Rongoa nga Mata

19/05/2026

Rēkohu — the lost, amazing spiritual place 🌫️✨
I came for mahi at a wāhine wānanga, carrying grief with me.
My mother passed from cancer. My uncle passed from su***de. I arrived on the one year anniversary of his passing, Papa Billy’s unveiling was the day of our wānanga, and on Mother’s Day. The tears came often. 🤍
But somehow, in the winds of Rēkohu, I transmuted that grief into aroha.
Into presence. Into healing. Into every kōrero, every embrace, every step on the whenua that seemed to recognise me before I even recognised myself. 🌊
The manaakitanga of the people, the silence of the island, the wairua carried in the land… it changed me forever. ✨
Some places don’t just hold you.
They help you remember how to carry love through pain.

25/04/2026

Hei Āhuru Mōwai

World indigenous Cancer conference 21st - 23rd April 2026

Where over 700 people gathered for one cause to connect, to share, to inspire, to ignite, to explode, to take space, to be heard, to be seen, to grieve and to work together to help ease our Indigenous peoples that have lost so many lives to this thing we call cancer.
I love you my māmā Tania Te Moana you were in my thoughts every step of the way as thought of how I wished you had the proper care. It's because of you I strive to educate, advocate and strive for equality so that they never have to experience what you went through.
May your love for me burn throughout everything that I touch and may IO guide us all forever and always mmmmm

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
🎋

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 😍😍😍