25/08/2025
MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT WHEN VISITING US HERE AT KORU BODY SOUL;
MATEKITE & WAIRUA EXPERIENCES.
Please share your experiences as a NEW POST.
Matakite and Wairua Experiences:
Matakite could be described as a Māori description for a universal experience of “heightened intuition”. Other terms are rehu, matatuhi, mata, poropiti, matamata aitu, niu, raurau, rotarota. Matakite can be experienced through all five senses and even beyond sensory perception. Matakite may be seen as a local expression of an experience that is recognised in many cultures around the world, but which is uniquely filtered through the Māori cultural lens and which has a particular connection to whakapapa.
Prior to colonisation, people experiencing matakite were considered vital members of Māori society. Matakite would have been recognised from a young age, and the person would have been guided through the experiences by a tohunga (expert).
The loss of traditional knowledge on matakite is a result of the colonisation of Aotearoa by the Crown and the passing of legislation such as the Tohunga Suppression Act. This has meant that people experiencing matakite generally lack the sort of spiritual guidance they need in order to understand these experiences.
Some common signs can be:
Perceiving the mauri, which is an aura of light radiating from all animate life.
The ability to find lost things.
Receiving messages or tohu (signs) from tupuna (ancestors).
Whakapapa connection (someone in the whanau has had similar experiences.
PHOTO:
Raylene Sue, Maori Healer with Matekite Wiremu Niania. Raylene has always had "something" since a child and recently attended a Matakite wananga with Papa Wiremu and his lovely wife Lesley to better understand her "something", gift.
