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Te Whare Whakaora Ltd
ACC-registered Rongoā Māori Service, Kaupapa Māori
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Description
Te Whare Whakaora Ltd is an ACC registered Rongoā Māori practitioner.
We use ancient traditional wisdom and practices to enhance wellbeing and understanding. We have Kahukura Clinic which offers individual sessions for people to access in their healing journey and Te Whai Ao which delivers training for individuals and groups. All of our work is rooted deeply in Te Ao Māori and embedded in Tikanga Māori.
Staff
Hera Cotter is an ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioner, Hera has more than six years of designing, facilitating, and delivering Romiromi wānanga, workshops and practises.
She is an ACC registered Hauora Māori vendor who is a Kairomiromi and wānanga facilitator in private practice in both Tamaki and Te Tai Tokerau. She independently contracts to the NZ Police, The Royal Commission, The Wellington Rape Crisis Centre and The New Zealand Counsellors Association providing workforce development and training. She also works alongside Turuki Health Care in Tamaki, as a Kairomiromi and facilitator of wānanga with staff and clients.
Hera has experience working with people with long term injuries, sexual abuse, domestic violence, methamphetamine drug addiction, homelessness, post-traumatic stress disorder and more. Through her work, Hera has witnessed profound positive changes of haoura within the individuals and whānau she has worked with.
How do I access this service?
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Referral
AROHA MAI WE ARE CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY FOR ACC CLIENTS
Please join one of our wait lists below to be informed when we are taking on new clients.
Tāmaki wait list please click HERE
Te Tai Tokerau wait list please click HERE
We are ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioners.
Fees and Charges Description
We ask for a koha of $25 to be given at the time of booking your sessions online. This is to empower and contribute to your healing journey in a tangible way. It is in alignment with our Te Ao Māori beliefs that the universe is reciprocal and therefore it is important that an energy exchange takes place.
Hours
| Mon – Thu | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
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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.
Online Booking URL
Region
Northland
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This page was last updated at 9:31AM on October 9, 2025. This information is reviewed and edited by Te Whare Whakaora Ltd.