Te hā o te whānau

16/04/2025

The awakening of the Māori people of Aotearoa is one of the most powerful and visible Indigenous revitalization movements IN THE WORLD.. This resurgence touches every aspect of Māori life—cultural, spiritual, political, and environmental.

This awakening is not just a cultural comeback—it's a powerful movement of pride, resistance, and renewal. It honors the elders while carving out a future where Māori ways of being are central and celebrated.

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The role of the masculine in the Awakening is to stand in sacred balance, to protect, uphold, and walk alongside the rising of te ao wairua. He is both toa and kaitiaki—a warrior for healing, a guardian of whakapapa, a holder of space for transformation.
Tane is returning to his wairua, restoring mana through service, humility, and deep listening. He is not here to lead alone, but to awaken in unity—with wāhine, with tamariki, with the whenua, and with the elders who walk beside him.

The feminine role in the Awakening of the Māori people is profound, sacred, and absolutely central. Māori women—wāhine Māori—are not just participating in the resurgence of culture and identity, they are often leading it, carrying the spiritual, genealogical, and communal threads that tie the people back to their whakapapa, whenua (land), and wairua (spirit).
Their role is both ancient and evolving: keepers of life, protectors of mana, and warriors of resistance and healing.

The role of tamariki in the Awakening is to carry the light of renewal—to walk forward with the wisdom of the elders woven into their being. They are the seeds of remembrance, born into a time where language, land, and wairua are being restored. Through their innocence, curiosity, and pure connection to mauri, they remind us of who we are and who we must become. Tamariki are not just the future—they are the heartbeat of the awakening now, guiding us back to truth through their presence, play, and deep spiritual knowing.

He mokopuna koe nā ngā atua. He uri rāua ko te whenua me te rangi.

❤️‍🔥🏹❤️‍🔥 This is a story of reclamation...

21/01/2025

2025.

'Choose you', they whisper.

What does that mean?

✨ Set boundaries, what does that mean to you?

✨ Say no, but thank you, what does that mean to you?

✨ Take care of yourself, what does that mean to you?

✨ Follow your gut feeling, what does that mean to you?

✨ Believe in your intuition, what does that mean to you?

✨ Speak your Truth, what does that mean to you?

✨ Ask for what you need, what does that mean to you?

✨ Stand in your Truth, what does that mean to you?

✨ Stay soft, be assertive, what does that mean to you?

If you may keep asking the questions and stay curious enough to discover your answer, Let's connect sweet soul 🤤🌱

📸 oldie but a goodie; my reminder to self to not take life so seriously amidst the depths of Self realization. .doula

03/08/2024

In Honour of World breastfeeding week 💖
..after birthing our little girl, Tara-Grace pēpi #5 via c-section (my 2nd c-section birth) and first time feeding throughout a pregnancy; the separation from our 4th son, Acicia - then nearly 3, that previous night, was so tough on us both 💓
This comfort meant everything to him, if you cannot tell from his 'eyes closed, boobie grasp' cuddles, hehe 🙏🏽

A time throughout Mothering that I will always cherish.

19/07/2024

To my mighty warrior spirit,

Who turned heads when she roared, who cleared a room with her fury and dominantly defeated medical myths with her intuition and mothers-knowing.

To the Spirit Warrior within my child,

Who chose Love over Fear and kept believing in his māmā & pāpā and said, f the rest, let's live!

To my mothering Heart,

Who didn't deserve the need to fight for her or her baby's life during such a sacred process - birth, but did with immense Love.
Who woke in a haze many times from the fright, the fright that left you broken 💔 and unsure of yourself and the world around you. Whose fright made you question so much and forget how to put one foot in front of the other for so long.

To the loving child who saved my life,

Thank you, thank you for staying with me and fighting the fight, you are forever imprinted on my Heart as the bravest soul I have been blessed to know, my child, my heart beat outside myself, the Love of my Life.

To the Phoenix who rose,

Thank you, Me, thank you. Thank you for choosing Love over Fear and facing yourself. Thank you for choosing Me/Us, I choose you over and over too ❤️🦁🌹🙏🏾
Forever and always X

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Birth Trauma affects 1 in 3 women in Aōtearoa.

My biggest gift from my own experience is not only Life itself, I survived in more ways than I can count, but my unwavering belief in Spirit, in Divine intervention/orchestration and our pure Divine Creator Source Love.

I am complete with my scars ✅

18/07/2024

👏🏾🙏🏾🌹🫶🏾 A Voice for our Community HB Maternity Consumer Representatives

HB Maternity Consumer Representative Survey: https://forms.gle/rwHJhUfzwVA56E718

Compassionate Survey:
https://forms.gle/aiBcwWhrNw5D2SGx5

Transfer-Out Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aF_c_4ZzM5COZRBwjtPxX7nC39iFt4ljjC5aK24lh0s/viewform

08/07/2024

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04/07/2024

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Calling all Men/Tane of the house hold 📣 📣 📣 (Don’t worry, we haven't forgotten about you). YES, this space is also for you, any men who have experienced the Hawkes Bay Maternity Services! We very much value the different perspective and lens you can share on your journey through pregnancy, labour/birth and postpartum and we would love to hear from you!

We are currently working very hard behind the scenes to finalise an online survey that mums, dads and whānau can complete. We can’t wait to share this with you all. The Count down is on 🤗🙌🏽🤝🏾🌟📍

24/06/2024

Pēpi Mauri Tau 🌸

13/06/2024

Ukaipo (noun) mother, source of sustenance.

Pepi #1 2 weeks
Pepi #2 6 months
Pepi #3 15 months
Pepi #4 3.5 years (tandem)
Pepi #5 10 months (tandem)
Pepi #6 current - 18 months

Tis not linear 🫶🏾