- provide a meeting place for students of Rongoa Maori in New Zealand
- to share information
- inspire continued learning and assistance to one another
We also acknowledge Rob McGowan (Pa) for his encouragement to establish a network for students of Rongoa Maori and to continue with our learning. We thank and honour you for the time you have invested in us and your sincere regard for us all.
The idea of establishing a ‘Blog’ is to encourage participation from everyone. We welcome comments, questions, news and suggestions. If you have never ‘blogged’ it might be a bit scary at first but its not difficult…….. have a go……(It wasn’t that long ago most of us didn’t know much about Rongoa either…)
To those visiting this site, if we make mistakes in our use of Rongoa or Te Reo Maori please help us by correcting us as no offence is intended and we want to learn. We make every attempt to have what we publish reviewed and sometimes obtaining consensus will be difficult but our objective is to learn respectfully.
There is no intent to plagiarise anyone’s work and all efforts are made to acknowledge the sources of any information we present for sharing with each other.
PS: Apologies for the advertising at the top of the page…..the price of a ‘free’ hosting service.
kia ora my name is jinai. I am writing in request of some assisstance for a thesis that i am required to do for a beautician and body therapies course. I decided to incorporate my maori side and new zealand, hence me doing maori rongoa. we had to choose something that relates to beauty therapy. I dont know to much about maori rongoa and want to try and produce a thesis that is unique and explores the history of maori rongoa and its users. My thesis will be marked by an international examinor so i think it will be a great idea to do maori rongoa because ill be educating them on Aotearoa. If anyone can help me please email. kia ora
Kia ora Jinai, what a great idea. Whereabouts are you based. It might help if we have one of our group close to you. Also what are the thesis requirements – again this might be a useful indication of the level of knowledge required and therefore who might best be able to assist. I am sure someone could provide you with some assistance. Look forward to hearing back from you. Donna
Kia ora Whanau,
I te tuatahi, he mihi nui ki a koutou katoa, mo to mahi whakaora o kaupapa, o tenei taonga, he matauranga rongoa. This is a wonderful kaupapa to revive the knowledge that is being lost with our kuia koroua. I just wish to acknowledge ur mahi so far. I was just wondering if there will be another course running at the end of the year?
Mauri ora!
Kia ora Te Puea, Ae – we will be running another series of programs sometime between Sept and November this year. We are in the process of organising these. The dates will be posted at http://www.titokieducation.co.nz as soon as they are confirmed. Sometime over the next month I would imagine. Thankyou!