama was her first name.
Daughter of Tāne, child of dawn,
In beauty and grace, the world was reborn.

But truth like thunder split the sky,
She learned her father was the lie.
Her heart broke open, raw with woe—
She turned her face, and chose to go.

Down to the realm where shadows roam,
She built her bones a second home.
No longer maiden, child of day,
She took new breath and walked away.

Hinenuitepō, her sacred name,
The night became her cloak of flame.
She rules not with a tyrant’s hand,
But as a mother of the land.

With legs like pillars to hold the earth,
And eyes that saw both death and birth,
She waits not to steal your light,
But guide you through the final night.

Where flesh returns to Papatūānuku,
And wairua journeys back to tūpuna too.
She is the closing of the door,
And the peace that lives forevermore.

Call her goddess, call her guide,
She walks where all the dead reside.
Yet even in her cold domain,
Aroha flows like soft, warm rain.

- Tiana Te Moana

Artwork by Tania Te Moana

02/08/2025

Limited spaces whānau. Get in quick

🌿 Atua Wāhine Journey – A Guided Meditation into Matakitetanga & Wairuatanga

Join us in sacred space for a two-hour wānanga honouring the divine feminine through the stories and wisdom of our Atua Wāhine. This immersive session explores matakitetanga (intuitive sight), wairuatanga (spiritual connection), and the sacred gifts that live within each of us.

💫 No matter your experience level – come as you are, wairua and all.

🗓️ Saturday 9 August
⏰ 12:00pm – 2:00pm
📍 Flow Therapeutics (Wai Rūma), 229 Fitzgerald Ave, Christchurch
💸 $50pp (excl GST + BF) – Discounts for bringing a friend!

🌺 Includes:
✔️ Guided meditation
✔️ Wānanga on Atua Wāhine, wairuatanga, and matakitetanga
✔️ Rongoā product discounts
✔️ FREE Wairua Spray (valued at $30)

🔮 Limited to 16 wāhine – bookings essential.

📲 Click here to book now ➡️ https://events.humanitix.com/atua-wahine-journey

27/07/2025

Nā mihi ki a kōutou kātoa mo nā mihi huritau.

🌟Tukua kia tū
takitahi nā
whetū o te rani

Let each star in the sky
Shine it's own light 🌟