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ACC-registered Rongoā Māori Service, Kaupapa Māori
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Description
Our Approach
We honour the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. Our healing mahi is shaped by karakia, wairuatanga, tikanga, kawa, aroha, whakapapa, and manaakitanga, ensuring a safe, supportive space for transformation.
We offer:
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Mirimiri & Romiromi – Traditional bodywork for physical and spiritual healing
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Wairua Intervention – Intuitive healing, karakia, and wai cleansing
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Counselling & Whānau Support – Strength-based, trauma-informed approaches
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Cultural Supervision – Guiding practitioners in kaupapa Māori frameworks
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Māmā Ora – Wellbeing services for mothers, supporting the ora of whānau
- Wānanga & Group Sessions – Collective healing spaces for growth and connection
- Tuakana/Teina Mentoring - Rangatahi/youth mentoring with an indigenous approach.
Staff
Joanne Te Paiho – Founder, Indigenous Counselling Practitioner
With over 22 years of experience, Joanne works with individuals, couples, and whānau impacted by trauma. Her approach blends counselling with wairua intervention, mirimiri, and kaupapa Māori practices, ensuring healing is holistic and culturally grounded.
Moana Marino – Counsellor & Whānau Support
Moana has nearly a decade of experience working alongside individuals facing stress, anxiety, PTSD, and grief, including those bereaved by suicide. She provides narrative therapy, bicultural supervision, and trauma-informed support.
Erena Thompson – Māmā Ora Specialist
Erena is passionate about supporting mothers, recognising their central role in whānau wellbeing. She provides Māmā Ora Navigation, mirimiri, cultural supervision, and rongoā hair care, empowering wāhine to heal and thrive.
Zarnia Pickering – Mirimiri & Romiromi Practitioner
Zarnia brings deep wairua understanding to her mahi, using pūrākau, karakia, and takutaku to create a safe space for trauma release. She values whānaungatanga, manaakitanga, and kotahitanga, guiding individuals on their healing journey.
Te Awahuiarangi Maihi - Bi-Cultural Supervisor & Kaitiakitanga Practitioner
Te Awahuiarangi (Raukura nō Te Ātiawa) supports individuals and whānau through one-on-one kōmiri, a Māori cultural-based talk therapy rooted in pūrākau Māori and tikanga. Her practice centres on awareness of self (ko wai au), spiritual balance, and the interconnectedness of whānau and wairua, fostering growth and restoration through kaitiakitanga.
Huhenia Paurini - Qualified Massage Therapist
Huhenia provides therapeutic massage and mirimiri to enhance quality of life through gentle, professional, and respectful care. Her practice includes lymphatic drainage, joint mobility support, and palliative massage. Grounded in manaakitanga, whānaungatanga, and kaitiakitanga, Huhenia ensures clients’ comfort and dignity through tailored wellbeing support.
Arnold Tonihi - Tuakana/Teina Mentoring
For ages 10 years to 24 years, including Rangatahi who experience the challenges of mild to moderate mental health and who have been diagnosed as Neurodiverse. Respite Care may be offered when appropriate and in special circumstances.
The concept of Tuakana Teina is a Māori values-based principle of ako (two-way learning), which draws upon shared experience. The goal of this role is to develop relationships/whānaungatanga with Rangatahi Māori and their whānau, to promote and develop positive whānau and peer relationships, the development of healthy decision making and choices within an Indigenous Te Ao Māori framework.
How do I access this service?
Make an appointment
Referral
Working alongside a varierty of funders
Contact us
Website / App
Hours
| Mon – Fri | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
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| Sat | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Services Provided
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 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.
Additional Details
Child / Tamariki friendly, Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi, LGBTQIA+ friendly, Online / virtual / app
Online Booking URL
Region
MidCentral
Contact Details
38-42 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
MidCentral
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Phone
021 294 3087
Email
Website
38-42 Rangitikei Street
Takaro
Palmerston North City
Manawatū-Whanganui 4440
Street Address
38-42 Rangitikei Street
Takaro
Palmerston North City
Manawatū-Whanganui 4440
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This page was last updated at 2:18PM on March 3, 2026. This information is reviewed and edited by Te Oho Mauri.