Wikitoria Māori Healing Ltd

Community Health Service, Kaupapa Māori

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Description

Wikitoria Māori Healing is a ACC registered Rongoā Māori practitioner based in Rotorua.

I am an ACC-registered Rongoā Māori practitioner, specialising in the traditional Māori healing art, Romiromi, an ancient holistic practice passed down from our ancestors -'he taonga tuku iho'

I am based in Ngongotahā, Rotorua and offer a maximum of four treatments (unless I think more will be of benefit) that include a combination of whakawhiti kōrero(sharing talk), karakia(ancient prayer) and Romiromi bodywork, depending on the needs of the individual. Allow one hour per session.

Our Kaupapa Māori Approach: Is based on the universal 'lore' of nature that supports us in a culturally safe practice. Our mission is your wellness. The human birthright is to be in balance. Life can pose many challenges that can upset that balance. 'Mauri ki te mauri' is our mahi. Firstly we acknowledge and embrace the meeting and connecting of our life force, linking us to our tupuna and whakapapa back to IO, Source of all. We mihi to Papatuānuku for our grounding and support.

Staff

Wikitoria is an ACC registered rongoā māori practitioner.

In 2001 I met the renown tohunga Papa Hohepa De La Mere (Papa Joe) who ran traditional healing clinics in Auckland, and took healing wānanga around Aotearoa and worldwide. I was given the opportunity to train in these clinics and learn the practical Romiromi supported by mirimiri and the ancient Māori philosophies.

I am forever grateful for this passing on of matauranga (knowledge). After Papa Joe passed in 2006 I continued learning with Kaiako Ruatau Perez.

In 2010 I shifted to one of my tribal homelands, Rotorua, and opened a private practice, Wikitoria Māori Healing.

Traditional Māori healing had been suppressed in the twentieth century so it was still widely unknown even amongst our own people. This inspired me in 2011 to started teaching Romiromi and passing down the knowledge I had been gifted. Today my primary work is facilitating monthly Romiromi workshops in Rotorua.

I was delighted when the government and ACC officially recognised our traditional healing methods. Many ACC Māori Rongoā practitioners have trained with me and my colleagues Cran Gage, Mihaka Hohua and Timoti Huia Bramley. Kei te mihi. Kei te mihi.

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Referral

Wikitoria is an ACC registered rongoā Māori provider

My ACC services are by referral only. You can ask your ACC case manager or your GP for an ACC claim number and purchase order. My vendor number is VBE253. Once approved and when I have been notified by email I will get in touch or you can email me, or call me on 021 02723650 to book an appointment. I will get a sense of what your needs are. If I don't think I can offer the right service for your specific needs I will refer you on to someone else. For example I don't do sports injuries. I do specialise in 'sensitive' cases.

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Fees and Charges Categorisation

Partial fees apply

Fees and Charges Description

I have a $20 surcharge for ACC-approved Rongoā māori kiritaki (clients). This is an 'energy exchange" so you are contributing to your own wellness.

Hours

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Tue – Sat	10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Please note if you don't give me at least 12 hours notice of a cancellation you will lose a session. I also have a policy of 'not turning up sick!' For safety and respect you need to re-book if feeling unwell (even with a cold). Kia ora !

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

Kaupapa Māori community and/or social support that is culturally appropriate for Māori, promote Mātauranga Māori, tikanga Māori, and whānau-centred models of care.