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Description
Jo Shelford is an ACC registered Rongoā Māori practitioner based in Thames, Hauraki and Hibiscus Coast, Auckland.
Her practice, Io Mata Hauora, is a traditional Māori Healing Hauora and includes karakia/pastoral care, Purea/cleansing and balance, whakawhiti koorero/talk therapy, and mahi-a-tinana/body work. Rongoaa used and sold is made with native leaf and Io blessed with aroha, mauri and tapu.
Staff
Jo Shelford is an ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioner.
Jo has links to Pare Hauraki, Ngaati Tamateeraa and Ngaati Maru through her father and to Ngaati Kahi ki Whangaroa me Ngapuhi ki Whangaroa in the Far North through her Mama. She lives in Thames in Hauraki and when she travels north she lives with her whānau in the Hibiscus Coast.
Jo is an Ariki Taputapu of the roopuu Io Matangaro - Ngaa Tohunga o Ngaa Hau e Whaa.
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Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Hours
By appointment only
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.
Region
Waikato, North Auckland
Contact Details
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Phone
021 924 810
Email
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Location
Thames, Hauraki and Hibiscus Coast, Auckland
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