Aroha Love

Community Health Service

ACC Rongoā Māori sessions at Aroha are in high demand. We are now fully booked until January/February 2025.

Today

Open today 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Description

Aroha Love is an ACC registered Rongoā Māori practitioner based in Grey Lynn.

Rongoā Māori is the traditional Māori healing system. This ancient lore, including plant use, massage, and incantations, has been passed down through many generations.

Over many years of practicing ancient healing bodywork and mirimiri, Rosanna has created a beautiful flow of mirimiri at Aroha including kanikani (rhythmic dance) and differing levels of pressure. Calming the nervous system, mind, body, spirit and supporting the release of trauma held within the tissues of the body.

In Māori Philosophy, Mirimiri is a vibrational exchange between our Earth Mother (Papatuānuku) and the Goddess of the Sea (Hine Moana).

We first clear our healing space (whakawātea) utilising blessed sea salt water (wai tai/wai tapu) and progressing with a Karakia.

Māori medicine at Aroha, ailments are treated in a holistic spiritual manner with:

Mirimiri (healing bodywork)
Honohono energy healing
Whitiwhiti kōrero (support and advice)
Karakia (prayer)

Who can access these ACC treatments

Staff

Rosanna Marks is an ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioner.

Ko Rosanna tōku ingoa
Mai i tōku Tupuna Whaea:
Ko Puhi-moana-ariki tōku Tupuna Whare
Ko Nukutawhiti te Tupuna i Runga i a Puhi-moana-ariki
Ko Kupe te Tupuna i te Taha o Puhi-moana-ariki
Ko Mamere tōku Wāhi Tapu
Ko Maungataniwha tōku Maungatapu
Ko Tapapa tōku Awatapu
Ko Mangamuka te Kainga Noho
Mai i tōku tupuna Matua i te taha o tōku tupuna Matua:
Ko Ngāti Wairere te Hapu
Ko Waiti te Marae
Ko Tainui te Waka
Mai i tōku Tupuna Matua i te Taha o tōku Tupuna Matua
Ko Ngaiterangi rāua ko te Arawa ōna Iwi

Rosanna Marks is the principal holistic therapist and founder of Aroha Bodywork at Aroha Love. She is a loving and gifted healing practitioner. Rosanna has a diverse cultural heritage; New Zealand Māori and Celtic bloodlines from her mother with Eastern European bloodlines from her father. Rosanna works innately with her tupuna (ancestors), completely trusting in their guidance and wisdom.

How do I access this service?

Fees and Charges Categorisation

Free

Hours

Open today 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Tue – Fri	10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Services Provided

ACC Rongoā Māori

ACC Rongoā Māori ACC recognise rongoā Māori as a kaupapa Māori service. It's culturally grounded care that weaves tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, and te ao Māori through all aspects of the service. We respect that these aspects embrace ngā taonga tuku iho (intergenerational gifts and knowledge handed down from tupuna Māori). We see rongoā Māori in the wider context of traditional Māori healing methodologies. ACC don't consider healing techniques from non-Māori cultural traditions, such as reiki or hyperbaric oxygen treatment, part of rongoā Māori. Even if they're provided by rongoā Māori practitioners.

ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioner

ACC Rongoā Māori

ACC recognise rongoā Māori as a kaupapa Māori service. It's culturally grounded care that weaves tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, and te ao Māori through all aspects of the service. We respect that these aspects embrace ngā taonga tuku iho (intergenerational gifts and knowledge handed down from tupuna Māori). We see rongoā Māori in the wider context of traditional Māori healing methodologies.

ACC don't consider healing techniques from non-Māori cultural traditions, such as reiki or hyperbaric oxygen treatment, part of rongoā Māori. Even if they're provided by rongoā Māori practitioners.

Kaupapa Māori

Parking

We do have 2 off-street parking spaces - simply drive into the driveway for 7A Maidstone Street and park in one of the available parking spaces numbered 11 and 12 (please don’t park in any other numbered spaces or you will be towed). Then walk back around to the front of Aroha at 3 Maidstone Street.