Rongoa nga Mata

11/12/2025

Aroha Flow Wānanga Announcement ✨️

Tiana Te Moana

Of Rongoa nga Mata 🌿

Tiana is a Rongoā practitioner and kaiako based here in Ōtautahi.
She is Tūhoe and is from the Te Urewera region in Te Ika-a-Māui. (North Island of Aotearoa).

Tiana is a long-time tauira of Maramataka, the traditional Māori lunar calendar. As a kaitiaki (guardian) of
te taiao (the natural environment) she shares her knowledge and kōrero on Maramataka to encourage us to have a deep respect for the environment and an understanding of the
interconnectedness of all living things.

At Aroha Flow, Tiana will guide us on an evening Maramataka wānanga under the starlit sky. We can't wait! ✨️

Tiana and her whānau are long-time supporters of Aroha Essence Festival and have also been part of our wāhine circles at
Goddess Gatherings By The Sea, our beach cleans, and Matariki Celebrations.
We are delighted to have them back with us at Waitangi weekend.

To join our guest list for Aroha Flow
6-8 February Email us at
📧 arohaessencefestival@yahoo.com
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Nau mai Haere mai Aroha whānau

11/12/2025

“Ko Io ko au, ko au ko Io, ko tātou ko IO”

Io is the origin

I am the expression

Io is the source

I am the continuation

Io breathed life

I carry that breath

Io created

I walk as that creation

Io is consciousness

My consciousness is that same spark

Io is the beginning

I am the becoming

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 🌟

03/05/2025

Justice

A teenager subjected to a ‘dangerous and risky’ ‘head control manoeuvre’ has been awarded $5000 by the High Court.

14/04/2025

It's baby time 😍😍😍

14/03/2025

I see all my friends talking about the blood moon and the lunar eclipse. So I thought I'd share my whakāro.

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Marama Kūtia, the moon in an epic cosmic battle with Whiro

Lunar eclipse = Marama Kūtia
Marama = moon
Kūtia = is the passive word of kuti.
Kuti without the passive means to pinch or to squeeze. Marama kūtia means to crush or squeezed or sandwiched between opposing forces.

The kōrero I have been taught is that marama battles with the atua whiro. Atua of death, disease and illness. Personified in the new moon also named whiro. Whiro lives in a cave in the deep dark part of the universe called
Tai whetukī. Whiro comes out of that cave and tries to attack the moon and tries to take the world into darkness. Hense why the new moon is called whiro. Because that's the atua that rules in the darkness. That is why our people were cautious around the whiro moon phase. The marama at this point at rākaunui is at its best time, representing wellness and goodness. Whiro tries to stop that and attacks the moon. And so they battle. Same goes for a solar eclipse where whiro fights tamanuiterā - the sun. That's called a Rā kūtia. No matter what the sun and moon always wins the battle and the light shines again. Within this time our people where very cautious and observed the changes in the environment and the behavior in people. Then when the light came back, celebration would break out and rejoicing in the Ora, wellness of the people. This teaches us to overcome the illnesses, our darkest days and with perseverance we shine, making way for health and wellbeing.

Photo taken from living by the stars.

14/03/2025

Rākaunui 🙏🙏🙏

Description
Fishing is good. The bright moonlight makes for bad eeling. A time to be industrious. Schedule occasions around this time.

ENERGY: High - Rakaunui - High hormones both Male & Female

HĪ IKA (FISHING): A very good day for fishing however eels can be wary with the extra light on the water's surface, giving up there hiding spaces. Take care when travelling rural roads as deer are very active making the most of the extra light to travel greater distances in search of fresh food.

MĀRA KAI (GARDENING): A very good day, crops are bountiful harvest as required. Planting above ground crops such as Basil, bok choi, broccoli, cabbage, capsicum, cauliflower, celery, coriander, eggplant, kale, leek, lettuce, mesclun, parsley, potatoes, rhubarb, rocket, silverbeet, spinach however the turning of the moon energy will begin to pull crops into the Earth so the focus is shifting to below ground crops such as beetroot, carrot, onion, parsnip, radish, spring onions.
Below: beetroot, carrot, onion, parsnip, radish, spring onions.

KAI: High kai intake, high veg and protein
KORIKORI TINANA (ACTIVITY): Highest levels of activity in all aspects

ETAHI ATU MEA (OTHER): Push and challenge beyond all limitations - wairua, hinengaro, ngākau, whānau (relationships), tinana; energy most powerful; good time for competition, to pitch ideas and to communicate; time to cut hair as it grows back fuller and thicker. A great time to plan events and hit goals making use of the extra light that shines over the land.

-Brendon Moses

Keep shinning like the moon.

14/03/2025

🌿 Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora! ✨

An active life is a healthy life! Nourish your tinana (body) with wholesome kai, move with purpose, and uplift your wairua (spirit). 🌞🍓💪🏽

Every choice you make towards well-being strengthens your mauri (life force). What’s one thing you’re doing today to care for yourself? Share below! 👇🏽✨

14/03/2025

Kia Ora Koutou,

I will be speaking at the educational Cancer symposium delivered by our good friends at the Southern Cancer Society coming up next week.

I will be sharing my personal experience with Cancer and my mum's Tania Te Moana story.
Sharing how rongoā māori can aid in Cancer care alongside western medicine.

Where: Aranui Community Trust (ACTIS)
When: Wednesday 19th March
Time: 10am til 2pm.

There will be plenty of whānau out there that will benefit from the knowledge on offer. If your keen or need more information, see the links below.

Register via this link: https://events.humanitix.com/ka-mua-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future

FB event info here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2gs5hQCS/