12/11/2025
Here is one of my Deepcove highlights !
It was my first time ever being stung by our native stinging nettle, and it was intentional
This was my first ever time encountering Ongaonga which is our native stinging nettle!
I can’t even explain how badly I wanted to bring some home, but I was not well prepared to harvest any :( and the Tikanga was clear….take nothing, I did not have permission to harvest sadly
It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it in person ! I have received dry leaves before but never ever have I been able to work with it from harvest!
I brushed my hand across it so I could encounter it sting…. This kind of felt like a right of passage for me 🥰 an initiation of sorts!
Now I feel like a true native!
Where have you seen this grow?
I’m really excited to find some, happy to travel (preferably not back to Deepcove for it though)
Magnificent Rongoā!!!
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