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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 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

Region

Waikato, North Auckland

Contact Details

  • Location

    Thames, Hauraki and Hibiscus Coast, Auckland 

This page was last updated at 2:34PM on September 2, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Io Mata Hauora.