RONGOĀ MAURI ONLINE COURSE
Plants are a Spiritual Bridge
This rongoā wānanga is a spiritual retreat designed to nourish both your physical and spiritual well-being. You will explore specific plants and how they facilitate deeper healing for the hinengaro, tinana, and wairua — the mind, body, and spirit.
Plants are a spiritual bridge. They carry the mana to shift your cells, align your body, and attune your being to a higher state of consciousness. They reflect who you are, awaken what is dormant, and reveal your highest potential.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will:
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Deepen your connection with Papatūānuku and the ngahere.
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Learn tīkanga for engaging respectfully with native plants.
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Build your own rongoā journal and apothecary of knowledge.
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Strengthen your intuition and matakitetanga.
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Understand how mauri supports healing on all levels.
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Learn to perceive plant rongoā through your own senses first.
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Recognise plant groupings and forest relationships.
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Understand how each rākau nourishes and protects Papatūānuku.
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Trust your own insights and spiritual impressions.
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Explore simple, ethical rongoā practices such as wairākau.
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Learn to read tohu in nature.
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Experience how plants support emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being.
Your Kaiako
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Hoturoa te tangata
Ko Tararua te maunga
Ko Ōtaki me Waitohu ngā awa
Ko Ngāti Raukawa ki te tonga te iwi
Ko Ngāti Kapumanawawhiti me Ngāti Maiōtaki ngā hapū
Ko Joseph Te Heuheu Hakaraia tōku pāpā
Ko Rosalie Hohipuha tōku māmā
Ko Nick Olson tōku hoa Rangatira
Ko Joanne Hakaraia-Olson tōku ingoa
"E kore au e ngaro,
he kākano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiātea."