Rongo Ora

15/08/2025

Centre, balance, connect and breath.

15/08/2025

👌kaukau

15/08/2025

A few thoughts today 💭

Tāne the healer. Rongoā Māori is of Tāne, we are of Tāne and so we are connected. Become immersed in the forest and develop the relationship far beyond the physical elements of everything within Tāne, the trees, the birds, the insects. This is what keeps us well.

I can talk about my Oranga hinengaro with ease and so I should within the mahi I do. It’s nothing to be shy about. My healer is Tāne who helps me to heal myself. Tāne and most importantly the awa has seen more of my tears than anyone else 😂 they have seen the many mamae over the years. Tāne helps reveal what needs to be revealed, helps to unburden and lift off the layers we put on ourselves. I can walk away lighter with more clarity. I can’t get this anywhere else but here at home.

I have had some big mahi in the Rongoā realm the past 2 years. An awesome 2 years and also some challenging parts. I have ended up in a place riddled with trauma within a system (along with my own trauma). I’ve made some mistakes but have learnt a lot of good lessons about myself too. I can look back and know why I’ve been placed where I’ve been placed. Time to level up, delve into some shadow work, self reflection, be kinder to self and keep transitioning up ⬆️

13/08/2025

#1 Rongoā

Lots of Katakata 😂

Laughter is medicine

Was in BOP for a couple days
Bruh can feel spring a coming 🌿🐝

04/08/2025

😂

When the guy on the table asks why bad things happen to him?

Cos you’re an ar****le bro 😂
Own it.

20/07/2025

Very rarely I don’t get in the awa….even in hotoke.

But yesterday I couldn’t do it 🥶 must be getting soft 😂

Just had the waewae in and I couldn’t feel them. At least the feet got in i suppose 👣

19/07/2025

I like the kōrero except the steak 😂 if I order steak I want steak but āe can’t be bothered stressing about the wrong things. People be moaning about anything and everything.

Maumau wairua.

18/07/2025

Rongoā Māori 🌿

You see a kairomiromi/ kaimirimiri and probably think their mahi is standing around a massage table most of the time doing Miri or Romi. Well that seems to be the reaction or comments I get.

I do spend quite abit of time around a massage table but Rongoā goes far deeper, much deeper than that.

For myself it starts in the taiao. I like being alone in taiao as people like to chatter too much. It’s finding the silence to hear the kōrero of nga atua, ngā tūpuna and most of all to hear yourself. I heard a kupu last night ‘magic’. It’s a world of magic around us that not all people see. They may feel it sometimes but brush it off with the physical world we live in and think it’s hocus pocus. Once it touches you, you will understand.

You have the ability to find your own Rongoā. You don’t have to seek it, just learn to slow down and listen 👂

Everything connects back to the taiao.

18/07/2025

Addiction Education Workshop for Whānau
Supporting Loved Ones Through Addiction

A free 8-week programme grounded in kaupapa Māori, designed to support and empower whānau living with the impacts of addiction.

Guided by Whaea Bessina Pehi, this wānanga explores:
– Understanding addiction and its effects on whānau
– Recognising co-dependency and cycles of enabling
– Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries
– Rebuilding trust, restoring identity, and self-care
– Practical tools to support your loved one’s healing journey

🗓 Wednesdays, 10am – midday
📍 Te Whare Mātauranga
📆 Starts 23 July 2025

Delivered through the lens of lived experience and a grounded, non-judgemental approach.

To register or learn more, contact Bessina Pehi:
📞 022 357 0735
✉️ bessina.pehi@hauorahokianga.org.nz

16/07/2025

These workshops are amazing. The most humblest duo and I recommend if you’re on that Rongoā journey.

To date the best Rongoā wānanga I’ve been to. I went to all their workshops with Pā and Donna in Tauranga, Kāwhia, up in the Kaimai’s and in the Waitākere ranges.

We provide face-to-face workshops to learn about rongoa (traditional Maori medicine)

15/07/2025

😂 😂 😂 aint this the truth

It’s not a weakness to self reflect, look in the mirror and see your own flaws. It takes strength to see yourself and make changes.